As white-shirted juniors trade titanic serves and blistering backhands under the watchful eyes of coaches from the All England Club, you might think you're courtside at Wimbledon.
SAO PAULO - Less than three years after the most humiliating loss of its proud soccer history, a resurgent Brazil on Tuesday became the first team to qualify for the World Cup in Russia.
Argentina, playing without suspended star Lionel Messi, lost 2-0 to Bolivia in the altitude of La Paz on Tuesday to slip to fifth in the South American World Cup qualification standings with four matches remaining.
PARIS - Spain twice benefited from the use of video technology to defeat France 2-0 on Tuesday, while Sweden rallied from two goals down to beat Portugal 3-2 and spoil Cristiano Ronaldo's homecoming in Madeira.
PANAMA CITY - Team USA coach Bruce Arena accused Panama of roughing up teenage star Christian Pulisic after their physical World Cup qualifying battle ended 1-1 on Tuesday.
SAO PAULO - During his first media conference as a Brazil player in eight months on Monday, Neymar didn't mince words.
LONDON - Fueled by the pain of past rejections and revitalized after turning vegan, Jermain Defoe insists he can defy age by firing England to the World Cup.
England manager Gareth Southgate has taken issue with Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish's views on the international tug-of-war involving Cote d'Ivoire winger Wilfried Zaha.
Changsha, the scene of China's recent World Cup qualifing victory over South Korea, will become the first non-European host of the annual World Football Forum in May.
MADRID - Barcelona and Spain have been searching for a player to hold their teams together like glue, orchestrating the midfield as Xavi Hernandez used to do for club and country.
The ice could have been better and the lighting should have been brighter.
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