The French Football Federation (FFF) says it will file a legal complaint over an “unacceptable, racist and discriminatory” chant made by Argentina players following their Copa...
Sunday’s European Championship final saw Spain beat England 2-1 thanks to goals from Nico Williams and Mikel Oyarzabal to crown a tournament in which they were...
John Stones collapsed onto his back and gazed up at the stars. Declan Rice sunk to his knees. Phil Foden slumped in the dugout staring into...
Jesse Marsch has insisted he has zero interest in the vacant job as head coach of the United States men’s national team. “I have no interest...
And so it all comes down to this. England’s route to the European Championship final may not have been overly scenic, but they are in a...
Welcome to the 12th edition of The Athletic’s Friday quiz question. At the end of every week, we’ll serve up a poser from our vault of...
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey – Jesse Marsch pulled his team together in the moments after a crushing 2-0 loss to world champions Argentina in the Copa...
Thomas Müller retires from international football According to Bild, German international Thomas Müller has retired from international football. After a remarkable career with the German national...
Major tournaments nowadays seem to be where idealists go to die. If you have an ambitious, expansive style or a romantic philosophy, forget about it. If...
When Argentina returns to MetLife Stadium to face Canada on Tuesday, they will likely do so before a soldout crowd. When they faced Chile in East...
“You’re a s*** goalkeeper!” said Zlatan Ibrahimovic as he fired a shot at supersonic speed into the net during a Paris-Saint Germain training session. Even the...
If you were expecting a beautiful, free-flowing encounter between two South American giants, you picked the wrong game. This was the dirtiest match in this year’s...