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Erling Haaland and Norway delivering the best World Cup in national team history is stirring up pride among fans in the U.S. and also back home.

Swedish international Johanna Rytting Kaneryd has left Chelsea to sign a three-year contract with OL Lyonnes. The French league club announced the move on Monday.

Oliver Glasner has been hired as Nottingham Forest's fifth manager in 10 months, shortly after leaving fellow Premier League club Crystal Palace.

The Chicago Cubs have been a tough team to figure out this season. By May 9 they'd already had two separate 10-game winning streaks and were 15 games over .500.

European soccer body UEFA criticized FIFA for an "incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision" to let United States forward Folarin Balogun play at the World Cup against Belgium on Monday despite a red card in his previous game.

A throng of fans packed into York Lions Stadium on the outskirts of Toronto shortly after the start of the World Cup. As drums beat, a girls soccer team cheered.

The U.N. children's agency reports over 300 children have been killed in Sudan in the first six months of the year, mostly from drone strikes.

Sky, the UK-based TV, internet and mobile phone provider owned by Comcast, has agreed to buy ITV's media and entertainment arm for up to 1.6 billion pounds, which is $2.1 billion.

Asian football is grappling with a disappointing World Cup performance. On Monday, Chung Mong-gyu resigned as president of the Korea Football Association, extending a tumultuous time since South Korea's group-stage exit.

Ranger Suarez was unable to pitch in the 2024 All-Star Game because of back stiffness, and there is a chance the Boston Red Sox left-hander will miss the July 14 event in Philadelphia because of a groin injury.