China poured billions into its bid to become a player in the world’s most popular sport. A decade later, it has little to show for that investment.
Category: Soccer
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China’s Soccer Experiment Flopped. Now It May Be Over.
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Hervé Renard Set to Coach France at Women’s World Cup
The New York Times – Sports:Renard has vast experience in Africa and led Saudi Arabia at last year’s World Cup. But he has never coached a women’s team.
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The Superteam That May Be Selling Itself Short
The New York Times – Sports:Vfl Wolfsburg casts itself as an underdog in Germany and in the Champions League. That doesn’t reflect reality.
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Ali Krieger Is Calling It a Career. She Wants Wins on Her Way Out.
The New York Times – Sports:Krieger, 38, will retire after one final season with Gotham F.C. in the N.W.S.L. She is confident it will go better than the last one.
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Argentina’s World Cup Champions Gather for First Time Since Qatar
The New York Times – Sports:Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates have reunited for the first time. Most are finding a day job feels different after you’ve won the World Cup.
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Which Is the Better Buy? The Washington Commanders or Manchester United?
The New York Times – Sports:A struggling N.F.L. franchise is for sale. So is a Premier League club that is a storied name in a global sport. The markets for the two teams say a lot about sports economics.
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Quinten and Jurrien Timber Share Title Dreams and a Bedroom
The New York Times – Sports:Quinten and Jurrien Timber are on opposite sides of the Dutch championship race. At home, they may be closer, literally, than any two players in European soccer.
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Gianni Infantino Is Re-elected, Unopposed, as FIFA President
The New York Times – Sports:The Swiss administrator, a contentious figure in the soccer world, had no rivals for the position and was crowned for another four years by acclamation.
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino Knows How to Win
The New York Times – Sports:Infantino has all the support he needs to sweep to another term leading the world’s most popular sport. That is precisely the problem, critics of his leadership say. But they don’t get to vote.
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2026 World Cup Will Have Four-Team Groups and 24 More Games
The New York Times – Sports:FIFA is preparing to approve a change that will set the format for the largest and longest championship in soccer history.
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Portrait of an Artist, Still Just a Young Man
The New York Times – Sports:Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has become a star in nine months at Napoli. With his transcendent talent, things may only get better.
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Investigators Clear Former U.S. Soccer Coach in 1992 Incident
The New York Times – Sports:An inquiry found no reason U.S. Soccer could not rehire Gregg Berhalter as coach of the men’s national team. But investigators criticized the parents of a player for their part in the controversy.