Browsing: Professional soccer
Two moves this week, on top of a deal struck earlier this year, point to the same shift: the giants…
The 2026 World Cup concluded Sunday as FIFA’s most financially successful tournament ever—even after months of warnings that exorbitant ticket…
Spain just won the FIFA World Cup following a grueling match against Argentina. And it was all thanks to Ferran…
Jim Kavanaugh never became a global soccer icon like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. Unlike Messi and Ronaldo, one of…
President Donald Trump’s personal appeal to FIFA president Gianni Infantino may have helped suspend a red card for one of…
Cristiano Ronaldo has long been one of soccer’s (or football’s) greatest goal-scorers, dazzling millions of fans at top European clubs…
With less than two weeks until kickoff, the 2026 World Cup—co-hosted by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico—has not been without…
The World Cup has never been free of politics, yet this year’s event may be in a league of its…
Billionaire Michele Kang has made a splash in women’s sports with her goal of professionalizing women’s soccer. She owns the…
The U.K.’s football fans might be used to the idea of their favorite athletes taking private jets, suiting up in…