
Fox News - 2 hours 45 min ago
The Freedom 250 Grand Prix along the National Mall draws World Cup-level international admiration for America's culture, people and patriotism.

The Guardian - 4 hours 58 min ago
Infantino used opportunity to lobby for election votes Fifa president was asked to stay away from CFU meeting Gianni Infantino has angered many of the Concacaf nations, whose support he is seeking in his re-election campaign, by hijacking a meeting of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) to announce Fifa-funded development projects for the region with millions of dollars that had been delayed for months. Multiple sources attending the CFU meeting in the Dominican Republic said many of the Concacaf...

Yard Barker - 9 hours 2 min ago
According to Sky News , Gianni Infantino has been told to stay away from a youth tournament in the Dominican Republic. The FIFA president is not welcome because of the ongoing furore over his leaked plans to sell World Cup shares to private investors.

BBC - 10 hours 35 min ago
Ireland coach Gareth Grundie describes the performance in the 2-1 World Cup defeat by Scotland as "not to the standard that we'd set ourselves".

The Guardian - 10 hours 47 min ago
PM tells regional mayors he is keen to see tournament hosted in UK for first time after almost eight decades Andy Burnham has said he wants to bring the men's World Cup to the UK in 2042, a move which would see the tournament return to these shores for the first time in almost eight decades. At a meeting in No 10 North in Manchester on Friday, the prime minister told regional mayors he was keen for the tournament to be played in the British Isles. Continue reading...

Sky News - 13 hours 8 min ago
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been asked to stay away from a youth tournament this weekend in a sign of deepening divisions caused by his attempted World Cup sell-off, Sky News has learnt.

Yard Barker - 13 hours 21 min ago
The curse of selling the World Cup haunts the FIFA president Gianni Infantino dodged questions about his future, cracking a series of jokes about his baldness when pressed on whether he would stay in the job.

The Guardian - 14 hours 34 sec ago
MLS wants to build on the momentum of the World Cup. America's top domestic cup competition is an obvious place to start The new commissioner of Major League Soccer, Larry Berg, isn't keen on the idea of promotion and relegation, but he is a fan of jeopardy. When asked the obligatory pro/rel question in his introductory press conference , Berg responded, "I don't think it's appropriate for our league, but I think there are other ways to create jeopardy during the regular season...

Yard Barker - 14 hours 29 min ago
Foden is determined to revive his City career under Maresca following two challenging seasons since winning the 2023-24 Player of the Year award. That downturn in form eventually cost the 26-year-old his place in Thomas Tuchel's England squad for the 2026 World Cup.

The Guardian - 14 hours 51 min ago
Fifa president tells Sky man: You have a nice haircut' Odd exchange outside a hotel in the Dominican Republic Gianni Infantino told a reporter "I'll see you at the hairdressers" after he was asked whether he had betrayed football over his aborted World Cup sell-off plan. The Fifa president was stopped outside a hotel in the Dominican Republic by Sky News' US correspondent James Matthews, who challenged the under-fire leader of football's governing body over why he had not...

Yard Barker - 17 hours 1 min ago
Infantino reportedly held talks with private investors over the past year to commercialise a 211-nation Under-15 World Cup. The concept was designed to mirror baseball's Little League, complete with opening or closing ceremonies staged at a Disney theme park.