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How a bowling alley in a 100-year old church building became home base for Croatian soccer fans

7:57am December 17, 2022

by Frank Morris

Croation soccer fans will crowd into a basement bowling alley in Kansas City, Kan., Saturday morning to watch their national team play Morocco for third place in the World Cup.

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Saturday Sports: France and Argentina face off in the 2022 World Cup final on Sunday

7:57am December 17, 2022

France and Argentina will face off in the final match Sunday as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar comes to a close.

Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi in Lusail, north of Doha on December 13, 2022 (L) and France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappe in Al Khor, north of Doha on December 14, 2022.

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France takes on Argentina in the World Cup Final. Here's what you need to know.

5:13pm December 16, 2022

by Russell Lewis

The final game of the 2022 World Cup on Sunday is set to be its most thrilling. Defending champion France takes on Argentina as Lionel Messi seeks the one trophy missing from his glorious career.

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The World Cup is sparking holiday spirit in hospitals

4:41pm December 16, 2022

Hospitals can be lonely places, especially during the holidays. But there's a new kind of holiday spirit sparked by the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

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Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner plays in a September 2021 game. In her first public comments since being freed from Russia, she says she will play in the next WNBA season.

Brittney Griner says she'll play in the upcoming WNBA season

12:08pm December 16, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

In her first public statement since being freed from Russia, the two-time Olympic gold medalist says she'll play for her team, the Phoenix Mercury, when the season starts in May.

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The World Cup final between Argentina and France is expected to be a thriller

5:08am December 16, 2022

On Sunday, France will try to become the first team since Brazil in 1962 to win back-to-back World Cup titles. Argentina is trying to win one for the team's legendary forward Lionel Messi.

France's players celebrate their victory in a 2022 World Cup semifinal match with Morocco on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Al-Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, north of Doha.

Photos from the World Cup, as Argentina, France prepare to face off in the finals

9:14am December 15, 2022

by Maansi Srivastava

See some of the best photos from the 2022 World Cup's quarterfinal and semifinal rounds. Argentina and France will face off in the final on Sunday, Dec. 18.

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England won't be the World Cup champs — despite the message on some T-shirts

5:56am December 15, 2022

A company ordered 18,000 T-shirts with the message: England, World Cup Winners 2022. But England lost to France in the quarterfinals. The T-shirts are now on sale at a third of the original cost.

Grant Wahl with a World Cup replica trophy, in recognition of his achievement covering 8 or more FIFA World Cups, during a ceremony at the Main Media Centre on Nov. 29 in Doha, Qatar.

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American soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl died of an aneurysm at the Qatar World Cup

7:14pm December 14, 2022

by Russell Lewis

Wahl, the preeminent soccer reporter in the U.S., died early Saturday while covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal match in Doha. He collapsed in the press tribune during the game.

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The World Cup final is set after France faces Morocco

4:53pm December 14, 2022

by Tom Goldman

The World Cup final is set after France faces Morocco in the semi-finals. The winner will play Argentina Sunday.