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Belgium's Red Devils get royal pep talk
Belgium's Red Devils received some regal encouragement Thursday evening as King Philippe dropped by the team's hotel less than 24 hours before its World Cup...
Dutch deputy leader slams Moroccan football fans after riots
Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius on Friday lambasted Moroccan football fans who clashed with police across the Netherlands following their team's World Cup defeat...
Spain's post-separatist team
Separatist politics have long spilled onto Spanish football pitches. In Catalonia, where nationalist sentiments run deep, clubs like FC Barcelona have historically served as powerful...
Graham Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race
Democrat Graham Platner filed paperwork Friday to officially remove his name from the ballot, ending his tumultuous bid to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in...
U.S. gives Iran Saturday deadline to publicly renounce Hormuz attacks
The Trump administration is demanding that Iran issue a public statement acknowledging the Strait of Hormuz is open and committing to stop firing on commercial...
Iran's supreme leader: Revenge "will most certainly be carried out"
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei announced on Saturday that revenge for his father's assassination "will most certainly be carried out."Why it matters: The statement was...
Belgian airline needles Spain ahead of World Cup quarterfinal
Red Devil-themed Jupiler beer cans, football-shaped Leonidas chocolates and sticker collectables at the Delhaize supermarket — Belgium is all on its World Cup run. Even...
How Trump radicalized the Belgians
BRUSSELS — President Donald Trump’s interference with FIFA’s disciplinary measures ahead of the U.S.-Belgium match had unintended consequences: He fired up the Belgians. After limping...
Who will cheer for Palestine now?
This may be the only World Cup where Palestinian flags have so noticeably outnumbered Italian ones. At the first global tournament after Oct. 7, 2023,...
What Would My Father Say to America?
Like many of my fellow Americans, I have spent much of this year contemplating the meaning of America's 250th birthday. I have participated in fantastic...
For Belgium's Beltway fans, a rout was the best revenge
Belgium’s sports authorities do not appear to have fully moved past the controversy that shrouded their Round of 16 matchup against the United States, but...
Anti-discrimination reports sent to FIFA over Mexico games
The head of FIFA’s anti-discrimination partner — which has dispatched human monitors to every World Cup match so far — said Thursday that the group...