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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Through two rounds of the World Cup’s group stage, the tiny nation of Cape Verde has displayed the jubilant air of a winner. In its first-ever World Cup appearance, the team — hailing from an archipelago off the western coast of Africa with around 530,000 inhabitants — has left

By Priscilla Alvarez, Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The US government is softening its stance on the Iranian national team entering the United States before its third World Cup match, allowing the team to come into the country two days before its Friday game against Egypt. “For the Iranian team’s third match in Seattle on

By Kyle Tatelbaum, CNN (CNN) — The PGA Tour is preparing for its most significant structural overhaul in decades, unveiling a new competitive model built around promotion, relegation, and a sharper divide between the sport’s top performers and those fighting to reach them. Approved by the Tour’s policy boards, the system will debut in 2028

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. We had storms, we had weather delays, and we had Lionel Messi making history; yesterday might have been the most dramatic day of action at

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. Mondays don’t seem so bad when it’s World Cup time, and we’re in for another treat as we start a new week of the tournament.

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — Dusty May, who coached Michigan’s men’s basketball team to a national title in April, is leaving the school to become the next head coach of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, according to a source close to the program. May leaves Ann Arbor after two seasons with a 64-13 record, a

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Shortly before the World Cup trophy is placed into the hands of one team’s triumphant captain at MetLife Stadium on July 19, a gleaming Golden Boot award will be presented to the tournament’s top scorer. Only, based on the evidence so far, it should really be pink. The US,

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This is story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. You’re still thinking about the USA potentially winning the World Cup, aren’t you? Well, that’s going to have to wait a while longer because

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Father’s Day came early for Norway at the FIFA World Cup. On Tuesday in Boston, the Røde, Hvite, Blå fielded three players whose dads all played together for the national team in 1994, when the tournament was last played in the United States. It completes an extraordinary narrative arc

By Kyle Feldscher, Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. The soccer world wakes up to a burning question this morning, one that hasn’t been asked in a very long time: Is the