Sports
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The Giant World Cup Rookie and an Enduring Dutch Mystery
The Netherlands is Europe’s most reliable talent factory. Unless you need a goalkeeper.
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Belgium’s Golden Generation Reaches the End as Croatia and Morocco Move On
AL RAYYAN, Qatar — After the final whistle of a scoreless draw between the golden generations of two small European…
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Japan sends a jolt through the World Cup.
Japan edged Spain on the field and in the group standings on Thursday night to cap another tense night of…
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Mets’ Closer Feels ‘Really Blessed’ as He Discusses New Deal
Four years after coming to the team in a polarizing trade, Edwin Díaz was rewarded with the richest contract ever…
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How Do You Stop Erling Haaland? You Don’t.
MANCHESTER, England — Pellegrino Matarazzo starts with the bad news. In theory, he should be in possession of what may…
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Hector Lopez, Who Broke a Baseball Color Barrier, Dies at 93
Hector Lopez, the first Black manager at the highest level of minor league baseball and one of the last living…
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‘I’m Going to Play My Game’: The Mets Call Up Francisco Álvarez
ATLANTA — Ahead of their biggest games of the season, the Mets have called in a new reinforcement. When the…
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Rachel Nichols Joins Showtime After Contentious ESPN Exit
One year after the high-profile canceling of her television show, Rachel Nichols is back. Showtime Sports announced Friday that Nichols…
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How Do You Fight Jet Lag? Formula 1 Teams Have Their Ways.
Formula 1 drivers and the teams that support them travel around the world during the nine-month season, and as it…
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Juventus Learns That Progress Requires a Plan
The fairest way, perhaps, is simply to recount the story as Massimiliano Allegri told it, stripped of all interpretation and…