
CBS Sports - 2 hours 2 min ago
Tuesday's friendly against Benin in Buenos Aires brings a curtain down on a legendary international career that delivered two Copa America titles, a World Cup and unmatched greatness...

Yard Barker - 2 hours 29 min ago
Barcelona sensation Cubarsi is the name on everyone's lips after being confirmed as the leading candidate for the 2026 Golden Boy award. The 19-year-old centre-back has enjoyed a meteoric rise, establishing himself as a cornerstone of the Blaugrana defence and playing a pivotal role in Spain's World Cup glory.

The Guardian - 3 hours 4 min ago
McDermott wants those who can best stick to gameplan' Hull KR's Lewis in but no Wakefield players included Brian McDermott, the England head coach, has justified his surprise decision to omit Jake Connor from England's Rugby League World Cup squad by insisting the players selected are better suited to his plans to defeat the world's best. For the second consecutive year, Leeds Rhinos half-back Connor is the major talking point in a squad that has no players from the new Super League...

Yard Barker - 4 hours 27 sec ago
Zizou tries to explore new styles of play Set pieces have dominated Zinedine Zidane's thinking since he took charge of France, succeeding Didier Deschamps after the 2026 World Cup.

The Guardian - 4 hours 45 min ago
The post-World Cup youth movement has paid off with historic plays that, for the moment, feel natural, sustainable and needed From the outside, a moment like the one Cavan Sullivan produced on Saturday seemed to be pulled directly from dreamland. Turns out, it pretty much was. "I was amazed. I was excited," the 17-year-old Sullivan said of learning he'd start for the US men's national team against longtime rival Mexico, in what would become a 3-0 win. "I texted my family right...

BBC - 6 hours 51 min ago
Leeds Rhinos half-back Jake Connor is left out of England's Rugby League World Cup squad, with Hull KR's Mikey Lewis beating him to a place.

Sky Sports - 7 hours 6 min ago
Brian McDermott has consistently talked about England having a "point of difference" in the Rugby League World Cup but eyebrows were raised when the head coach opted to leave Jake Connor out of the squad again.

Sky Sports - 7 hours 45 min ago
Brian McDermott has named his 23-player England squad for the 2026 Rugby League World Cup, with Mikey Lewis selected ahead of Jake Connor.

Yard Barker - 9 hours 33 min ago
The manager's words to The Athletic, with several pointers about the future. Antonio Conte has opened up to The Athletic. The former Juventus, Inter and Napoli manager discussed his past, present and future, touching on a number of topics, starting with Italy: ON THE 1994 WORLD CUP - "Do you know that I won a silver medal at the World Cup?...

The Guardian - 9 hours 45 min ago
After working with nearly all of Spain's World Cup-winning squad in their formative years, the coach is also a huge fan of English football. He's now pitting his wits against both At the end of a 2-0 defeat by England in Prague, the Czechia coach turned left, walked along the touchline, shook Thomas Tuchel's hand and said something he thinks he had never said at full-time: "See you soon." To which Tuchel said back: "See you soon." Seven days later, via Oviedo and Rijeka...

Yard Barker - 11 hours 21 min ago
After a grueling summer at the World Cup followed by an immediate return to club and international duties, Haaland looked physically spent during the latest international break.

Yard Barker - 12 hours 1 min ago
Saudi Arabia has suspended construction of the $2.5bn ( 1.9bn/ 2.2bn) futuristic arena in the Neom megacity that was earmarked as a flagship venue for the 2034 World Cup.

The Guardian - 14 hours 39 min ago
Roosters' halfback among six debutants in Walters' Australia squad Isaah Yeo and Isabelle Kelly named men's and women's captains Isaah Yeo will delay pectoral surgery to be captain for Australia's Rugby League World Cup campaign, after coach Kevin Walters announced a 23-man squad that includes Sydney Roosters halfback Sam Walker. Fresh off NRL premiership glory , Walker, who is one of six debutants in the squad, will be locked in a four-way battle with Cameron Munster, Tom Dearden...

The Guardian - 19 hours 45 min ago
Coming third in the World Cup was really not a disaster, and Saturday's rout of Croatia and building the team around Jude Bellingham are good signs Move fast and fix things. It has been a fine week so far for Thomas Tuchel as he attempts the cyclical task of soldering together not just an England team, but a way of looking like one, all the while being battered by the to-and-fro conflicting winds of England managerdom. There is nothing new here. This is a job that involves not just picking the...

The Guardian - 22 hours 45 min ago
Tuchel praises Scott's all-round display in Croatia win We will not survive on two midfielders. More the better' Thomas Tuchel warned that there is competition for Declan Rice's place in England's midfield after Alex Scott marked his first international start with an outstanding display during the 7-0 away win against Croatia . Rice, who struggled with neural pain in his upper hamstring during the World Cup, withdrew from the camp because of load management and the vice-captain's...