World Cup working dogs sniff out threats, send security signal

INGLEWOOD, California, July 18 : Kali, a sweet and well-behaved five-year-old Labrador Retriever, is not scaring anybody. She also is not letting anyone sneak into the Los Angeles Stadium with explosives, fireworks, firearms or other sniffable threats at the World Cup.Stationed near one of the stadium entrances, Kali was among hundreds of police and security dogs marshaled across North America to provide a first line of defence against the ill-intended in a tournament fraught with geopolitical tensions.Not only were co-hosts the United States at war with Iran, whose team played their group stage matches in the U.S., but the Trump administration had strained relations with numerous other nations involved in the sprawling soccer event.These were all situations presenting potential risks to o