San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle has seen the World Cup contested on grass fields at NFL stadiums. If "futbol" ​can be played exclusively on grass, ‌Kittle asked why can't the NFL do the same? "We've made it clear that we prefer grass...

By Fernando Kallas NEW YORK, June 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's World Cup Round of 32 meeting with Japan on Monday comes with the chance for revenge for Carlo Ancelotti's squad and a test of how far he has taken his team since a Tokyo collapse early in his t...

By Martyn Herman LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic confirmed that Serena Williams is hitting the gym harder than ever ahead of her eagerly awaited Wimbledon return as he led the praise for the 44-year-old American icon on Saturday. The imminen...

By Martyn Herman LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - Emma Raducanu's Wimbledon preparations have been overshadowed by another injury setback and former British number one Johanna Konta believes the home favourite needs to build up her tolerance to adversity. T...

By Karolos Grohmann BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 27 (Reuters) - Germany will need to up their game in their World Cup round of 32 against Paraguay or risk going home, with their top players yet to peak at the tournament and expectations ​back home of a ...

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - The United States has seized nearly 400 internet domains that were being used to illegally stream the ​World Cup, officials said on Friday, describing ‌the move as one meant to disrupt international networ...

By Will Dunham June 25(Reuters) - Ann Blyth, who earned an Oscar nomination playing Joan Crawford's malicious and deceitful teenage daughter in the classic 1945 melodrama "Mildred Pierce" and thrived in light and heavy roles during Hollywood's Golden A...

By Nicholas P. Brown NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) - The 2026 World Cup on Thursday became the best-attended ​in the tournament's history, surpassing ‌the 1994 record of nearly 3.6 million spectators, FIFA said. The announcement came during the second ha...

By Danielle Broadway Los Angeles, June 25 (Reuters) - "The Invite," an American comedy film about complicated couples, debuts in U.S. theaters on Friday, exploring what happens when dysfunctional spouses ​get a steamy invite from their upstairs neighbo...

June 25 (Reuters) - Microsoft's Xbox is raising prices of its gaming consoles by up to $150 worldwide, citing a deepening global components crisis ​that has sent storage and memory costs ‌soaring across the consumer electronics industry. Groups represe...