France has won the 2018 FIFA World Cup, beating Croatia 4-2. Croatia played very well, but France scored important goals that made it hard for Croatia to come back.
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Thursday was the first day of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. For the next month, the 32 best men's national soccer teams will compete to become the next world's champion.
The Golden State Warriors are the 2018 NBA champions. They won every game in the championship series, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 in the fourth and final game.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif plays pro football for the Kansas City Chiefs. He's also been going to medical school for eight years. Last week he finished and now he's a doctor.
Xia Boyu lost both feet after trying to climb Mount Everest. Later, he lost both legs. Last week he became the second person with two artificial legs to climb Mount Everest.
Ramadan is a special month for Muslims. During Ramadan, adult Muslims do not eat or drink during the daytime. This can be very hard for athletes.
Andre Ingram was 32 when he played his first NBA game. He's the oldest "new" NBA player since 1964. He surprised fans by scoring 19 points in his first game.
A group of female soccer players has set two world records. In 2017, they played a soccer game at the highest height ever reported. Last week, they played a game at the lowest spot.
The US has two new college basketball champions. On Sunday, Notre Dame won the NCAA women's title. Last night Villanova became the NCAA men's champions.
Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes, has died. Bannister's 1954 run made news around the world. It also changed people's ideas about what humans could do.
Athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics are facing tough conditions. The weather has been very cold, there have been strong winds, and there was even an earthquake.