Month: February 2022

5:30 PM ET Failing to score within the first 10 minutes of a match is not usually a disaster for any striker, even one of Cristiano Ronaldo‘s calibre, but in doing so at the start of Tuesday’s Premier League clash with Brighton & Hove Albion the Manchester United forward passed an unwanted personal milestone. Going

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9:41 AM ET FIFPRO has said players are happy with the tournament structure as it stands. Marc Atkins/Getty Images As much as 75% of men’s professional footballers opt for maintaining the World Cup cycle as it is and want it to be played every four years, global players’ union FIFPRO said in a statement on Tuesday.

7:30 AM ET Two-and-a-half months since a ball was last kicked in the competition, the Champions League returns this week as the 2021-22 knockout phase gets underway. Paris Saint-Germain are set to face Real Madrid, and Sporting CP will host Manchester City as the round of 16 kicks off with a stellar doubleheader on Tuesday,

5:51 AM ET Mauricio Pochettino has enjoyed a period of calm at Paris Saint-Germain in recent weeks, but with the return of the Champions League and a round of 16 first-leg tie against Real Madrid on Tuesday, it’s time for the former Tottenham manager to strap himself in for the turbulence that lies ahead. –

11:54 AM ET Adriana Garcia Brazil-Argentina was abandoned in September due to alleged coronavirus-related breaches. Gustavo Pagano/Getty Images FIFA have ruled that the 2022 World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina will be played at a venue and date to be determined after it was originally abandoned due to alleged coronavirus-related breaches. The Sept. 5 match

11:16 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Joao Cancelo was attacked by four intruders at his home in December. Clive Mason/Getty Images Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo has described the attack on his home which left him with cuts to his face as “horrific.” Speaking for the first time about the incident in which he was targeted by

8:03 PM ET Caitlin Murray The U.S. women’s team can qualify for the 2023 World Cup in CONCACAF’s July tournament in Monterrey. VI Images via Getty Images If the United States women’s national team is going to qualify for the upcoming World Cup and Olympics, they now have the roadmap for how they will have to

4:18 PM ET Karim Benzema has been playing Paris Saint-Germain for nearly 16 years now. At first, it was easy. The suede-headed, Ronaldo Nazario-adoring kid with eight brothers and sisters from a tough Lyon suburb first set his remorseless, hungry eyes on the red and blue of the capital club, which is only 16 years

10:30 AM ET Chelsea finally won the trophy that has eluded them. Getty It was another fun weekend in European soccer as Chelsea became world champions, Bayern Munich capitulated defensively, while Real Madrid and Barcelona struggled to draws. Elsewhere, Manchester City and Liverpool won, as Manchester United and Tottenham dropped more points. We also saw AC

6:04 AM ET An academic report found only 4% of managerial positions in English football are taken by Black former players. Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images Les Ferdinand has said the FA is only interested in “tokenism” and has helped form a campaign group of Black former footballers to increase diversity in English football’s governing bodies. Ferdinand, who