Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Desde su inauguración en 1930, ha habido 21 ediciones de la Copa Mundial masculina de la FIFA, pero Qatar 2022 está destinado a ser un torneo como ningún otro. Desde que se anunció como sede hace casi 12 años, siempre estuvo destinado a ser un Mundial de primicias. Desde el
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By Issy Ronald, CNN When the United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) walks onto the pitch in Qatar on Monday, it will be appearing at a men’s World Cup for the first time since 2014. In the eight-and-a-half years since then, soccer has overtaken ice hockey to become the country’s fourth most watched sport with
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scottish club Rangers has fired manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst after a year in charge, saying the team’s recent run of form has “not met expectations.” The Dutch coach was appointed as Steven Gerrard’s successor a year ago and led the club to the Europa League final and a first Scottish Cup
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Seven players rushed for at least 200 yards in the Football Bowl Subdivision over the weekend, and three of them did it in the same game. Mississippi’s Quinshon Judkins ran 24 times for 214 yards and teammate Zach Evans ran 17 times for 208 in a 42-27 loss
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A defense lawyer says a top court in Pakistan has ordered the release of a man on completion of his jail term in connection with the 2003 assassination attempt on former President Pervez Musharraf’s convoy. The country’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered Rana Tanveer, sentenced to 14 years in jail in 2005
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Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Un hombre armado de 22 años mató al menos a cinco personas e hirió a otras 19 en un club nocturno LGBTQ en Colorado Springs, Colorado, poco antes de la medianoche del sábado, dijo la policía el domingo. El sospechoso del tiroteo en Club Q fue identificado como Anderson Lee Aldrich, según
Continue Reading By Masrur Jamaluddin and Rhea Mogul, CNN Rescuers were digging through debris on Tuesday to find survivors of a powerful earthquake that toppled homes and buildings in a highly populated area of Indonesia’s West Java province, killing at least 268 people. A further 151 people remain missing and more than 1,000 were injured, the country’s
Continue Reading By George Ramsay and Zayn Nabbi, CNN The captains of several European teams will not wear “OneLove” armbands at the World Cup in Qatar due to the danger of receiving yellow cards. England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Wales were set to participate in the “OneLove” campaign to promote inclusion and oppose discrimination.
Continue Reading By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials say suspected Kurdish militants in Syria have fired rockets into a border town in Turkey, killing three people and wounding 10 others. Turkish media reported the rockets struck a high school and two houses Monday in the town of Karkamis, as well as a
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo is unfazed by the drama created by his explosive pre-World Cup interview on British TV and maintains the atmosphere in Portugal’s squad is “excellent” heading into the tournament. The Manchester United striker has given an impromptu news conference Monday at Portugal’s training base
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat is holding talks with Serbian and Kosovo officials in Brussels. The emergency meeting aims at defusing tensions between the Balkan neighbors amid their dispute over vehicle license plates. The EU’s high representative, Josep Borrell, has separate talks planned with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Albin Kurti, the
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says that Israeli forces shot and killed a young man near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The ministry said in a statement Monday that the man died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Palestinian media identified the man as 18-year-old Mahmoud al-Saadi. The violence was
Continue Reading DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Defender Dani Carvajal hasn’t practiced because of the flu two days before Spain’s debut at the World Cup. The Spanish soccer federation didn’t provide more details Monday about the condition of the right back. His absence comes as regular starting striker Álvaro Morata returned to practice after his own bout with
Continue Reading ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev easily won a new seven-year term in a snap election in which the second biggest choice by voters was to reject all six candidates, the country’s central elections commission said Monday. Tokayev received more than 81% of the votes in Sunday’s election, according to elections commission chairman
Continue Reading By ANGELA CHARLTON and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Diplomats are drumming up money and other support Monday for Europe’s poorest country, Moldova. The former Soviet republic is suffering massive blackouts, heavy refugee flows and potential security threats from the war in neighboring Ukraine. The French Foreign Ministry says Monday’s international aid conference
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By Laura He, CNN Business China has locked down a major transportation hub in the south, as the country grapples with its largest nationwide Covid outbreak since April. The lockdown also follows rising cases in Beijing, which reported the country’s first Covid deaths in nearly six months. In recent days, China had begun to ease
Continue Reading By ABBY SEWELL and SALAR SALIM Associated Press ERBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iran says its latest strikes on Kurdish opposition bases in northern Iraq were necessary to protect the country’s borders, while Kurdish officials condemned the missile and drone attacks as unprovoked aggression. One of the targeted opposition groups said one member was killed in
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA’s threat of on-field punishment for players forced World Cup teams to back down Monday and abandon an anti-discrimination campaign aimed at host nation Qatar. The captains of seven European nations won’t wear armbands supporting the “One Love” campaign in games after FIFA said the
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA’s threat of on-field punishment for players forced World Cup teams to back down Monday and abandon an anti-discrimination campaign aimed at host nation Qatar. The captains of seven European nations won’t wear armbands supporting the “One Love” campaign in games after FIFA said the
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