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Asian Football Confederation says Iran is still set to play at the World Cup

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A leading soccer official in Asia says Iran is still set to play at the World Cup which kicks off in June in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Also on Monday in Tehra...

The Canadian Press Mar 16, 2026

Laporta set to win another term as Barcelona president after opponent concedes election

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Joan Laporta is on course to be officially reelected as the president of FC Barcelona for another five years after a leadership vote among members of the Spanish soccer powerho...

The Canadian Press Mar 15, 2026

5th member of Iranian women's soccer team gives up asylum in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A fifth member of the Iranian women's soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has left the country, the Australian government said on Monday. The playe...

The Canadian Press Mar 15, 2026

Another 3 members of Iran's women's soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Another three members of the Iran's women's soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government m...

The Canadian Press Mar 14, 2026

Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96

BERLIN (AP) - Jrgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has ...

The Canadian Press Mar 14, 2026

North Korea fires about 10 missiles toward sea in show of force, Seoul says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Saturday fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea's military said, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joi...