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24-year-old NFL player KJ Hamler steps away from Broncos with heart issue, but says he intends to return

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Australia emphatically beats Canada to reach Women’s World Cup last 16, eliminating reigning Olympic champion

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Sam Kerr: the superstar carrying Australia’s hopes on her shoulders

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Women’s World Cup: Which teams are through? Which teams are out? Which teams can still reach the last 16?

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From the World Cup sidelines, Afghanistan’s women’s team is fighting for the right to play

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Christine Sinclair: the making of soccer’s most lethal striker

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Bob Marley instilled a love of soccer in his daughter, Cedella. Now she’s changing the lives of women and girls in Jamaica

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Getty Images CNN  —  Football has consumed much of Cedella Marley’s life. But perhaps that should not come as a…