
BBC - 1 hour 8 min ago
Ferran Torres, who scored the winning goal for Spain at the World Cup, has joined European champions Paris St-Germain from Barcelona.

Yard Barker - 2 hours 24 min ago
Iraq and Zidane Iqbal experienced a disappointing 2026 World Cup. The 23-year-old's nation failed to win any of their games in the toughest group of the tournament, losing to Norway, France and Senegal before heading home.

TechRadar - 2 hours 45 min ago
Watch FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 free on YouTube & BBC iPlayer (UK) Unlock your stream with Surfshark (save up to 85%) Hockey World Cup: Friday, August 14 Sunday, August 30 All eyes are on the Netherlands men's team and the Belgium women's team at the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup, as each side has a golden opportunity to end their respective droughts in this competition. The Oranje last tasted World Cup glory in 1998, while the Red Panthers' best result was third, way back in 1978. Not only...

The Guardian - 3 hours 17 min ago
Australia 56-17 Japan in Nations Championship Test in Townsville No 10 shows why he could be solution to coach Les Kiss's problem Les is proving more for the Wallabies, with new coach Les Kiss leading the side to a second consecutive victory in an eight-try 56-17 triumph over Japan in Townsville. The impressive victory gives the Australian men their first three-match winning streak since 2024 and fires the hearts and hopes of fans in the 13-month run-up to the 2027 World Cup. In eight attempts...

Yard Barker - 4 hours 36 min ago
Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and executive director of the White House Task Force for the recently completed World Cup, voiced his support for embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Friday, calling Infantino's critics jealous.

Yard Barker - 4 hours 37 min ago
Rodri has returned to Manchester City. Spain's World Cup-winning captain has completed his holidays after leading his country to their second World Cup triumph.

Forbes - 10 hours 27 min ago
Strategic advisor Samuel Hymes looks back at the 2026 World Cup and forward to what could be a pivotal decade of international sporting events in the United States.

NY Post - 11 hours 32 min ago
It seems to be just a matter of time before Red Bull New York star Julian Hall earns a senior national team call-up.

Yard Barker - 12 hours 24 min ago
The Columbus Crew will look to vault back into the playoff race in an away match against Charlotte FC on Saturday evening. Columbus (5-8-5, 20 points) has taken four points from their three league games since the end of the World Cup break.

The Guardian - 13 hours 24 min ago
Ra l Jim nez marked his return to Wolves with the stoppage-time equaliser that saved them from an embarrassing start to their return to the Championship. The Mexico striker, who scored against England during the World Cup finals, retained his composure to convert a penalty given for handball by Rayan Alebiosu that would have had VAR questioning whether the defender was in the area when Jackson Tchatchoua's cross struck his arm. Thankfully for Wolves, the video assistant referee is no longer...

Yard Barker - 14 hours 37 min ago
Tottenham Hotspur full-back Djed Spence is edging closer to finalising his transfer to Inter Milan. The 26-year-old delivered some really impressive displays for England at this summer's World Cup, but Roberto De Zerbi seemingly does not rate him.

The Guardian - 16 hours 45 min ago
Ultimatum issued hours before plan was scrapped European Football Clubs demanded Infantino back down Europe's leading clubs threatened not to participate in future Club World Cups unless Gianni Infantino withdrew his Fifa Forward Enterprise scheme, issuing their ultimatum hours before the plan was scrapped. In a letter to the Fifa secretary general, Mattias Grafstr m, seen by the Guardian, the influential European Football Clubs (EFC) group warned its cooperation with future tournaments would...

The Guardian - 20 hours 29 min ago
Monkey bars, gawky teenagers and a presidential cameo all given a prime-time showcase by ABC combined for the most leaden hour of America's 250th birthday summer Culturally, it's been a tough few months for Donald Trump. The UFC night he held at the White House for his birthday got lost amid the froth and excitement of the World Cup. The Great American State Fair on the Washington DC National Mall was a dud . The president's jokes at the White House Correspondents' Dinner all bombed...

Fortune - 20 hours 44 min ago
Kushner's surname is among the most politically weighted in the world, but Kushner and wife Karlie Kloss both say they don't have conservative beliefs.

The Guardian - 21 hours 19 min ago
With Oceania praising Fifa on Friday, all six confederations have finally had their say on the fallout from the World Cup sell-off plan The Oceania Football Confederation's (OFC) decision to belatedly issue a statement following this week's executive committee meeting praising Fifa's "progress achieved over the last decade" means all six continental confederations have finally had their say on the fallout from the World Cup sell-off plan that has split world football, with the...

Yard Barker - 21 hours 38 min ago
Marcus Rashford recently returned to Manchester United following his loan spell at Barcelona during the 2025/26 season. The 28-year-old, who starred for England at this summer's FIFA World Cup finals, did not make the permanent switch to Barca following his season-long loan.