In every World Cup, there’s an underdog. This time, it was Cape Verde that stole the show, which nearly knocked out Lionel Messi and Argentina.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It took a World Cup to transform a remote cluster of islands that’s home to more sheep than people into a cultural juggernaut. A decision by Argentina’s players to unfurl a banner about the disputed Falkland Islands after defeating England in the World Cup semifinals carried a historical cause onto the T-shirts,

With 12,000 residents, Nauru is the world’s third-smallest country by population size, after Tuvalu and Vatican City.

In the middle of the third quarter in the World Lacrosse Women’s Championship, play briefly stopped. Next door at the Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium, home of the professional Tokyo Yakult Swallows, there was a planned fireworks display during their matchup against the Hanshin Tigers.

The U.S. is borrowing faster than at almost any point in its history, yet Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just deployed federal resources to prop up a foreign currency. The reason why reveals how tangled Washington's debt problem has become with Tokyo's.

FIFA’s proposed plan to sell private stakes in upcoming World Cup tournaments that sparked backlash from fans and soccer associations around the world has been scrapped, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a statement Friday.

In this Q&A, Carbon Brief explores the role CCS is expected to play in achieving net-zero, its record to date and the reasons it has been criticised, using the UK as an example.

The 2026 Little League Softball World Series kicks off Sunday from Stallings Stadium at Elm Street Park in Greenville, North Carolina, with the best squads from around the world competing for the top prize in the sport.