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SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Delcir Sonda still remembers the moment he first saw the boy. Years before he would grow up to

At last, the eternal understudy has taken center stage. Karim Benzema spent much of his career as a glittering supporting act for

Major League Soccer is in a hurry to crown its champion this season, with its final set for Nov. 5 — just

It is not, of course, quite the coda to his glittering career Ronaldo might have anticipated. It is not, in truth, the

Here’s who has qualified already (29 teams): Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Japan,

Credit…Shane Wenzlick/Reuters The United States women’s soccer team will face the Netherlands, Vietnam and an as-yet-unknown playoff winner at next year’s Women’s