
Yard Barker - 16 min 40 sec ago
FC Cincinnati will bid to bounce back from a tough loss to their intrastate rival when they host a San Jose Earthquakes side still looking for its first win since the World Cup break.

Yard Barker - 45 min 50 sec ago
Lionel Messi's post-World Cup break could be coming to an end on Saturday night when Inter Miami host the Columbus Crew. Messi and his teammate with both Miami and on the Argentine national team, Rodrigo De Paul, joined the team in practice on Friday for the first time since the Major League Soccer season resumed.

NY Post - 1 hour 37 min ago
"They are not the feeling this. There is no way they want to continue to be involved in this mess," said a source briefed on the collapsed deal.

Yard Barker - 1 hour 45 min ago
Carlos Cordeiro, the senior adviser to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, resigned Friday in protest of the governing body's plans to sell stakes in the World Cup.

Vox - 2 hours 7 min ago
FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on after the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina on July 19, 2026, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. | Marvin Ibo Guengoer GES Sportfoto/Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here . The 2026 FIFA World Cup wasn't perfect , but it was still pretty great. Legions of fans got to experience the US (and Canada, and Mexico), and Americans...

BBC - 3 hours 55 min ago
Fifa president Gianni Infantino is in the eye of a storm after his attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup. If he goes, who comes in?...

Sky Sports - 4 hours 4 min ago
Gianni Infantino has met his Icarus moment.

Yard Barker - 4 hours 17 min ago
Paolo Bertolucci has defended Jannik Sinner's decision to withdraw from the Canadian Open, arguing that the world No. 1 made the right call by prioritizing his recovery and US Open preparations over chasing another historic milestone.

NY Post - 5 hours 7 min ago
He also won the 1982 World Cup with Italy and helped the country to a second-place finish in 1994.

The Guardian - 5 hours 12 min ago
Cordeiro quits as senior adviser to Fifa president Lamour: sell-off plan defies belief and imagination' The walls started closing in on Gianni Infantino after another dramatic day that saw one of his senior advisers resign and brought a scathing rebuke from Fifa's own chief operating officer. Infantino is under huge pressure after his plan to sell chunks of the World Cup to private investors met a tide of opposition from around the globe. European countries have already promised to boycott...

The Independent - 5 hours 28 min ago
Mr Trump addressed the matter after FIFA announced earlier this week its intention to create a new entity to manage the World Cup and other major events...

CBS Sports - 6 hours 20 min ago
Team USA will be seeking its fifth straight gold at the tournament, which will run from Sept. 4-13 in Berlin...

Yard Barker - 6 hours 31 min ago
Dan Kilpatrick believes Tottenham should cash in on their 25-year-old star after his impressive World Cup, with Pedro Porro already established as first-choice right-back.

Yard Barker - 6 hours 37 min ago
Bruno Fernandes may have already made his final appearance at a FIFA World Cup following Portugal's painful exit from the 2026 tournament. The Manchester United captain played the full match as Roberto Martinez's side suffered a dramatic 1-0 defeat against Spain in the last 16.

BBC - 6 hours 46 min ago
Fifa's chief operating officer strongly criticises Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in competitions to private investors.

Fortune - 6 hours 49 min ago
America fell in love with soccer just as it awakened to the infuriating VAR system. The same dynamic is playing out inside every boardroom.

CBS Sports - 6 hours 54 min ago
The soccer world, for the most part, has been united in its rejection of FIFA president Gianni Infantino's controversial proposed plan...

CNBC - 7 hours 17 min ago
UEFA and Concacaf's rejection of FIFA's plan to sell a 20% stake in the World Cup's commercial operations highlights uneasiness with private equity in sports.

The Guardian - 7 hours 24 min ago
A six-time world champion and three-time World Cup MVP, Japan's Ayami Sato joins the new Women's Professional Baseball League hoping to help build the sport's future When Ayami Sato takes the mound as the starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Queens on Saturday, it will be the culmination of a professional career that has spanned 16 years and three countries. The right-handed hurler is largely considered the best pitcher in the history of women's baseball. She has the awards and experience...

The Guardian - 7 hours 48 min ago
The World Cup gave MLS unprecedented momentum. Keeping it will depend less on signing aging icons than convincing America's best young players to stay "Thanks World, we'll take it from here," is Major League Soccer's message to the American public. Yet two moves in the last week were emblematic of the issues the league faces in taking on the mantle of North America's hosting of the game's grandest stage. A rising, under-the-radar homegrown player left for Europe, and...

Yard Barker - 7 hours 51 min ago
Manchester United have been busy throughout the summer window so far with the side aiming to strengthen ahead of the start of the new campaign. Midfield has been a big focus for the recruitment team so far this summer following the departure of Casemiro and injury that Manuel Ugarte sustained in the World Cup.

UPI - 7 hours 53 min ago
Carlos Cordeiro resigned as a FIFA senior adviser in protest of the plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors, he said Friday.

Huffington Post - 7 hours 54 min ago
"It is the project of one person," said FIFA's chief operating officer Kevin Lamour, a long-time colleague of Infantino at both FIFA and UEFA.

Forbes - 8 hours 49 min ago
FIFA's president wants to create a $20 billion commercial subsidiary to sell a 20% minority stake in the World Cup and other major tournament revenues to private equity investors.