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Search results for "Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick against Algeria in World Cup 2026"

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Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:
The mothers of Major League Soccer players “file complaint against Leo Messi.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 30, 2023
Threads posts stated on December 10, 2024 in Threads posts:
“Pride flags permanently prohibited at FIFA Club World Cup 2025.”
By Sofia Ahmed• December 16, 2024
X posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a tweet:
Says this crowd video shows the ongoing protests in Cuba.
By Samantha Putterman• July 13, 2021
Social Media stated on March 09, 2025 in in social media posts:
Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.
By Jeff Cercone• March 10, 2025
Instagram posts stated on April 28, 2024 in a reel:
Video proves all sizes of Starbucks’ paper drink cups hold the same amount of liquid.
By Sara Swann• May 10, 2024
Bloggers stated on July 12, 2014 in a post on the blog "Outside the Beltway":
"North Korea is telling its people that their men’s national team is in the World Cup final."
By Jon Greenberg• July 17, 2014
Social Media stated on January 19, 2025 in social media posts:
Videos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally.
By Loreben Tuquero• January 21, 2025
Joshua Feuerstein stated on November 05, 2015 in a video:
Says that Starbucks took "Christmas off of their brand new cups."
By Jon Greenberg• November 11, 2015
Social Media stated on March 13, 2026 in social media posts:
An AI video is proof that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dead.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 13, 2026
Joe Scarborough stated on April 27, 2015 in a segment on 'Morning Joe':
Algeria "wanted to be taken off of the terror list" at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation. 
By Katie Sanders• April 28, 2015
YouTube videos stated on March 19, 2022 in a YouTube video's caption:
A video shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy singing “Imagine” by John Lennon.
By Bill McCarthy• March 28, 2022
Peter Beinart stated on July 06, 2014 in comments on CNN:
"If you look at the states where soccer is most popular, they're overwhelmingly blue states, and the states where soccer is least popular are red states."
By Derek Tsang• July 10, 2014
One Nation stated on July 16, 2022 in ads:
Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds to be squandered” on leisure projects.
By Tom Kertscher• July 28, 2022
React365.com stated on November 07, 2017 in an Internet post:
Says the University of Florida "requests to cancel rivalry game" against Florida State University.
By Joshua Gillin• November 7, 2017
Donald Trump stated on April 12, 2026 in a Truth Social post:
Pope Leo XIV “thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”
By Maria Briceño• April 13, 2026
John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards."
By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014
Viral image stated on March 08, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Volodymr Zelenskyy singing “Endless Love” with his wife.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 10, 2022
Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2024 in a post:
Cristiano Ronaldo was the only European soccer captain who did not wear a rainbow armband at Euro 2020.
By Grace Abels• June 21, 2024
The Other 98% stated on March 31, 2016 in a Facebook image:
"Last year (the U.S. women’s soccer team) generated $20 million more than the men’s team and were paid almost four times less."
By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2016
Steve Chabot stated on June 08, 2016 in his campaign blog:
Says the Clinton Foundation "accepted millions and millions of dollars from governments like Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates," which violated "a ban on all contributions to the Foundation from foreign nations."  
By Nadia Pflaum• June 20, 2016

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By Jon Greenberg• November 13, 2015

Fact-checking claims about Brazil's World Cup

By Katie Sanders• June 12, 2014

The facts about FIFA

By Katie Sanders• May 27, 2015

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By Katie Sanders• June 20, 2014

Fact-checks about FIFA and the World Cup

By Katie Sanders• June 20, 2014

Does the U.S. women’s soccer team bring in more revenue but get paid less than the men?

By Sophie Austin, Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2019

Joe Scarborough apologizes to PolitiFact, sort of

By Aaron Sharockman• May 6, 2015

Clinton versus Reagan, Rick Perry's letter, North Korea's World Cup chances:

By Dana Tims• July 22, 2014

How a disinformation network exploited satire to become a popular source of false news on Facebook

By Daniel Funke• January 23, 2020

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By Dana Tims• June 23, 2014

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