Argentine tattooists swamped by demand for Messi tributes | CNN

Reuters  —  Since Argentina’s World Cup win turned Buenos Aires into a massive street party, tattoo…

Pep Guardiola says Lionel Messi is the best player of all time | CNN

CNN  —  Manchester City manager and Lionel Messi’s former coach Pep Guardiola has reiterated his belief…

How the world reacted to ‘the best World Cup final ever’ | CNN

CNN  —  This World Cup final was a game that seemed to defy comprehension, conventions and…

David Beckham responds to criticism of his ambassadorial role at Qatar World Cup | CNN

CNN  —  English football great David Beckham has addressed criticism over his role as an ambassador…

How the Arab world’s most populous country became addicted to debt | CNN Business

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France and Argentina bring multiple plot lines to mouthwatering World Cup final | CNN

CNN  —  And just like that, after 62 matches over nearly a month, the stage for…

It’s no great surprise that the European Parliament is engulfed in a corruption scandal | CNN

CNN  —  The European Union has spent the past few days reeling from one of the…

Sports reporter Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm at World Cup, wife says | CNN

CNN  —  Grant Wahl, the American soccer reporter who collapsed and died while covering the World…

World Cup security guard dies after ‘fall’ while on duty at the Lusail Stadium | CNN

CNN  —  A Kenyan security guard who reportedly fell while on duty at Qatar’s Lusail Stadium…

How Morocco’s unlikely World Cup success unified Arabs | CNN

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