football
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Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni said he was "not going to mix" football and politics as he looked ahead to his side's World Cup semi-final against England in Atlanta on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“You got baseball and football right,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In Madrid, Karim Benzema, Rodrygo and Dani Carvajal are among the football stars to have suffered break-ins at their homes in recent years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
"I'm quite convinced his heading the football that many times has caused his CTE."
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Five minutes later, we’re almost through Arlo’s detailed play-by-play of the menu when a football flies though the kitchen window, shattering the glass.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Long before the World Cup kicked off, U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino wasn’t shy about setting extraordinarily high expectations for a country that believes footballs are oblong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The people waiting outside our ports of entry are not footballs stopped at the 1-yard line, letters suspended in a mail carrier’s hand, or dinner guests lingering on a porch.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
“I’ve thrown a lot of footballs, and it’s May and June and I didn’t think it was as necessary to throw as much now,” Herbert said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Not far from the country music playground of downtown Nashville, Armstrong loads his pick-up truck with footballs and sets off for the melting-pot neighbourhood of Antioch.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
There were footballs and basketballs lying all over the place, and boys sliding down the banister and leaping over tables and talking with their mouths full and interrupting everyone with endless questions.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
