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Messi mania: The star player brings wins for Miami's soccer club

5:32pm August 21, 2023

by Matheus Sanchez

Lionell Messi has been instrumental in remaking MLS club Inter Miami in just a few weeks. The soccer super star is dominating the game in the U.S. to the delight of fans across the country.

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Spain's Olga Carmona points to the message she had written on her undershirt to honor the death of one of her best friend's mother after scoring what would be the only goal in the match against England on Sunday. Carmona later learned that her father had died before the final match.

Spain's Olga Carmona learned her father had died after she won the Women's World Cup

11:14am August 21, 2023

by Laurel Wamsley

"Yesterday was the best and the worst day of my life," wrote Carmona, who scored the only goal in Spain's historic win over England.

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Fans react to Spain's Women's World Cup win

4:56pm August 20, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

Spain defeated England to win its first title in the Women's World Cup.

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Spain defeated England to lift its first ever Women's World Cup trophy

9:18am August 20, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

We bring you the latest on the final match of the 2023 World Cup, between England and Spain.

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Spain teammates celebrate their victory over England in the final of the Women's World Cup at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.

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Spain outlasts England 1-0 to win its first Women's World Cup title

8:27am August 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

Spain's victory over England came less than a year after a near-mutiny by its players last year. Its win made it the first European team to win the Women's World Cup since Germany in 2007.

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Women's World Cup update

5:14pm August 19, 2023

NPR's Pien Huang speaks with Sophie Downey from The Guardian to discuss the Women's World Cup.

Fans and spectators walk to the entrance of Chicago's Comiskey Park on April 9, 1990, for the opening day of the final Major League Baseball season there.

Opinion: Corporate ballpark names just don't have that special ring

10:18am August 19, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon ponders stadium naming rights: how relatively inexpensive it is for companies to link their brands to major league ballparks and football fields.

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Will and Denise Richards are the owners of Dill Dinkers, an indoor pickleball court chain.

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Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the country, is moving indoors

9:25am August 19, 2023

by Erin Kenney

Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the country. Indoor courts are popping up all over, from former warehouses, to empty stores and even shopping malls.

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A California substitute teacher was called up by The Atlanta Braves to face Mets

8:09am August 19, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Allan Winans, a substitute teacher and minor league baseball player who recently played with the Atlanta Braves.

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Saturday Sports: Women's World Cup final; MLB controversy and playoffs

8:09am August 19, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the women's world cup final, a Major League Baseball controversy, and the race for the MLB playoffs.