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May 18 : Barcelona midfielder Fermin Lopez will undergo surgery after sustaining a metatarsal fracture in his right foot, the LaLiga champions said on Monday, casting doubt over the Spain international's availability for next month's World Cup.
May 18 : Mexico City is not waiting for the World Cup to kick off — it has already turned the beautiful game into a cultural spectacle with Pele's crown and a Maradona jersey among 15,000 pieces of football memorabilia on display.
ANTALYA, Turkey, May 18 : Iran’s national soccer squad landed in Turkey for a training camp on Monday ahead of their planned trip to the U.S. for the World Cup, with uncertainty still hanging over the team's participation after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February.
May 18 : Croatia captain Luka Modric was included in the country's preliminary World Cup squad on Monday, just weeks after undergoing cheekbone surgery, as the 40-year-old midfield maestro targets a fifth tournament.
TEHRAN: Iran's football team arrived in Türkiye on Monday (May 18) for a training camp and to complete visa applications ahead of the 2026 World Cup, AFP correspondents said.
Canada came out on top in a five-set thriller against the United States at the Under-19 NORCECA Men's Continental Volleyball Championship on Sunday in Burnaby, B.C.
TEHRAN: Iran’s national football team was headed to Turkiye on Monday to play a final friendly match and apply for visas to fly to the United States for the 2026 World Cup, Iranian media reported. The team plan to participate in the tournament despite co-host Washington having launched a war against Iran with a massive wave of attacks alongside ally Israel on February 28. The fighting has been on hold for weeks thanks to a ceasefire, but peace talks have failed to make a breakthrough and new drone attacks against Gulf countries at the weekend combined with threats from US President Donald Trump raising fears of a return to fighting. The team “departed this morning for Antalya, Turkiye to play its final friendly match before flying to the United States for the 2026 World Cup,” the Tasnim news agency reported. It said the squad consisted of 22 domestic-based players alongside their coaching staff. On Saturday, head coach Amir Ghalenoei said they would also be completing visa applications for the US while in Turkiye. ’Let ‘em play’ Iran secured their spot at the World Cup in March 2025, but since then the United States has twice launched attacks on the country. US officials have insisted that Iran is welcome at the tournament, while organizer FIFA has said it will go ahead as planned and rejected Iranian suggestions that their games be moved to co-hosts Mexico or Canada. “I think let ‘em play,” Trump said in late April. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said any problem would not be with Iranian players but “some of the other people (they) would want to bring with them,” suggesting they may have ties to the Revolutionary Guards, which Washington has branded a terrorist organization. Last month, officials from Iran’s football
May 17 : Iran's attacking talisman Sardar Azmoun was a notable absence from coach Amir Ghalenoei's preliminary World Cup squad as the team gear up for the tournament in North America amid diplomatic tensions surrounding their participation.