Advertisement

Topic - The 2018 World Cup

Related Stories

France draws, Dutch lose at start of WC qualifying in Europe

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

FILE - This Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019 file photo shows the Al Bayt Stadium, one of the 2022 World Cup stadiums, in Al Khor, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Doha, Qatar. The Al Bayt 60,000 seats stadium with Qatari tent shaped facade has a retractable roof. FIFA on Monday Dec. 7, 2020, held the draw to determine the European qualifying groups for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, with 13 slots at the tournament available for teams from the continent. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Italy has hard qualifying path after missing last World Cup

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Brazil's Neymar leaves the field at the end of a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 against Bolivia at the Neo Quimica arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Brazil won 5-0. (Buda Mendes/Pool via AP)

Brazil, Argentina eye road hurdles in World Cup qualifiers

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 5, 2015, file photo, the United States Women’s National Team celebrates with the trophy after they defeated Japan 5-2 in the FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. People with knowledge of FIFA’s finances told The Associated Press that in the four-year period covering the 2018 World Cup, FIFA’s reserves soared to $2.74 billion and revenue rose to $6.4 billion, but it also underscores the glaring disparity between men and women’s soccer. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

FIFA’s record finances reignites World Cup pay parity debate

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 5, 2015, file photo, the United States Women’s National Team celebrates with the trophy after they defeated Japan 5-2 in the FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. People with knowledge of FIFA’s finances told The Associated Press that in the four-year period covering the 2018 World Cup, FIFA’s reserves soared to $2.74 billion and revenue rose to $6.4 billion, but it also underscores the glaring disparity between men and women’s soccer. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

FIFA’s record finances reignites World Cup pay parity debate

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

The French team celebrates after winning the final match against Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on July 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

FIFA research says 3.5B people viewed some World Cup action

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

In this image provided by Moscow Traffic Control Center Press Service, ambulance and police work at the site of an incident after a taxi crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk near Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 16, 2018. Police in Moscow say at least seven people have been injured when a taxi crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk near Red Square. (Moscow Traffic Control Center Press Service via AP)

Taxi cab plows into crowd in Moscow

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 28, 2017, photo, then Japan Football Association (JFA) technical director Akira Nishino, right, watches Japan national team's practice with then Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodzic, left, before a soccer match against Australia in Saitama, near Tokyo. JFA President Kozo Tashima said on Monday, April 9, 2018, Japan fired Halilhodzic two months before soccer’s World Cup in Russia and replaced him immediately with Nishino. (Fumine Tsutabayashi/Kyodo News via AP)

With World Cup nearing, Asian teams still hiring and firing

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 filer, Russia's Artyom Dzyuba, front, fights for the ball with Portugal's Gonsalo Guedes, right, and Cedric Soares during an international friendly soccer match between Russia and Portugal in Krasnodar, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexandr Mysyakin, File)

The 8 teams contesting the Confederations Cup in Russia

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Vladimir Putin won’t fly to Zurich for WCup vote

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Putin said Wednesday he will not fly to Zurich for the 2018 World Cup vote because he wants to avoid exerting any pressure FIFA officials ahead of the vote. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)

Putin opts out of helping Russia’s World Cup bid

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press