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Christian Pulisic scored while crashing headfirst into the goalkeeper late in the 38th minute and the United States advanced to the knockout rounds of the World Cup with a 1-0 win over Iran.

The New York Giants appear to be undeterred by Sunday’s incident at Miami International Airport that got free agent Odell Beckham Jr. kicked off an American Airlines plane.

A senior Russian diplomat says Russia and the United States repeatedly came close to reaching agreement on a prisoner exchange and a deal remains possible before the year’s end.

A top Qatari official involved in preparing his country’s hosting of the World Cup has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament “between 400 and 500” for the first time.

Devin Booker scored a season-high 51 points in just three quarters, Deandre Ayton had 30 points and 14 rebounds and the Phoenix Suns stretched their winning streak to six games with a 132-113 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.

Jayson Tatum had eight 3-pointers and scored a season-high 49 points, and the Boston Celtics held off the hot-shooting Miami Heat for a 134-121 victory on Wednesday night.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists, then Grayson Allen made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 30 seconds left after his superstar teammate fouled out to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 109-103 victory over the New York Knicks.

Patrick Peterson’s war of words against his former team now includes barbs aimed at quarterback Kyler Murray.

Zach Edey scored 25 points on 11-of-14 shooting as No. 5 Purdue fought off Florida State 79-69 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Rose Bowl game organizers have cleared the way for the College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams starting in the 2024 season.

Mickey Joseph, Nebraska’s interim football coach for nine games after Scott Frost’s firing, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of strangulation and third-degree domestic assault.

Aaron Rodgers said he’d have an open mind if the Green Bay Packers get eliminated from playoff contention and team officials approach him about resting to allow more game reps for his backup, Jordan Love.

With the holiday spirit in full effect, the Miami Marlins are making sure 1000 families have something on the table for Thanksgiving.

The Miami Marlins are bringing one of the franchises most iconic players back into the fold.

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara had an amazing season in 2022.

The Miami Marlins have promoted Caroline O’Connor to president of business operations.

Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara just had an amazing MLB season.

The Miami Marlins officially introduced new manager Skip Schumaker at loanDepot Park on Thursday.

Djordje Mihailovic and Lassi Lappalainen scored goals in the first eight minutes and CF Montreal breezed to a 3-1 victory over Inter Miami in a regular-season finale on Sunday.

A major victory was scored for David Beckham and his plan to build a stadium for his MLS team in Miami.

The win improved Inter Miami to 4-1-2 in its last seven games.

Inter Miami (7-9-4) trailed 2-0 at halftime and didn’t get on the scoreboard until Robert Taylor’s goal in the 59th minute.

Inter Miami has an All-Star.