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Stephanie Labbe raises her hands while standing in goal.

‘I can’t control my gender’

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Stephanie Labbé is one of Canada’s best women soccer players. Two years ago, she was the goalkeeper for Canada’s bronze-medal winning Olympic soccer team in Rio. After the games, Labbé wanted to keep playing professionally in Canada, but there are no professional women’s teams.

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fan during a FIFA World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Atlante and Auckland City

How a bigger FIFA World Cup could lead to March Madness-style drama

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FIFA's newly elected president Gianni Infantino poses with the Qatar Workers Cup trophy in Doha, Qatar, April 22, 2016.

Would FIFA really pull soccer’s World Cup from Qatar if human rights abuses there continue?

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Soccer’s governing body FIFA asked Harvard professor John Ruggie for guidelines on how to handle human rights issues. The big question now is whether FIFA follows his recommendations.

German players celebrate with their trophy after winning the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.

Brace yourselves: A Winter World Cup is coming

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FIFA has proposed playing soccer’s 2022 World Cup in the winter to avoid the dangerous summer heat in Qatar. Professional soccer leagues don’t like the change, but fans could see a definite upside.

Journalists look at a light installation showing the official logotype of the 2018 FIFA World Cup during its unveiling ceremony at the Bolshoi Theater building in Moscow, October 28, 2014.

FIFA clears Russia and Qatar of corruption over World Cup bids — but its own investigator isn’t so sure

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Soccer governing body FIFA has spent months examining allegations of corruption into the runup of Russia and Qatar’s successful bids to win the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Now it’s said there was no serious corruption — a claim even its own investigator finds incredible.

For the men’s World Cup, Canada ryegrass seed was exported to Brazil. Why wasn’t it used for the women in Canada?

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At the World Cup in Brazil, the pitches took a beating. But Brazil had a secret to beat that foot traffic and slide tackling — hardy, perennial ryegrass seed from Manitoba, Canada. Why wouldn’t Canada have provided it to its own Women’s World Cup?At the World Cup in Brazil, the pitches took a beating. But Brazil had a secret to beat that foot traffic and slide tackling — hardy, perennial ryegrass seed from Manitoba, Canada. Why wouldn’t Canada have provided it to its own Women’s World Cup?

Isidoro the Ocelot

What’s Izzy’s prediction for the next US match?

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Izzy the ocelot has made a prediction about the next US match. He’s been predicting US games for us in this World Cup. So, who did he pick?