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  • Messi leads Argentina to 2-0 win over Mexico at World Cup

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    DOHA — Members of Japan’s national soccer team were busy practicing in Doha on Friday ahead of their...

    November 26, 2022

  • FIFA awards Japanese soccer fans for collecting trash at stadiums

    DOHA — Japanese soccer fans have received an award from FIFA for picking up trash at stadiums, follo...

    November 26, 2022

  • US frustrates England again at a World Cup in 0-0 draw

    AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — Loud jeers rang around the stadium. England’s fans were not happy. The United ...

    November 26, 2022

  • Show’s over already for host Qatar’s World Cup team

    DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The show is over already for the Qatar team, which was eliminated Friday from the...

    November 26, 2022

  • Valencia scores World Cup-best third goal in Ecuador draw

    AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — The young Ecuador squad followed their captain Enner Valencia to the corner ...

    November 26, 2022

  • Iranian soccer player arrested amid World Cup scrutiny

    DUBAI (AP) — Iran arrested a prominent former member of its national soccer team on Thursday over h...

    November 25, 2022

  • Samurai Blue looks ahead, preps for next task at hand

    DOHA — Flush from its jaw-dropping victory over Germany at the World Cup the previous night, the Ja...

    November 25, 2022

  • Kazuyoshi Miura returns to Qatar for first time since ‘agony of Doha’

    Japanese soccer legend Kazuyoshi Miura was among the spectators in the stadium during Japan’s stunni...

    November 25, 2022

  • World Cup roundup: Switzerland tops Cameroon to open group play

    Switzerland’s Breel Embolo scored in the 48th minute to give his team a 1-0 victory over Cameroon to...

    November 25, 2022

  • Ronaldo breaks record as Portugal up and running with Ghana win

    DOHA (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo drew a line under a tumultuous tournament build-up as he wrote hi...

    November 25, 2022

  • South Korea holds Uruguay to 0-0 draw at World Cup

    AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Another favored team has failed to impress in the early stages of the World ...

    November 25, 2022

  • Neymar injured, Richarlison scores for Brazil at World Cup

    LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — With Neymar limping off the field with an ankle injury, Richarlison came throug...

    November 25, 2022

  • Japan forward Takuma Asano ‘envisioned victory for 4 years’ before Cup winner

    DOHA — After the disappointment of not playing in the last World Cup, Takuma Asano scored the winnin...

    November 24, 2022

  • Fans celebrate in Tokyo after Samurai Blue’s win in Doha

    Japan’s historic victory against Germany at the 2022 Qatar World Cup brought fans to their feet at T...

    November 24, 2022

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