
FBI deploying elite units to secure World Cup matches
It will be the largest World Cup in history, involving 48 teams and 104 matches across 16 cities in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
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A World Cup Full of Geopolitical Tension Is Almost Upon Us
Iran playing in a competition co-hosted by the US is just one of the flashpoints to watch for.
USC baseball’s ninth-inning implosion costs trip to College World Series
Two outs. Two measly outs. That was all the most decorated program in the history of college baseball needed to get back to what once felt like its second home. At that point, everything was tilting heavily USC’s way in its bid to make its first College World Series appearance since 2001. USC’s Andrew Johnson...
Last-minute visas and moving training camp: Iran's road to the World Cup
Iran's participation has become one of the most complex stories of the tournament.
4 takeaways from the U.S. men's final tune-up games before the World Cup
The U.S. men's national team chose to play a pair of highly-ranked, super competitive teams in the final lead-up to the World Cup: Senegal and Germany. The matches showed the U.S. is ready.
Iranian soccer team arrives in Mexico for World Cup amid US visa issues
The Iranian men’s soccer team arrived in Mexico on Sunday, with the FIFA World Cup just four days away. The Iranian squad posted to Instagram photos of the team, dressed in matching white shirts and blue blazers, boarding a plane in Antalya, Turkey, on Saturday. The team has been training in Turkey ahead of the…
‘Unite Here’ needs to unite, here, to make World Cup a success
Unions are running LA into the ground. Of course workers have the right to organize, and to protect their members from poor conditions and bad management. But right now, they are choking LA. The Hollywood strikes that caused the studios to move production. The teachers’ union that keeps our schools in a dismal state. The...
Nine injured in shooting just miles from England’s World Cup training base
The incident occurred roughly four miles from where England are set to train at the Swope Soccer Village.







