DOHA, Qatar — Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior finally got his hands on a big global player award on Tuesday. Vinícius was named the men’s player of the year at the FIFA’s “The Best” awards, where Barcelona playmaker Aitana Bonmati continued to clean up in the prizes for women’s soccer. No one is going to tell me who I should …
SYDNEY — Newly crowned Women’s World Cup champion Spain has established itself for a long run among soccer’s elite with its young and talented roster of rising stars. “It’s something huge.” Spain joined Germany as the only two nations to win both men’s and women’s World Cup titles and Bonmati spoke about inspiring a generation — just like her hero …
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SYDNEY — The rallying cry “It’s Coming Home” is one game away from reality and the end of England’s 57-year drought in global soccer. The Lionesses have roared their way into their first Women’s World Cup title game, Sunday against Spain. But England was expected to be here, and all around the world, in pubs and at viewing parties, England …
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Aitana Bonmati remembers the moment Andres Iniesta scored at the 2010 World Cup clearly, even though she was only 12 years old. Iniesta’s extra-time goal in the championship match against the Netherlands at Johannesburg gave Spain a 1-0 win for its first and only men’s World Cup trophy. Bonmati says it’s time for a new Spanish …
