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By Ben Church, CNN Watching Cristiano Ronaldo in the first half of Portugal’s World Cup opener against Ghana on Thursday, you could feel the…

By Ben Morse, CNN On one side of the pitch was a team made up some of the biggest names in world soccer. On the other was a grave digger, a…

By Issy Ronald and Charlie Gibson, CNN Before anyone else has arrived, Ruben Dias is at Manchester City’s training ground, ready to begin his…

By Ben Church, CNN Canada was taught a tough lesson as it lost 1-0 to Belgium in its first World Cup match for 36 years on Wednesday. Despite all its…

By Ben Morse, CNN In the past, there have been rumblings of football matches being shortened from their traditional 90-minute length to appeal to a…

By Emmet Lyons and Ami Kaufman, CNN Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-flight male soccer player in the sport, has told CNN that FIFA’s…

By Hannah Brewitt, CNN This Thursday, homes across the United States will be full of two things: food and football. The National Football…

By Ben Morse, CNN Some of soccer’s biggest names — notably Croatia’s Luka Modrić and Kevin De Bruyne of Belgium — will begin…

By Matt Foster, CNN Manchester United’s owners announced their intention on Tuesday to explore the sale of the iconic club, saying a…