Defending champions Argentina can take a major step ​towards the knockout stage when they face Austria in their second World Cup Group J match on Monday, ‌after both sides opened their campaigns with convincing victories.

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USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino was born in Argentina and coached Lionel Messi at Paris Saint-Germain. He remains a big fan.

Video from La Nacion, a newspaper in Argentina, shows two witnesses telling a reporter their Uber driver was wounded in a shooting before Tuesday's match.

For soccer fans like Miko Zhang, China’s failure to qualify for this year’s FIFA World Cup is almost beside the point.