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Diego Luna enlivens Gabriel Ripstein's 'Mexico 86,' a film that spans over a decade of shady soccer business, but doesn't cut ...

Luna stars as Martín de la Torre, a real-life official in the Mexican Football Federation who was instrumental in bringing ...

Luna plays a shyster power-player who greases palms and politically manipulates Mexico into hosting the world’s biggest ...

For decades, commentators have repeated a seductive claim: when a nation wins the FIFA World Cup, a baby boom follows nine ...

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Get the lowdown on every team at the 2026 World Cup. Here we take a closer look at co-hosts Canada, who impressed on a run to ...

Fairfield Union baseball is headed to the state tournament for the first time in 40 years after a 5-2 regional win.

The FIFA World Cup begins on June 11. You can follow the action on Al Jazeera’s dedicated World Cup 2026 page with all the ...

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Since 1930, the World Cup has united millions of fans every four years in front of televisions, in stadiums, in pubs and in ...

The story of how Mexico secured the 1986 World Cup becomes a Netflix comedy in "México 86," which resonates as the 2026 ...