Russia World Cup

• Russia officially hands World Cup mantle over to Qatar, who will host tournament in 2022

  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday handed over the mantle of World Cup host to the emir of Qatar, whose country will stage the 2022 edition of the tournament.

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  Jul 15, 2018
  
• Rick Zamperin: English hearts broken, again, at World Cup

  Croatia rallied from a 1-0 deficit to beat England 2-1 in extra time to advance to its first ever FIFA World Cup final. The Croatians will play 1998 champion France on Sunday.

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  Jul 11, 2018
  
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• Croatia beat Russia on penalty kicks to join England, France and Belgium in World Cup semis

  Croatia overcame a late injury to goalkeeper Danijel Subasic to defeat World Cup hosts Russia on penalty kicks.

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  Jul 7, 2018
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• Here’s your complete FIFA World Cup quarter-final guide

  Tournament favourites Brazil, dark horses England and hosts Russia are among the eight teams to take their place in the World Cup quarter-finals.

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  Jul 3, 2018
• World Cup hosts Russia stun Spain 4-3 on penalty kicks, reach quarter-finals

  Hosts Russia beat Spain 4-3 on penalties thanks to two saves by their goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev.

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  Jul 1, 2018
• Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona appears to need assistance at World Cup match

  Argentina soccer great Diego Maradona appeared to need assistance to walk at a match in which his national team beat Nigeria at the World Cup on Tuesday, according to a video clip posted on Twitter.

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  Jun 26, 2018
• Russian police evacuate hotels, restaurants in World Cup host city after bomb threats

  A hotel in the Russian soccer World Cup host city of Rostov-on-Don was evacuated by police late on Tuesday, staff at the Topos Congress hotel said.

  World

  Jun 26, 2018
• A completely wrong soccer primer from The Hand of Mike

  Gooooooooal! Mike Stafford explains soccer to the uninitiated.

  Commentary

  Jun 19, 2018
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• Taxi drives onto Moscow sidewalk as soccer fans crowd streets, 8 injured

  The authority cited the driver, who was in police custody, as saying he had not driven into the crowd on purpose. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a post on Twitter: "There was an unpleasant incident with a taxi. The driver lost control of the vehicle."

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  Jun 16, 2018
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• Who’s likely to win the 2018 World Cup? Artificial intelligence bots provide an answer

  Over the years, a number of methods have been concocted for predicting the winner of the most widely-watched sporting event in the world; the World Cup. And this year is no different.

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  Jun 16, 2018