Browsing: Soccer
Olympic soccer team captain predicts wave of investment in women’s sports after major contracts like Caitlin Clark
Making it to the Olympics is “a non-stop grind,” according to soccer star Lindsey Horan. The 30-year-old co-captain of the…
A Chinese conglomerate loses control of its elite European soccer team, as Beijing fails to dominate the world’s favorite sport
About a decade ago, Xi Jinping, China’s president, had a dream: to turn the country into a global soccer powerhouse.…
Monumental new deal for athletes: Colleges can pay students after NCAA, conferences agree to $2.8 billion settlement
The NCAA and the nation’s five biggest conferences said Thursday night they have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle…
FIFA is quietly unwinding nearly all the reforms it agreed to after last decade’s massive corruption scandal
During three days of meetings starting Wednesday in Bangkok, international soccer’s governance standards are set to distract from significant decisions…
The UK’s second-richest man is demanding Manchester United workers return to the office—’If you don’t like it, please seek alternative employment’
Earlier this year, the second-richest man in the United Kingdom, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, was confirmed as the team’s co-owner earlier…
A mysterious Miami firm tried to buy a top English soccer team—now it’s being accused of $600 million fraud: ‘A giant shell game at best, and an outright Ponzi scheme at worst’
When Miami-based 777 Partners agreed to buy the Premier League soccer club Everton in September, the deal was considered a…
Cesar Luis Menotti, the ‘thin one’ who led Argentina to its first World Cup in 1978, has died at 85
César Luis Menotti, the charismatic coach who led Argentina to its first World Cup title in 1978, has died, the…
AI is shaking up how sports like rugby, soccer and cricket are played—and could mint big money for sports clubs
Leicester Tigers, an English rugby team, finished at the bottom of the sport’s Premiership in 2019, just about missing relegation.…
Gen Alpha loves sports (especially soccer) and spends 3 hours a day on social media by age 8
Today’s teens are very online. But what about the generation younger than them? Gen Alpha, aka children ages 10 and younger,…
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are owed $11.3 million from their Welsh soccer club Wrexham, as the Hollywood duo pay players well above average
Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s purchase of a small Welsh soccer team has consistently been portrayed as the…