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Soccer
Palestine Is All Over The World Cup
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Samer Kalaf
December 12, 2022
Soccer
Grant Wahl Dies In Qatar After Collapsing During World Cup Match
270
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Samer Kalaf
December 10, 2022
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Soccer
Emi Martínez Saved Argentina From Itself
142
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 9, 2022
Internationals
Croatia Did The Impossible By Beating The Inevitable
172
Comments
Billy Haisley
December 9, 2022
Soccer
Qatar’s World Cup CEO Scolds Reporters For Noticing That Another Worker Died
150
Comments
Albert Burneko
December 8, 2022
Soccer
Portugal Romped While Ronaldo Watched
217
Comments
Albert Burneko
December 7, 2022
Soccer
Spain Beat Itself Again
176
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 6, 2022
Soccer
Samuel Eto’o Kicked A Guy In The Face At The World Cup
67
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 6, 2022
Soccer
Brazil Finally Started Dancing
78
Comments
Tom Ley
December 5, 2022
Soccer
Japan Finally Plays A Good Game And Loses Anyway
98
Comments
Billy Haisley
December 5, 2022
Soccer
Kylian Mbappé Scores Two Lovely Goals As France Puts Away Poland
74
Comments
Chris Thompson
December 4, 2022
Soccer
To Nobody’s Surprise, The Americans Deliver No Surprises
355
Comments
Ray Ratto
December 3, 2022
Soccer
Japan Is The Best Kind Of World Cup Killer
80
Comments
Albert Burneko
December 2, 2022
Underexplained Lists
The 16 Teams Left In The World Cup, Ranked By Coolness
241
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 2, 2022
Soccer
South Korea’s Stunning World Cup Moment Is As Good As It Gets
102
Comments
Patrick Redford
December 2, 2022
Soccer
No One Is Sadder Than Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku
77
Comments
Laura Wagner
December 1, 2022
Soccer
Christian Pulisic’s Goal Not As Ballsy As It First Appeared
87
Comments
Tom Ley
December 1, 2022
Soccer
Yelling In Arabic Has Its Merits
95
Comments
Samer Kalaf
December 1, 2022
Soccer
Argentina’s Young Stars Have Arrived
26
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 1, 2022
Soccer
Poland Advances To Knockout Stage By Playing Jabroni Soccer
127
Comments
Tom Ley
November 30, 2022
Soccer
Denmark Was Something Rotten
70
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
November 30, 2022
Internationals
Why Not U.S.?
261
Comments
Patrick Redford
November 30, 2022
Internationals
The USMNT Is What We Thought It Was
343
Comments
Billy Haisley
November 30, 2022
Internationals
Ghana Is Definitely Here For A Good Time, Maybe For A Long Time
26
Comments
Patrick Redford
November 28, 2022
Internationals
This Is How Brazil Will Win The World Cup
70
Comments
Billy Haisley
November 28, 2022
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