From the vantage point of its end, there is something strange and distant – almost alien – about the start of a season. It is only 10 months ago, after all, barely the blink of an eye, and yet beliefs and convictions and truths from back then now seem as archaic as the idea that …
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Real Madrid, the European soccer behemoth, closed a deal in which the investment firm Sixth Street, based in the United States, will pay about $ 380 million for a 30 percent stake in the team’s stadium operations. The announcement Thursday came amid growing optimism among executives that Real Madrid, a 13-time European champion, could complete …
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The Qatar World Cup was always going to be a World Cup of firsts. The first time sport’s most-watched event is to be played in the Middle East. The first time it will be played in November and December. And now it may also be the first men’s World Cup to have a game refereed …
FIFA Picks First Women Officials for Men’s World Cup Read More »
LONDON – A candid window into the glamorous world of English soccer, and an exposure of the machinations of back-stabbing celebrities. A phone lost to the sea, along with the evidence it supposedly contained. And a legal whodunit with powerhouse lawyers dissecting private WhatsApp messages in open court as tears flowed on the witness stand. …
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For the first time, soccer players representing the United States men’s and women’s national teams will receive the same pay and prize money, including at World Cups, under landmark agreements with the US Soccer Federation that will end years of litigation and bitter public disputes over what constitutes “equal pay.” The revised pay structures are …
US Soccer and Players Guarantee Equal Pay in New Contracts Read More »
Idrissa Gueye traveled south to Montpellier with his Paris St. Germain teammates for the team’s league game on Saturday but wound up watching it from the stands. Gueye was not injured, his coach said after PSG’s victory: He “had to leave the team for personal reasons.” Those personal reasons, a team source confirmed Monday, were …
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Idrissa Gueye traveled south to Montpellier with his Paris St. Germain teammates for the team’s league game on Saturday but wound up watching it from the stands. Gueye was not injured, his coach said after PSG’s victory: He “had to leave the team for personal reasons.” Those personal reasons, a team source confirmed Monday, were …
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The Premier League soccer team Chelsea, which was put up for sale days before the British government sanctioned its Russian owner for its ties to the Kremlin, will be sold to a group led by an American billionaire for more than $ 3 billion, the highest amount ever paid for a sports team. The team …
Group Led by American Will Buy Chelsea FC, the Team Says Read More »
The Seattle Sounders won the Concacaf Champions League on Wednesday night, beating Pumas of Mexico, 3-0, to claim a 5-2 victory on aggregate in the two-legged final. The victory made Seattle the first team from Major League Soccer to lift the trophy in a generation, and gave the United States the continental title it has …
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During the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup, English soccer player Steve Hodge looped a ball to his goalie that was intercepted by Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, enabling Maradona to score one of the most notorious goals against Hodge’s team. It would become one of the most talked-about goals in professional soccer: In a …
Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ Jersey Sells for $ 9.3 Million Read More »
