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Soccer FIFA Infantino Critics
FILE - FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a news conference at the stadium in Mexico City, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, a day before the opening FIFA World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Soccer

Senior FIFA official turns to AP to speak out against Infantino’s World Cup plan

AUG. 7, 2026

APTOPIX Argentina Spain WCup Soccer
Spain's Ferran Torres celebrates with the trophy after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Live coverage

AP’s World Cup team delivers unmatched all-formats coverage of the world’s biggest sporting event

JULY 24, 2026

APTOPIX Argentina Spain WCup Soccer
Spain's Rodri celebrates with the trophy after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Soccer

How Spain built a soccer identity that conquered the world

JULY 20, 2026

APTOPIX Switzerland Argentina WCup Soccer
Argentina's Lionel Messi, center, reacts after the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match against Switzerland in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Photos

The World Cup quarterfinals, in photos

JULY 13, 2026

APTOPIX Brazil Wcup Soccer Reaction
Brazil fans celebrate after Brazil defeated Japan at a World Cup soccer match as they watch a live broadcast of the game on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Photos

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

JULY 3, 2026

Iran WCup Soccer
Iran's Alireza Jahanbakhsh greets fans and signs autographs as the Iran World Cup soccer team leaves their hotel for the airport Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Iran

Iran heads home after a heartbreaking World Cup knockout, but fans say players should be proud

JUNE 30, 2026

France Norway WCup Soccer
Norwegian fans perform a viking boat row during the World Cup Group I soccer match between Norway and France in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

Fans

World Cup fans flood stadiums and fan zones with dazzling costumes, facepaint and flags — in photos

JUNE 28, 2026

Sudan Women Soccer
Sudan's U-17 women's national team, in red, plays a soccer match against Comoros, during qualifiers for the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, in Casablanca, Morocco, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo)

Soccer

Far from the World Cup, a girls team tries to revive soccer dreams for war-ravaged Sudan

JUNE 17, 2026

APTOPIX New Zealand Iran WCup Soccer
New Zealand goalkeeper Max Crocombe (1) is beaten by a header from Iran's Mohammad Mohebbi (8) to scores their second goal during the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Soccer

Cape Verde and Spain play scoreless draw and Iran ties New Zealand on day 5 of World Cup, in photos

JUNE 15, 2026

APTOPIX WCup Ref Denied Entry Soccer
Referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry to the United States, is welcomed by supporters upon his arrival in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Soccer

Somali soccer referee denied entry to US for World Cup is welcomed home as a hero

JUNE 10, 2026

APTOPIX Netherlands WCup Soccer
Marktweg Street in The Hague, Netherlands, is decorated ahead of the start of the soccer World Cup, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Netherlands

A street in The Hague is drenched in orange as Netherlands soccer fans celebrate the World Cup

JUNE 10, 2026

Argentina Soccer Religion
River Plate fans cheer during an Argentine league match against Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Latin America

Why soccer fandom in Latin America feels almost sacred

JUNE 2, 2026

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