Some 40 years after Mexico made the wave famous at the 1986 World Cup, local officials say the country has just set a new record for “the biggest wave in the world.”

Endrick and Bruno Guimaraes scored the goals as Brazil wrapped up their pre-World Cup preparations with a 2-1 victory over fellow qualifiers Egypt in Cleveland on Saturday. African qualifiers Egypt launch their World Cup against Belgium on June 15 before facing New Zealand and Iran in Group G.

Thousands of cooks, dishwashers, concessions workers, bartenders and servers at SoFi Stadium are threatening to picket, citing insufficient pay, erosion of jobs, and plans for ICE to be at the games.

With less than a week to go until this year’s World Cup, it’s time to start taking a closer look at those who are set to play.

WWII veteran Arthur Rose reads a letter written days after D-Day at an 82nd anniversary ceremony in Normandy, France, recounting the historic invasion.

Paraguay, the opening opponent for the U.S. in the World Cup, might have lost their best player to a freak injury on Friday.

It was the kind of pitch-perfect evening amateur soccer players and their parents dream of all winter. Months of withering brutal weather gave way to soccer abandon on the turf, as two of Ottawa’s best junior teams clashed in the sunlight.