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Firms look to cash in on World Cup fever

Samurai Blue soccer uniforms were flying off shelves ahead of Japan's first World Cup match against Germany in Qatar on Wednesday, as various industries look to capitalize on the football fever sweeping the nation.

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Bobby Ghosh: Iran’s regime is already a big loser at the World Cup

There is a long tradition of authoritarian states using soccer’s World Cup to distract attention — domestic and foreign alike — from their tyranny. The Islamic Republic milked buckets of self-serving propaganda out of the national team’s participation in the quadrennial competition, never more than in 1998 when Iran beat…

Tribune News Service

Football v soccer: can the World Cup win a US TV battle with the NFL?

Two games from Qatar clash with a gridiron tradition on Thursday. It could be a barometer for soccer’s future in the United States

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Saudi Arabia player flown out for surgery and crowd figures explained — the five talking points of day 3 of the World Cup

As Saudi Arabia celebrated their epic victory with a public holiday, one player was being flown to Germany for emergency surgery. Check out the five talking points for day 3 here.

ABC News

The 2022 World Cup: Here’s what it all means

We Americans watching from home should at least understand what we’re hearing and seeing. Let this handy glossary of terms be your guide.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michelle Kaufman: Americans finally get why the World Cup is so great, and why it hurts so much to tie

No, Qatar should not be hosting the World Cup. No, it isn’t right that fans can’t drink beer and players can’t wear rainbow arm bands at this World Cup.

Miami Herald

Tensions rise as Socceroos lose to France

Soccer fans have clashed in Melbourne as the Socceroos lost in their opening World Cup match.

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Brazilian journalist at World Cup says regional flag mistaken for LGBTQ symbol

A journalist covering the soccer World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday said local police hassled him outside a stadium after a regional Brazilian flag was mistaken for an LGBTQ pride flag.

Reuters

Americans plan to bet $1.8 billion on the 2022 FIFA World Cup

“This will certainly be the most bet-upon soccer event ever in the U.S.,” said American Gaming Association’s senior vice president Casey Clark.

Fortune

World Cup Viewer's Guide: Davies to play in Canada's return

Alphonso Davies will make his World Cup debut in a boost for a Canadian team that will be making its return to soccer’s biggest stage for the first time since 1986

The Independent UK

Kylian Mbappé-led France hammers Australia in FIFA World Cup opener in Qatar — as it happened

Kylian Mbappé and Olivier Giroud starred up front as defending world champions France took down the Socceroos 4-1 in their Group D World Cup opener in Qatar. Look back at how it unfolded.

ABC News

Argentina's shocking World Cup loss to Saudi Arabia has big reverberations for Messi

For Lionel Messi, this World Cup, and the historic upset with Saudi Arabia, is about so much more than soccer. It's about whether or not he can finally come back home to Argentina as a hero.

WEKU

Hundreds of fans report World Cup ticket woes for 2nd day

Hundreds of soccer fans in Doha are struggling to retrieve their digital World Cup tickets for a second day as problems with FIFA’s mobile application stoke confusion and frustration at the tournament

The Independent UK

‘When You Win, You’re a French Player. When You Lose, You’re Not.’

France’s relationship with its diverse soccer-playing population is sometimes fraught, sometimes not. World Cup performance is a big part of the equation.

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The Independent UK

World Cup Viewer's Guide: Messi seeks history with Argentina

Lionel Messi returns to the World Cup for a fifth attempt at finally winning soccer’s biggest prize

Tribune News Service

Ex-etiquette: Rethink old-school breakup attitude and put the kids first

Q. My sister-in-law is best friends with my husband’s ex-wife. Before we got married, they had a tradition that their families spent Thanksgiving together. They have done it for years and want to continue it even though we are now married. The kids are supposed to be with their mother…

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John Oliver Shouted Out Tony Armstrong’s Socceroos Celebrations Said He Has His Mum’s Scarf

Finally the world is getting to meet our boy Tony.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico's Uriel Antuna never forgets his meteoric soccer rise started with help

DOHA, Qatar — Soccer has taken Uriel Antuna to places he never imagined. To the medal stand at the Tokyo Olympics. To clubs in the Netherlands, England and the U.S. Now to Qatar, where he'll likely make his World Cup debut Tuesday when Mexico opens group play against Poland.

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Reuters

Soccer-U.S. journalist says he was detained at World Cup over rainbow shirt

A U.S. journalist said he was briefly detained on Monday when he tried to enter a World Cup stadium in Qatar while wearing a rainbow shirt in support of the LGBTQ community in a country where same-sex relations are illegal.

Sports Illustrated

How Long Is Soccer Halftime at the World Cup?

Each match has an allotted amount of time for the teams to break in between the two 45-minute halves.

The Guardian - US

US journalist Grant Wahl says he was detained in Qatar for rainbow shirt

US soccer journalist Grant Wahl says he was detained by security staff after he wore a rainbow shirt to USA’s World Cup opener against Wales

Reuters

Arabs shun Israeli media at Qatar World Cup, dashing hopes of warming

Arab soccer fans at the first World Cup in the Middle East are shunning Israeli journalists in Qatar trying to interview them, illustrating challenges facing wider "warm peace" ambitions two years after some Gulf states forged ties with Israel.

Sports Illustrated

Iran’s World Cup Presence Is One of Protest and Polarization

As tensions flare at home, there are factions who don’t think Iran should be at the World Cup at all, but Team Melli is there, and its stance is being projected to a global audience.

Axios

World Cup tests golden generation of U.S. men's soccer

It's the most talented squad in USMNT history — at least on paper.

Chicago Sun-Times

FIFA prohibits team captains from wearing human rights armbands at World Cup

Just hours before the first players wearing the armbands in support of the “One Love” campaign were set to take the field, the governing body of soccer warned they would immediately be shown yellow cards.

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