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  • TOPSHOT - Senegal and Morocco players clash during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final football match between Senegal and Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on January 18, 2026. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Suspensions and hefty fines handed to Senegal and Morocco after chaotic AFCON final
  • Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks with members of the media as he leaves the tribunal after getting acquitted off corruption charges against him in Muttenz, Switzerland, March 25, 2025. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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    Ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in United States
  • Jan 22, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA;  Trinity Rodman of the Washington Spirit answers questions during a press conference at BMO Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images
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    Washington Spirit sign soccer star Trinity Rodman to reportedly record three-year contract
  • Displaced Palestinian youths take part in a training session at the Aida Refugee Camp's football pitch, next to the separation wall outside Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, on December 16, 2025, a few weeks after an Israeli military decision to demolish the field.
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    Under pressure from FIFA and UEFA, Palestinian soccer pitch saved from planned Israeli demolition
  • RABAT, MOROCCO - JANUARY 19: Senegalese players raise the trophy after winning the 35th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025) final match against Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in the capital Rabat, Morocco on January 19, 2026. Senegal won the 35th Africa Cup of Nations title on Sunday, defeating hosts Morocco 1-0 after extra time in a dramatic final marked by lengthy stoppage-time scenes. (Photo by Samah Zidan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Player protests, an awful penalty and fan uproar: What happened in the most chaotic AFCON final in history
  • Paris Saint-Germain's Portuguese midfielder #17 Vitinha (C) runs with the ball during the UEFA Champions League Quarter final first leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) and Aston Villa (ENG) at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)
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    ‘We want to win it for him’: Vitinha tells CNN Sports why memory of Diogo Jota fuels Portugal’s World Cup dream
  • Xabi Alonso, pictured during the Spanish Super Cup final football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid at the King Abdullah Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday.
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    Real Madrid replaces coach Xabi Alonso with B team manager Álvaro Arbeloa
  • Ousmane Dembélé speaks during an interview at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on December 28, 2025.
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    ‘We have a mission in the US’: France star Ousmane Dembélé tells CNN Sports he’s targeting World Cup glory after huge 2025
  • An aerial view shows Old Trafford stadium, home ground of Manchester United Football Club, in Manchester, north west England, on May 23, 2025. Manchester United's manager Ruben Amorim said after the defeat to Tottenham in the Europa League Final, that if the club no longer wanted him he would quit "without any conversation about compensation". Now his captain, 30, has followed suit, aware of United's need for an overhaul of the playing staff despite financial constraints. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Middling results and yet another fired coach: Just when will Manchester United finally get it right?
  • Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim heads towards the tunnel at half-time during the UEFA Europa League, league stage match at Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture date: Thursday January 23, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Man Utd. Photo credit should read: Martin Rickett/PA Wire.

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    Ruben Amorim fired by Manchester United after turbulent managerial spell
  • Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Schedule Announced - Washington, D.C., U.S. - December 6, 2025 FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the FIFA World Cup 2026 match schedule announcement REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
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    Ticket prices raise the question: Will this be the ‘prawn sandwich’ World Cup?
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  • WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, speaks with the FIFA World Cup Trophy during the VIP Welcome Reception ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on December 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Michael Regan - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
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    FIFA slashes price of some World Cup tickets to $60 after global fan backlash
  • Fans are facing high ticket prices to watch next year's World Cup games.
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    Why soccer fans are ‘astonished’ by the ‘extortionate’ ticket prices for next year’s World Cup
  • SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JULY 28: FIFA World Cup Trophy is displayed at Lumen Field on July 28, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Alika Jenner - FIFA/ FIFA via Getty Images)
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    How a World Cup match scheduled in Seattle has caused outrage in Egypt and Iran

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  • <p>The Afghan women’s soccer team hasn’t been able to play since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Now, FIFA has announced the Afghan women’s refugee squad in an unprecedented step. CNN’s Amanda Davies met with several of the exiled players in the UK and learned about their years-long fight for recognition, and why football remains such a lifeline for them.</p>
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    Video As first Afghan women’s refugee squad is announced, soccer players’ fight for recognition goes on 5:18
  •  Barcelona president Joan Laporta is inteviewed by CNN Sports’ Amanda Davies on Wednesday, July 30.
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    Video Barcelona will be ‘stronger’ next season, club president Joan Laporta tells CNN 5:08
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    Video Why soccer might be Sweden’s way out of a gang crime crisis 4:02
  • TOPSHOT - Real Madrid's French forward #09 Kylian Mbappe (R) is congratulated by Real Madrid's Brazilian forward #07 Vinicius Junior after scoring the 2-0 goal during the UEFA Super Cup football match between Real Madrid and Atalanta BC in Warsaw on August 14, 2024. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Video Vinícius Jr. tells CNN that Real Madrid is out to win the treble for the first time in club history 4:58
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Global game

  • Liverpool and Mohamed Salah have clashed heads in recent days.
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    How one extraordinary interview caused Liverpool great Mohamed Salah to fall out with the club
  • 2026 World Cup schedule: See where, when and who your team plays
  • Here are the groups for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • US President Donald Trump receives the FIFA Peace Prize from Fifa President Gianni Infantino.
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    What is the FIFA Peace Prize and why did Donald Trump win?
  • FIFA World Cup Draw: Everything you need to know
  • Mission impossible? How this amateur women’s soccer team plans to keep advocating and go pro
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  • WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 03: The FIFA World Cup Trophy is seen on stage at the Kennedy Center ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw on December 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Regan - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
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    Live Updates World Cup draw: Matchups are set after ceremony featuring a prize for Trump and plenty of fanfare
  • TOPSHOT - A man waves a jersey with a picture of Diego Maradona as fans wait to enter the Government House to pay tribute to late football legend Diego Armando Maradona in Buenos Aires, on November 26, 2020. - Diego Maradona's coffin arrived at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires for a period of lying in state, TV reports showed, following the death of the Argentine football legend aged 60 on November 25. Hundreds of people were already lining up to pay their respects to Maradona, who died while recovering from a brain operation, the images from sports channels TyC and ESPN showed. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
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    ‘What do we do the day Diego Maradona dies?’: An homage to ‘El Pelusa’ on the anniversary of his death
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    Why women’s soccer is so important to queer people
  • Cristiano Ronaldo of team Al-Nassr FC scores their fourth goal during the Saudi Pro League match between Al Nassr and Al Khaleej at Al Awwal Park on Sunday.
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    Cristiano Ronaldo rolls back the years with outrageous bicycle kick
  • Curacao's Roshon Van Eijma, in the air, fights for the ball with Jamaica's Gregory Leigh, right, and Jonathan Russell during a World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match in Kingston, Jamaica, on November 18, 2025.
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    Curaçao makes history as smallest nation by population to qualify for a World Cup

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