Manchester United have reached an agreement with Sporting Lisbon over the hire of Ruben Amorim as head coach. As part of the deal Amorim is set to stay…
Read more Manchester United agree deal to hire Ruben Amorim as head coachFIFA isn’t hiding it anymore. When you’re in desperate need of a big broadcast deal and some major American sponsors in the next few months, the time for…
Read more Lionel Messi at the Club World Cup makes sense – but how he got there is ridiculousMaarten Paes is the starting goalkeeper for Major League Soccer team FC Dallas. Yet he can walk down a busy street in Dallas, Texas, and nobody will notice…
Read more How Indonesia turns unknown footballers into adored superstars: ‘We couldn’t leave the hotel’Football shirts were once an item of clothing for a) players to wear at work, and b) fans to sport on the terraces in solidarity with the lads…
Read more From Drake in pink to ‘Blokecore’: How football shirts became fashionableThe question came 20 minutes into Mauricio Pochettino’s introductory press conference as U.S. men’s national team coach; the first query of the event in his native Spanish. “It’ll…
Read more Mauricio Pochettino aims to bolster belief as USMNT role takes him outside his comfort zoneMauricio Pochettino looks set to become the next head coach of the U.S. men’s national team — but his appointment is not straightforward. While the Argentine is out…
Read more What needs to happen for Pochettino to officially become USMNT head coach?First, he sank to the ground, grimacing. Play continued for a few seconds and then came the communal gasp. Lionel Messi was down. And Lionel Messi is not…
Read more Lionel Messi and the unmistakeable sense of an endingIt was past midnight in Berlin and, in the bowels of the Olympiastadion, one England player after another emerged from the dressing room in stony-faced silence. Some heads…
Read more Shock, fear, euphoria and heartbreak: The story of England’s Euro 2024What should have been a showpiece game in the semi-final of the Copa America in Charlotte on Wednesday night descended into something more akin to a bar-room brawl…
Read more How Uruguay vs Colombia descended into chaos – and the questions raised by the ugly scenesFollow live coverage of England vs Netherlands in the Euro 2024 semi-final today A tear in the universe opened up at the Allianz Arena. A space that wasn’t…
Read more Perfection, by Lamine YamalThe semi-finals line-up for Euro 2024 is complete. With France and Spain having assured themselves of places in the last four yesterday, England and the Netherlands followed them…
Read more Euro 2024 day 23: England’s ‘cheat code’ water bottle and can the Dutch go all the way?Follow live coverage of Spain vs Germany and Portugal vs France at Euro 2024 today For a second, Cristiano Ronaldo looked like he might be on the edge…
Read more Cristiano Ronaldo cannot rage against the dying of the light foreverFollow live coverage of Romania vs Netherlands and Turkey vs Austria at Euro 2024 today Luciano Spalletti still hadn’t found the Iserlohn mole. “I don’t know how to…
Read more Paranoia, moles and ‘poison coming from all sides’ – inside Italy’s awful Euro 2024Follow live coverage of Switzerland vs Italy and Germany vs Denmark at Euro 2024 today The European Championship has been drenched in beer. In the fan zones and…
Read more Beer, Euro 2024, and all those cups – what’s going on?Harry Kane has responded to Gary Lineker’s criticism of England’s Euro 2024 campaign by saying former national team players have a “responsibility” to consider the impact of their…
Read more Kane says ex-England players have a ‘responsibility’ following Lineker criticismThe napkin upon which Lionel Messi’s first Barcelona agreement was informally written has gone on sale at auction. Bonhams — a privately owned, London-based international auction house —…
Read more Messi’s first Barcelona contract, signed on napkin, on sale at auctionConcerns have been raised with the United States government, including an official meeting in the White House, over fears supporters may be deterred from the 2026 men’s World…
Read more Concerns over fans’ U.S. visa wait times for 2026 World Cup: ‘Your window might already be closed’More than 40 members of Ukraine’s national-team party were spread around the centre circle of Wroclaw’s Tarczynski Arena. Players, coaches and backroom staff locked their gaze on the…
Read more Ukraine qualify for Euro 2024: ‘The world is going to watch and see we never give up’Dani Alves, who was this morning sentenced to four and a half years in prison in Spain after being found guilty of sexual assault, was, until very recently,…
Read more Dani Alves – from 43 trophies to four years in prisonNational Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) side Bay FC have signed Zambia forward Racheal Kundananji from Madrid CFF for a world-record fee. A source with knowledge of negotiations, who…
Read more Bay FC sign Kundananji from Madrid CFF for world-record fee
