Saturday Sports: World Cup quarterfinals; Wimbledon finals

NPR | By Scott Simon

Published July 11, 2026 at 6:43 AM CDT

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the World Cup quarterfinals.

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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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