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The Pittsburgh Pirates slipped two spots in the lottery for the 2026 MLB Draft, drawing the No. 5 overall pick despite having a 16.8% chance of landing the top overall pick for the third time in six ...

Texas Tech has a first-round bye and will play the winner of Oregon-JMU in the Orange Bowl. Stacy Revere / Getty Images After months of predictions and speculation, the College Football Playoff ...

The World Cup draw yielded a number of fascinating groups - and the hype for the 2026 tournament can truly build Are you excited yet? Can you feel it properly? Do you know, exactly, how this is all ...

The format which features a 48-team field in which eight third-place teams will get through the group stage blunts the idea of a Group of Death a little bit. But Group C (Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, ...

The draw for next summer's World Cup went about as well as it possibly could have for the United States men's national team. The Americans are assured of playing two teams, Paraguay and Australia, ...

We know the groups for the 2026 World Cup, so let's fill you in on the players to watch. The World Cup draw took place on Friday in Washington, and we know every country's path to glory next summer ...

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What a day it's going to be in the soccer world. On Friday, it's the 2026 World Cup draw, with all kinds of celebrities, performers, dignitaries and officials getting together in Washington D.C. at ...

USMNT boss Mauricio Pochettino will be waiting with bated breath at Washington's Kennedy Center, Washington, not the $2bn Allegiant Stadium like originally planned, knowing full well that a good draw ...

Africa's nine FIFA World Cup qualifiers - as well as tournament hopefuls DR Congo - will learn the identities of their group-stage opponents during Friday's draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington.