Manchester City has officially started going after last season's Premier League leader in goals and assists, Harry Kane. Even though Tottenham doesn't want to move on from Kane, the 27-year-old has reportedly expressed his wishes to be gone. Man City reportedly sent Spurs an original offer of around $140 million guaranteed with an opportunity to swap players.
Former Argentinian forward Gonzalo Higuaín had low expectations coming to MLS but now is learning to respect the competition. The 33-year-old exclaimed he expected to play with a cigarette in his mouth, it was going to be that easy.
Through seven matches in the 2021 MLS season, Higuaín has four goals and one assist. He was quoted on Christain Vieri's Twitch live stream a few days ago saying, "I thought I would come to MLS and play with a cigarette in my mouth and instead it is difficult."
KYIV — Ukraine has agreed to modify the design of its national soccer team kit to cover up the slogan "glory to the heroes" after it was banned by UEFA, the head of the Ukrainian soccer association said on Friday.
The U.S. men's national team defeated Mexico in a highly contested match on Sunday to win the CONCACAF Nations League, marking the country’s first competitive victory over its rivals since September 10th, 2013.
The fruitless streak continued so long that I personally graduated middle school, high school and was just one year away from graduating college before the U.S. was victorious again. Christian Pulisic, the American captain who scored the go-ahead goal, was just 14 years old when the U.S. last claimed victory.
RIO DE JANEIRO - The president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has been removed from office for 30 days by the organization’s ethics commission, it said on Sunday, only a week before Brazil is due to host the Copa América.
Brazilian news reports said Rogério Caboclo was accused of sexually harassing an employee.
The CBF gave few details.
MOSCOW - The Ukrainian football association has caused outrage in Russia by unveiling a new national team shirt emblazoned with a map of Ukraine that includes Crimea, in a move Russian officials called a provocation.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Moscow considers the peninsula part of Russia but it is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.
A una semana del inicio de la Copa América aún es un misterio si el torneo se va a jugar o no. La CONMEBOL se vio obligada a cambiar la doble sede de la competencia, debido a los problemas sociales de Colombia y la emergencia sanitaria en Argentina, relocalizándola en Brasil, una de las naciones más golpeadas por la Covid-19. La decisión ha causado descontento en varios sectores, incluyendo a los futbolistas que, en teoría, deben jugar en el evento.
England coach Gareth Southgate said some fans do not understand the message behind players taking a knee before matches after the gesture was booed ahead of Wednesday's 1-0 friendly win over Austria.
Around 7,000 fans were at Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium for the Euro 2020 warm-up and jeers could be heard from sections of the crowd before they were drowned out by applause from other supporters.
El deseo de realizar la Copa América a toda costa ha llevado a la CONMEBOL a añadir un nuevo y vergonzoso capítulo en su historia. Un día después de anunciar la cancelación del evento en suelo argentino, debido a los problemas de la nación con la pandemia de Covid-19, el ente rector del fútbol sudamericano decidió proclamar a Brasil como sede del torneo.
Ya es una realidad. La Copa América 2021 perdió a una de sus países organizadores. La CONMEBOL anunció recientemente que Colombia no sería anfitrión del torneo. Si bien, el comunicado que confirmó la noticia no especificó las razones, todos sabemos cuál son esas razones: el contexto de protestas sociales que afectan a la nación sudamericana.