Rather than the crowning achievement of her career, winning a second consecutive World Cup title marked the end of three years that Carli Lloyd hopes never to repeat.
In an interview this week on ESPN’s “Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy” podcast, the 37-year-old Lloyd spoke at length about her frustrations with a diminished role on the U.S. women’s national team after the 2016 Olympics and the toll the past three years took on her professionally and personally.
“I’m not going to lie and sugarcoat…

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India lost the opening match against Oman before putting up a spirited display in a well-earned draw against Asian champions Qatar. They take on Bangladesh in Kolkata in their third group match. Follow live scores and match updates below.
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The dominant emotion while watching the Asif Kapadia film Diego Maradona was slack-jawed astonishment.
It wasn’t about the details of what was revealed. For my generation, Maradona’s career and afterlife had been followed to obsessive degree, long before the age of the internet. Newspaper articles, magazines found street side or in libraries, later on, a few books. The story arc of Maradona, mesmeric typhoon of the 1986 World Cup to the deranged spectator on the balcony of the St Petersburg…

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The dominant emotion while watching the Asif Kapadia film Diego Maradona was slack-jawed astonishment.
It wasn’t about the details of what was revealed. For my generation, Maradona’s career and afterlife had been followed to obsessive degree, long before the age of the internet. Newspaper articles, magazines found street side or in libraries, later on, a few books. The story arc of Maradona, mesmeric typhoon of the 1986 World Cup to the deranged spectator on the balcony of the St Petersburg…

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The dominant emotion while watching the Asif Kapadia film Diego Maradona was slack-jawed astonishment.
It wasn’t about the details of what was revealed. For my generation, Maradona’s career and afterlife had been followed to obsessive degree, long before the age of the internet. Newspaper articles, magazines found street side or in libraries, later on, a few books. The story arc of Maradona, mesmeric typhoon of the 1986 World Cup to the deranged spectator on the balcony of the St Petersburg…

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