Barcelona’s Frenkie De Jong is one of the Manchester United midfielders are interested in signing this summer, but no deal is imminent. New United manager Erik ten Hag worked with De Jong at Ajax between 2017 and 2019. De Jong helped Ajax reach the Champions League semi-finals in 2019 before he moved to Barcelona in […]
Plus, recapping the championship games of 4A and 2A boys’ soccer. (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Layton Christian Academy’s Felipe Harada (7) celebrates with teammates after scoring the team’s first goal as Real Salt Lake Academy over Layton Christian Academy for the 3A State Soccer Championship title at Rio Tinto Stadium, Wednesday, May […]
Less than a year after signing with Paris Saint-Germain – one of Qatar’s most prominent sportswashing projects – Lionel Messi is now the face of yet another oppressive Middle Eastern monarchy. The Argentinian was unveiled as the latest tourism ambassador for Saudi Arabia during a trip to Jeddah, a port city along the Red Sea, […]
All the top stories and transfer rumors from Thursday’s national newspapers… THE SUN Chelsea withdrew from the race to sign Erling Haaland because they had doubts about his ability to play in the Premier League, according to reports. Declan Rice will turn down a lucrative eight-year contract offer from West Ham amid transfer interest from […]
When can you say that an organization is a racist one? Is Beitar Jerusalem a racist club? While there’s a vast group of fans that are openly racist, the Israeli Premier League club tries, now and sporadically in the past, to fight them. “Here they come, the racist team of the country,” they sang for […]
CNN — Despite a disappointing season on the pitch, Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi was the highest-paid athlete in the world over the last 12 months, according to Forbes. The soccer sensation is reported to be bringing in pre-tax gross earnings of $130 million a year from on-field and off-field pursuits, keeping him ahead of […]
The stage is set for soccer WAGs Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy as they go head-to-head on day three of their highly-anticipated libel trial. In 2019, the wife of English soccer player-turned-manager Wayne Rooney, sensationally accused Vardy, the spouse of Leicester City player Jamie Vardy, of leaking stories to The Sun newspaper. Vardy, who? vehemently […]
B.and the end of the night at the Stadio Olimpico, we had seen it all: six goals, two penalties, a red card given and another that probably should. A cup final edition of the Derby d’Italia, played out over 120 messy but captivating minutes and followed up with immediate breaking news. Giorgio Chiellini, Juventus’s captain, […]
Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling will wait until after England’s Nations League fixtures in June before holding negotiations and making a decision over his future, The Athletic understands. Sterling has enjoyed another productive season — contributing 19 goals and nine assists in 52 games for club and country — but is moving towards the final […]
If there’s one thing football fans love almost as much as transfer rumors (and I guess the sport itself), it’s kit leaks! Every spring, the internet’s sharpest sleuths emerge from their winter hibernations, scouring the web for images of soon-to-be-released kits and even the occasional concept shirt we wished was real. For their part, Roma […]