World Cup

noun

: an international competition in a sport (such as soccer or hockey)

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Last Wednesday, the FIFA council approved a plan to move the Women’s Club World Cup from 2026 to 2028 — the same year as the next Olympics. Emily Olsen and More, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025 The music mogul and Grammy winner joins a board that also includes Buckley, World Cup champion ski racer Lindsey Vonn, U.S. SailGP Team chairman Ryan McKillen and Avenue Capital Group CEO Marc Lasry. Eric Jackson For Sportico, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2025 Tiffany has a long track record of designing trophies including those for the FIFA Club World Cup winners, the Vince Lombardi trophy for the NFL’s Super Bowl winner and the NBA’s Larry O’Brien trophy, among others. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025 Rumors swirled all tournament that Rohit could call time on his ODI career after the tournament finale, having immediately quit the Twenty20 international format after leading the team to the T20 World Cup in June last year. Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for World Cup

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“World Cup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/World%20Cup. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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