Uruguay relies on savvy, smarts to reach World Cup quarters
SOCHI, Russia (AP) Uruguay has gone deep into the World Cup before, even with some of the same players, yet after four straight wins, it's clear there is something more to the gro...JULY 1, 2018
Messi and Ronaldo not only greats not to win World Cup
KAZAN, Russia (AP) Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are clearly two of the greatest footballers of all time, and following Saturday's elimination of Argentina and Portugal they'...JULY 1, 2018
Russia switches to 5 at the back for World Cup game v Spain
MOSCOW (AP) Russia is set to switch to five at the back for its World Cup round of 16 game against Spain on Sunday.JULY 1, 2018
Ronaldo, Portugal unable to continue great run at World Cup
SOCHI, Russia (AP) Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't carry the team by himself this time.JUNE 30, 2018
With World Cup field halved, here’s a look at what’s next
MOSCOW (AP) No more ties, or tiebreakers. The World Cup is into the knockout stage, and every match will end with someone going home.JUNE 30, 2018
A look at the road out of the World Cup's round of 16
MOSCOW (AP) No more ties, or tiebreakers. The World Cup is into the knockout stage, and every match will end with someone going home.JUNE 30, 2018
The Latest: Embolo back at World Cup after parental leave
MOSCOW (AP) The Latest on Saturday at the World Cup (all times local):JUNE 30, 2018
Messi and Ronaldo exit World Cup without titles
MOSCOW (AP) Lionel Messi stared, hands on hips, pain etched across a face once boyish and filled with limitless joy, now obscured by a brow...JUNE 30, 2018
AP PHOTOS: France, Uruguay move on at the World Cup
MOSCOW (AP) The two most recognizable names in global soccer were eliminated from the World Cup on Saturday. But the first day of knockout...JUNE 30, 2018
Brief look at Lionel Messi’s World Cup goals
KAZAN, Russia (AP) For Barcelona, Lionel Messi is a goal machine, the club's top scorer who has frequently been decisive for the Catalan cl...JUNE 30, 2018
RECAP: Ronaldo, Portugal sent home early from World Cup behind Cavani's two goals
Portugal is eliminated from World Cup play after Ronaldo was held scorelessJUNE 30, 2018
FIFA fines Russia for neo-Nazi fan banner at World Cup game
MOSCOW (AP) Russia's soccer federation has been fined by FIFA because a fan displayed a neo-Nazi banner at a World Cup game.JUNE 30, 2018
Silva wants Spain to use speed at World Cup to beat Russia
MOSCOW (AP) With Spain expecting Russia to sit back and defend in numbers, speed and attack will be crucial in their last-16 match at the W...JUNE 30, 2018
Kickoff: Spain coach Hierro can add to long World Cup resume
MOSCOW (AP) For a team that fired its coach two days before its first World Cup match, Spain has quietly played its way into a fine positio...JUNE 30, 2018
RECAP: Mbappe, France send Messi and Argentina packing at World Cup
Kylian Mbappe, only 19, scored two goals in a five-minute span of the second half to lead France over Argentina 4-3 Saturday.JUNE 30, 2018
World Cup fans rev up revenues for sanctions-hobbled Russia
MOSCOW (AP) Moscow's beer kegs are emptying fast and demand for Vladimir Putin T-shirts is overwhelming St. Petersburg street vendors as the World Cup sends business surging acros...JUNE 30, 2018
Fullback Stones back in training with England at World Cup
MOSCOW (AP) John Stones is back in training with England, two days after coming off at halftime of the 1-0 loss to Belgium at the World Cup...JUNE 30, 2018
Column: Best-ever World Cup? It is shaping up nicely
KAZAN, Russia (AP) Wow. What a start.JUNE 29, 2018
Injuries raise doubts about Brazil’s World Cup preparations
SOCHI, Russia (AP) Brazil is going out of its way to defend its World Cup preparations and show its players' injuries can't be blamed on ex...JUNE 29, 2018
AP PHOTOS: Russia’s airports a melting pot of World Cup fans
KAZAN, Russia (AP) Russia's airports have had a face-lift and thankfully for the exhausted fans on the World Cup trail they have not proven to be much of an inconvenience.JUNE 29, 2018
Croatia leads World Cup charge from the other side of Europe
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (AP) What better time than a World Cup in Russia for the eastern side of Europe to win one?JUNE 29, 2018
Messi missing from AP’s best 11 of the World Cup group stage
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) Imagine having a team featuring Cristiano Ronaldo supporting Harry Kane up front, Philippe Coutinho pulling the...JUNE 29, 2018
Hosting World Cup makes Russia more gay-friendly – for now
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) While World Cup fans pack the St. Petersburg Stadium fantasizing of soccer victory, Pyotr Voskresensky and fell...JUNE 29, 2018
World Cup not alone among unusual sports tiebreakers
Japan and Senegal each finished Group H play at the World Cup with four points. They each scored and allowed four goals. When they played ea...JUNE 28, 2018
Tunisia tops Panama 2-1 for first World Cup win in 40 years
SARANSK, Russia (AP) Tunisia captain Wahbi Khazri and Fakhreddine Ben Youssef ensured their nation's World Cup slump wouldn't enter a fifth...JUNE 28, 2018
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