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DOHA (Reuters) - Goals from Memphis Depay and Daley Blind gave the Netherlands a 2-0 halftime lead over the United States at the Khalifa International Stadium on Saturday in the first knockout match o...

By Mark Gleeson DOHA (Reuters) - Senegal's Edouard Mendy has found the World Goalkeeper of the Year crown a heavy one to wear over the last year, but a commanding performance against England on Sunday...

By Mark Gleeson DOHA (Reuters) -Key attacker Christian Pulisic was included in the United States line-up for Saturday's last-16 game at the Qatar World Cup against the Netherlands at the Khalifa Inter...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian soccer legend Pele is receiving palliative care after chemotherapy stopped having the expected results as he battles colon cancer, newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported on...

By Rohith Nair AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) - Poland coach Czeslaw Michniewicz brushed aside criticism of his team being too defensive at the World Cup, saying their cautious approach had helped them ad...

By Julien Pretot DOHA (Reuters) - France's Hugo Lloris began his international career a few months after Lilian Thuram hung up his boots, and on Sunday the keeper will match the great defender's recor...

DOHA (Reuters) -Brazil's forward Gabriel Jesus and defender Alex Telles have both been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after picking up knee injuries in their final Group G game against Cameroo...

By Julien Pretot DOHA (Reuters) - Most of France's talk ahead of their last-16 clash with Poland has been about how Les Bleus will handle Robert Lewandowski, but the defending champions are well aware...

By Drazen Jorgic (Reuters) - When Nicaragua's boxing great Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez struts into a glitzy U.S. ring bidding to become six-time world champion on Saturday, he will also represent a v...

By Fernando Kallas DOHA (Reuters) - World Cup favourites Brazil are racing to overcome injuries to key players as they prepare for their last-16 match against South Korea on Monday, after a heavily ch...