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Chase Speed, center, celebrates at watch party, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Vancouver, British Columbia, after Canada scored a goal in the World Cup Group B soccer match between Canada and Bosnia. (AP Photo/Kaleb Tatum)

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Soccer fans around the world watch the World Cup, in photos

JUNE 14, 2026

Female Fans Football
FILE - Green Bay Packers fans cheer during the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

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How the NFL is aiming to broaden its appeal to women

NOV. 4, 2025

Post Pandemic Olympics
FILE - Jagger Eaton, of the United States, competes in men's street Skateboarding during the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, July 25, 2021. At the last two Olympics – one summer, one winter -- that crowd did not exist due to the COVID pandemic. “I had a lot of athletes tell me that Tokyo was one of their worst Games,” said American skateboarder Jagger Eaton, who made his Olympic debut in 2021 and will return this year. “And I was like, ‘I love it here.’ I didn’t know any better.” (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

COVID-19

Post-pandemic Paris Olympics signal a return to ‘normal’ for athletes and fans

JULY 3, 2024

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A Liverpool fan and others show tickets at the gates of the Stade de France prior the Champions League final soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid, in Saint Denis near Paris, May 28, 2022. Police deployed tear gas on fans waiting in long lines to enter France’s flagship stadium for the final match, which was delayed by 37 minutes as security struggled to cope with the vast crowd and fans climbing fences. Officials blamed the overcrowding on people trying to access the stadium with fake tickets. (AP Photo / Christophe Ena)

Champions League

Police tear-gas fans at Champions League final; AP’s exclusive video shakes up French politics

JUNE 3, 2022

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