For some stars, the path to China’s Super League was paved with riches. But as the country’s soccer fever cools, is there a way back to Europe for the best of them?
Black players, joining with the charity Common Goal and backed by teams in North America, say they hope to reinvigorate the campaign against racism in the game.
A top women’s soccer team won its first league title last season. But as richer rivals pour money into the women’s game, Kopparbergs decided to fold rather than fight.
Syria’s economy in distress.
After two decades of frustration and incompetence broken up by an occasional championship (thanks, Giants), the region’s sports teams all appear headed in the right direction.
This Netflix documentary surveys the Brazilian soccer player’s pioneering career.
El delantero del Atlético de Madrid está acostumbrado a que se le presente como un villano. Pero ahora es el héroe de su equipo.
Coronavirus restrictions have sent Champions League matches and World Cup qualifiers to neutral sites. Will this summer’s European Championship be next to move?
After a summer of indignity and humiliation, the striker has been reborn with Atlético Madrid.
Everton’s victory at Anfield, a cause for deserved celebration, reveals a broken Liverpool team holding tight to a style that has stopped working.
Strikers are paid to score goals. The more the better. But can a lack of them distort the full picture of a player?
A dispute over a team name could have consequences for the increasingly global soccer industry.
Leagues and teams have urged Twitter and Facebook to address the unfiltered hatred spewed on their platforms. But the game indulges, and sometimes even directs, that same outrage.
The world’s richest soccer club is facing a financial crisis. Executives blame the pandemic, but many of its biggest problems, including its enormous debt to Lionel Messi, are its own fault.
Manchester City’s rout at Anfield provided some clarity in the Premier League title race. But the factors that led to it have been plain to see for months.
Wandering about without a plan inspires neither affection nor success. So why do so many clubs still do it?
Deep pockets, new management and a Cup trophy seemed to herald better days at Valencia. It hasn’t worked out that way.
All the big clubs know Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Gio Reyna. More recently, the callers have asked about Bryan Reynolds, Brenden Aaronson and others like them.
El coronavirus hizo que los seguidores del Palmeiras no pudieran acompañar a su equipo durante la final de la Copa Libertadores contra el Santos. Una victoria de último minuto hizo que todos olvidaran la distancia y las medidas de seguridad.
Coronavirus restrictions forced Palmeiras fans to watch from afar as the soccer team played Santos in the Copa Libertadores final. A last-minute win made everyone forget the distance, and the rules.
Rangers and Celtic are so focused on beating one another that they may have lost sight of the future. In Brazil, two rivals enter the Copa Libertadores final toying with a new concept: coaching stability.
Rangers and Celtic are so focused on beating one another that they may have lost sight of the future. In Brazil, two rivals enter the Copa Libertadores final toying with a new concept: coaching stability.
There are rules, initiatives and eager proclamations throughout North American sports leagues when it comes to hiring more nonwhite leaders. Then there are actual hiring numbers.