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PSG players celebrate with the trophy after beating Aston Villa to win the UEFA Super Cup in Salzburg, Austria, on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Aug 13, 2026
Paris St. Germain beats Aston Villa to retain UEFA Super Cup
PSG joined AC Milan and Real Madrid as the only teams to retain the trophy.
Lionel Messi led Argentina to a runner-up finish at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
SOCCER
Aug 13, 2026
Lionel Messi expresses uncertainty about future in tribute to late father
Messi¡¯s father, who was also his agent, died last week at age 68.
Staff members carry the FIFA logo onto the field before the World Cup final in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19.
SOCCER
Aug 12, 2026
¡®Flawed¡¯ funding system keeping smaller nations on sidelines of FIFA civil war
Smaller nations are wary to taking a side and putting their funding at risk, according to former Papua New Guinea international Alex Davani.
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the trophy presentation after the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 11, 2026
Trump defends Infantino as UEFA-led schism with FIFA deepens
By Derek Wallbank
Infantino has faced blistering criticism after his failed plan to spin off FIFA¡¯s commercial operations in a deal involving JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola (center) and his players applaud fans after a preseason friendly against Monaco at Anfield in Liverpool, England, on Sunday.
SOCCER
Aug 10, 2026
Liverpool coach says team currently unable to maintain high level throughout matches
Liverpool squandered a two-goal advantage for the second straight game after losing 4-2 to Leeds ?United earlier this month.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends the inauguration of Abelardo De La Espriella as Colombia's president, in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday.
SOCCER
Aug 9, 2026
FIFA warns of efforts to undermine Gianni Infantino amid leadership crisis
The statement came amid an increasingly bitter standoff over Infantino¡¯s leadership.
Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe (left) speaks with FIFA President Gianni Infantino before a match between Canada and Morocco at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Houston on July 4.
SOCCER
Aug 7, 2026
Gianni Infantino gets support from Africa as UEFA stands firm on boycott threat
The endorsement from CAF, whose 54 member associations account for more than a quarter of FIFA¡¯s 211 members, handed Infantino a boost as he seeks a fourth term in office.
Gianni Infantino reacts during the match between Paraguay and the United States at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Inglewood, California, on June 12.
SOCCER
Aug 6, 2026
FIFA apologizes to members and affirms support for president Gianni Infantino
With the private investment proposal withdrawn, FIFA said it would ¡°no longer tolerate any attacks on its integrity, good governance and due process.¡±
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 6, 2026
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
By Sean Carroll
A move to align with the European calendar has been made in part to strengthen the position of Japanese clubs in the transfer market ¡ª especially when it comes to selling players.
Egypt's Mohamed Salah controls the ball during a World Cup round of 16 match against Argentina in Atlanta on July 7.
SOCCER
Aug 5, 2026
Turkey¡¯s Trabzonspor says transfer talks with Salah under way
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Mirac Eren Dereli
Mohamed Salah left Liverpool this summer after ?nine years, having scored 257 ?goals in 442 appearances, winning the Premier League twice and the Champions League once.
The FIFA logo is carried during a pregame ceremony ahead of the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, New Jersy, on July 19.
SOCCER
Aug 5, 2026
Battle lines drawn within FIFA as key figures break ranks with Infantino
By Nick Mulvenney and Rohith Nair
Jordan FA president Ali bin Hussein accused FIFA of ¡°blackmail¡°, claiming it offered to help solve many of the kingdom¡¯s problems in exchange for endorsing Gianni Infantino.
U.S. men's national team coach Mauricio Pochettino during a press conference at Seattle Stadium in Seattle on July 5
SOCCER
Aug 4, 2026
Pochettino to stay as U.S. coach until 2030 World Cup
The 54-year-old took over in 2024 and led the USA to the last 16 at the recent World Cup, which it co-hosted with Canada and Mexico.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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