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The World Cup final between Argentina and France is expected to be a thriller

5:08am December 16, 2022

On Sunday, France will try to become the first team since Brazil in 1962 to win back-to-back World Cup titles. Argentina is trying to win one for the team's legendary forward Lionel Messi.

France's players celebrate their victory in a 2022 World Cup semifinal match with Morocco on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Al-Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, north of Doha.

Photos from the World Cup, as Argentina, France prepare to face off in the finals

9:14am December 15, 2022

by Maansi Srivastava

See some of the best photos from the 2022 World Cup's quarterfinal and semifinal rounds. Argentina and France will face off in the final on Sunday, Dec. 18.

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England won't be the World Cup champs — despite the message on some T-shirts

5:56am December 15, 2022

A company ordered 18,000 T-shirts with the message: England, World Cup Winners 2022. But England lost to France in the quarterfinals. The T-shirts are now on sale at a third of the original cost.

Grant Wahl with a World Cup replica trophy, in recognition of his achievement covering 8 or more FIFA World Cups, during a ceremony at the Main Media Centre on Nov. 29 in Doha, Qatar.

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American soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl died of an aneurysm at the Qatar World Cup

7:14pm December 14, 2022

by Russell Lewis

Wahl, the preeminent soccer reporter in the U.S., died early Saturday while covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal match in Doha. He collapsed in the press tribune during the game.

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The World Cup final is set after France faces Morocco

4:53pm December 14, 2022

by Tom Goldman

The World Cup final is set after France faces Morocco in the semi-finals. The winner will play Argentina Sunday.

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Alex Ovechkin makes hockey history with his 800th goal

4:38pm December 14, 2022

Ice hockey player Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitols made history Tuesday when he scored his 800th goal.

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Brittney Griner's agent on what it took to get Griner back to the U.S.

4:38pm December 14, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Brittney Griner's agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, about clearing hurdles to get Griner back to the U.S. and what's next for the "We Are BG" movement.

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Theo Hernández of France celebrates after scoring the team's first goal during the 2022 World Cup semifinal between France and Morocco on December 14, 2022 in Al Khor, Qatar.

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France defeats Morocco to reach World Cup Final, their chase to repeat continues

4:34pm December 14, 2022

by Russell Lewis

France, led by its star Kylian Mbappé, has sparkled this tournament. In defeating Morocco, the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals, France sets up a dream final against Argentina.

Fans of Morocco's World Cup team rushed to the streets to celebrate their win over Belgium. on Nov. 27. Montreal is the home of Canada's largest Moroccan community.

Far from Qatar, fans in Morocco's diaspora are celebrating a historic World Cup run

12:28pm December 14, 2022

by Bill Chappell

With much of the world rallying around his country's unprecedented run, a member of the Moroccan diaspora says that "to me, we already won the World Cup."

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Winner of the France-Morocco semifinal game will face Argentina in the finals

5:07am December 14, 2022

World Cup semifinals continue Wednesday. Defending champ France plays Morocco — the first African and majority-Arab nation to make it this far in the tournament. The winner faces Argentina on Sunday.