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The best soccer players in the world are set to take center stage when the FIFA World Cup begins Sunday in Qatar.Taking place in the winter for the first time ever, 32 teams are vying to be crowned the winner of the world s biggest sporting event.The hosting country is set to kick off the event when they take on Ecuador at 11 a.m. ET.Team USA, which failed to qualify for the games in 2018, is playing in Group B and will face England, Iran, and Wales, which is a team the Americans have never faced.The U.S. will open up its World Cup campaign on Monday when they take on Wales at 2 p.m. ET. They will face England the day after Thanksgiving on Nov. 25 at 2 p.m. and will play Iran on stanley cup Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. ET.The United States has had some mild success playing in the World Cup. During its last two World Cup appearances, the team advanced to the Round of 16 before they were eliminated. In 2002, they advanced to the quarterfinals. They made it to the semifinals in 1930.The U.S. has somewhat of a history with two of the teams in its group.Against England, the U.S. tied them 1-1 in 2010 but defeated them 1-0 in 1950. Team stanley italia USA lost to Iran in 1998.Here is a complete schedule of games All times U.S./Eastern :Group stageSundayQatar vs. Ecuador, 11 a.m. on Fox and TelemundoMondayEngland vs. Iran, 8 a.m. on FS1 and TelemundoSenegal vs. Netherlands, 11 a.m. on Fox and TelemundoUnited States vs. Wales, 2 p.m. on Fox and TelemundoTuesdayArgentina vs. Saudi Arabia, 5 a.m. on FS1 an stanley cup d TelemundoDenma Pjwg Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error
A university official said that Jerry Falwell Jr. has resigned as president of Liberty University Monday, according to media reports. But Falwell told a TV station in Virginia that he has not agreed to resign, and reports of his resignation are completely false. Falwell was already on a leave of absence from the evangelical Lynchburg, Va school his father founded following a series of personal issues.Over the weekend, Falwell issued a lengthy statement disclosing the emotional toll an affair his wife had with a man was having on him. He says the man, identified by media reports as a former pool attendant and later a business partner of Falwell and his wife, threatened to reveal the relationship to deliberately embarrass my wi stanley thermos fe, family, and Liberty University unless we agreed to pay him substantial monies. In his statement, Falwell said he and his wife met the man she had an affair with during a vacation over eight years ago. The man was working at the hotel where the Falwells stayed, the statement said. Shortly thereafter, Becki had an inappropriate personal relationship with this person, something in w stanley vaso hich I was not involved 鈥?it stanley quencher was nonetheless very upsetting to learn about, Falwell said in the statement. He declined further comment when reached Monday.Falwell, an early and ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, has been on an indefinite leave since early August as president and chancellor of Liberty founded by his late father, the Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr. Falwell |
