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There are plenty of reasons to question the Fédération Internationale de Football Association or FIFA, the governing body of professional soccer. The organization has been riddled controversy for decades. In 2015, more than two dozen FIFA officials were implicated in a 24-year corruption scandal that reached the highest levels of FIFA management. Bribery connected to the awarding of hosting rights for the 2018 World Cup to Russia and this year's 2022 World Cup to Qatar were big factors in the corruption. Now, two days prior to the start, fans are told they can not buy beer with alcohol in the stadium. What?

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Lara Gut moved closer to the overall World Cup title Sunday, skiing safely to ninth place in the slalom run of a combined event.

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Lara Gut of Switzerland edged close to the overall Alpine World Cup title on Saturday by placing fifth in a super-G won by Austria's Cornelia Huetter.

JASNA, Slovakia (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin won a women's World Cup slalom by a massive 2.36-second margin on Sunday while Frida Hansdotter of Sweden finished 10th to wrap up the discipline title.

JASNA, Slovakia (AP) — Strong winds have forced organizers to cancel the women's World Cup giant slalom event on Saturday.

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Russia's Stepan Fedorov edged the United States' Chris Mazdzer to win the last luge World Cup event of the season on Sunday.

The US women's soccer team that thrashed Japan to win the World Cup got its moment in the sun on Friday during a well-earned victory parade in New York City.

Carli Lloyd’s hat trick led a deluge of American goals in the first-half, and the United States routed Japan, 5-2, in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup final in Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday.

Carli Lloyd and Kelley O'Hara scored goals, and the United States beat top-ranked Germany, 2-0, in the semifinals of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Montreal on Tuesday night.

Carli Lloyd scored the only goal of the game early in the second half, and the United States beat China, 1-0, in the quarterfinals of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Ottawa, Canada on Friday night.