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Getty Images When Olympique Lyon needed him most, American midfielder Tanner Tessmann was ready. The midfielder came off the bench and delivered one of the best goals you will see all month. Tessmann has become a regular under manager Paulo Fonseca, starting five consecutive league matches, but with an away trip to the Netherlands to face […]

Getty Images It’s the end of an era for Inter Miami. Miami midfielder Sergio Busquets has announced that he is retiring at the end of the season via an Instagram video. Miami has five matches left in the regular season, and since they’ve already qualified for the MLS Cup playoffs, the season is far from […]

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming to the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and now we’ve got the mascots. Meet Clutch, Zayu, and Maple, the trio who will be representing the nations who are co-hosting the tournament. An eagle (USA), a jaguar (Mexico), and a moose (Canada), the three are all native animals to […]

Getty Images FIFA are not considering expanding the current World Cup format to 64 teams ahead of the 2030 edition that will also celebrate the centennial edition of the first World Cup which took place in 1930, according to a report. FIFA President Gianni Infantino and CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez met in New York City […]

Getty Images Not only have Inter Miami clinched a place in the MLS Cup playoffs after defeating D.C. United over the weekend, but they’ll now welcome Luis Suarez back into the fold after he has finished serving his League Cup suspension for spitting. During the three games that Suarez missed, Jordi Alba was deployed on […]

LONDON — It was not so long ago that a team such as Doncaster Rovers might rock up at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with a well-worn and occasionally effective plan for downing a Premier League giant. Keep it tight in open play, trust yourselves to nick something from a set piece at the other end. […]

The Afghan women’s refugee team will participate in its first-ever international tournament in October. The upcoming FIFA Unites: Women’s Soccer will kick off in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on October 23 and feature the Afghan refugee team against Chad, Libya, and the UAE women’s national teams.  “Ensuring that all women have access to football is […]

Unai Emery is back in his happy place. After serving notice to his faltering side on Sunday, where they scored their first league goal of the season in an otherwise disastrous 1-1 draw with Sunderland, the Aston Villa manager needs the fillip that the Europa League has historically provided to him. His four trophies, three […]

A group of United Nations experts called upon FIFA and UEFA on Tuesday to suspend Israel from international competition, arguing the action is a “necessary response to address the ongoing genocide in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” amid the Israel-Hamas War. The experts said the suspension should target state teams rather than individual athletes to avoid […]

Newcastle United will host Barcelona on Matchday 1 of the 2025 UEFA Champions League league phase on Thursday on Paramount+. Barcelona, which have won five Champions League titles, will be without superstar Lamine Yamal, who is out with a groin injury. Newcastle enters Thursday’s tilt unbeaten in three of their last four matches. Now, they’ll go head-to-head […]