Month: June 2022

4:29 AM ET Online racist abuse directed towards Black players in the England team after last year’s European Championship final has further complicated preparations for penalty shootouts, England manager Gareth Southgate said. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were the targets of the abuse after they missed spot-kicks in England’s 3-2 shootout loss to
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9:32 AM ET Ada Hegerberg returned to the Norway team for the World Cup qualifiers in April. Getty Images Forward Ada Hegerberg will play her first major international tournament in five years at the upcoming Women’s Euros after she was included in Norway’s 23-player squad on Tuesday. Hegerberg, who plays for French club Olympique Lyonnais, quit
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9:01 PM ET The Canadian men’s national soccer team said on Monday it will return to training after refusing to play a friendly against Panama over stalled contract negotiations with Canada Soccer. Just two hours prior to kickoff on Sunday in Vancouver, the Canadian men informed Canada Soccer they would not play the friendly, demanding
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Jun 6, 2022 Retired Real Madrid and Brazil striker Ronaldo swapped his boots for cycling cleats as he embarked on his 450km (280 mile) trip on his electric bicycle, fulfilling his promise to do so if his club Real Valladolid earned promotion to Spain’s top-flight league. Ronaldo, who also owns Brazilian club Cruzeiro, bought a
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Jun 4, 2022 BUDAPEST, Hungary — If England are thrown off their stride by the sound of roughly 30,000 children and their vuvuzelas, how are they going to handle a fearsome Allianz Arena against Germany on Tuesday night? The UEFA Nations League pales into insignificance in the context of the grueling end to domestic football
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9:00 PM ET Associated Press Canada’s World Cup warmup match against Panama was canceled Sunday when the men’s team refused to play because of a labor dispute with the nation’s governing body that includes a demand the women’s national team get equal match fees. Players, preparing for the nation’s first men’s World Cup appearance since
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7:01 PM ET Associated Press Jesus Ferreira failed to convert a pair of first-half chances as USMNT forwards kept up their goal-scoring struggles in a 0-0 draw against Uruguay on Sunday in their second of four World Cup warmup matches this month. The U.S. took the field three hours after learning Wales would be its
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