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Premier League Players on Target at the World Cup
Having beaten Sweden 2:0 in the quarter-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, England qualified for the semi-finals at a World Cup for the first time since 1990. The success of their own team isn’t the More...
FIFA World Cup 2018: Predicting the Unpredictable
FIFA World Cup: 32 nations will be competing at the in Russia over the next four and a half weeks, but only one team will fly home victorious. And even though every fan/expert has an opinion on who will More...
Communities Across Russia Open Doors to World Cup Jewish Visitors
The International Sports Travel Agencies Association estimates that 10,000 Israelis are expected at the international soccer tournament, held every four years. Thousands more Jewish fans are expected to More...
Argentina & Messi cancel final World Cup Warmup against Israel Due to Political intervention
Argentina has canceled their final World Cup warm-up match against Israel, striker Gonzalo Higuain said on Tuesday, as political pressure grew ahead of Saturday’s scheduled fixture in Jerusalem. “They’ve More...
Soccer Superpowers That Missed the World Cup
As the final whistle blew on the 0-0 draw, the tears started to flow. Italy had failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1958. After their poor showing in the group stages in More...
Chuck Blazer: FIFA execs took bribes ahead of ’98, ’10 World Cups
A turbulent period for FIFA began in May 2010 when the world’s governing body for soccer was presented with official bid documents by Australia, England, Netherlands/Belgium, Japan, South Korea, More...
NHL Commissioner Bettman May Put Ads on World Cup Jerseys, Will Leave League Shirts Alone
While Gary Bettman, NHL commissioner, said ads might appear on World Cup hockey jerseys, he doesn’t foresee any changes in the traditional league uniforms, as reported by the Globe and Mail. The NHL More...
Putin’s Tycoon Friend Gennady Timchenko to Build World Cup Stadiums
An ally of Vladimir Putin, Gennady Timchenko will go ahead and build stadiums for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after there were fears that the project would be delayed indefinitely, the Moscow Times reported. In More...
Fed Up Mark Cuban Proposes World Cup For the NBA
– – Mark Cuban, owner of Dallas Mavericks, is fed up with the risks and sacrifices the Olympic Committee and FIBA demand of players and proposes the NBA have its own World Cup which will provide More...
China by Far World’s Solar Leader, with World Cup Sponsor Yingli
– Yingli, with 30, 000 employees, is the world’s top solar panel manufacturer. – Mother Jones’ reporters James West and Jaeah Lee filed an exiting story last week, about Chinese More...