Soccer

Callum Wilson opened the scoring for Newcastle in their 4-1 win against Fulham at the weekend With just over a month until England’s opening World Cup group game against Iran, Gareth Southgate is close to naming his squad for the tournament. The Three Lions boss is due to pick his provisional squad later this month with a number of big …

The National Women’s Soccer League Players Association released a statement Thursday in the wake of a bombshell investigation into the NWSL. The statement comes after a frustrating 72 hours for the NWSL in which the results from an independent investigation by former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Q. Yates and law firm King & Spalding revealed emotional abuse and sexual …

Jess Fishlock is Wales women’s second highest goalcorer behind Helen Ward Wales’ match winner Jess Fishlock says her goal against Bosnia-Herzegovina is the best and most important of her international career. Fishlock’s extra-time volley sent Wales into the World Cup play-off final where they will face Switzerland in Zurich on Tuesday, 11 October. Wales have never reached a major finals …

The ownership group of the Portland Timbers and Thorns soccer clubs announced the dismissal of two high-ranking executives Wednesday in the aftermath of a bombshell investigation that uncovered systemic emotional abuse and sexual misconduct in the National Women’s Soccer League. A joint statement issued by the NWSL’s Thorns and MLS’s Timbers confirmed longtime president of soccer and general manager Gavin Wilkinson and president …

The United States are the number one ranked team in the world The United States’ upcoming friendly with England on Friday serves as a “nice distraction” for US players after an inquiry uncovered “systemic” abuse and misconduct in their national league, says winger Megan Rapinoe. The findings, from an independent investigation into America’s National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), were released …

The Chicago Red Stars announced Wednesday the club has voted to remove Arnim Whisler as chairman of the board amid the findings of an investigation that discovered systemic emotional abuse and sexual misconduct in the National Women’s Soccer League. The Red Stars’ Board of Directors issued a statement confirming that the vote to remove Whisler, the team’s majority owner, from …

Southampton are set to sack manager Ralph Hasenhuttl after the club’s poor start to the season. (Telegraph – subscription required) external-link Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper is a potential candidate to replace Hasenhuttl at St Mary’s. (Mail)external-link Forest face competition from Leicester City to land Rafael Benitez as their new manager, if they decide to sack Cooper. (Football Insider)external-link New …

There is in form, and then there is whatever Erling Haaland is at the moment.  Just three days after scoring three goals against rival Manchester United, the Manchester City star recorded two more goals against Copenhagen in Champions League on Wednesday in a 5–0 win.  Haaland fell just short of his fourth hat trick of the season after he was subbed off …

It is the first time Real Madrid have won their first three group games since the 2014-15 campaign Real Madrid made it three wins from three in this season’s Champions League with a narrow win over Shakhtar Donetsk at the Santiago Bernabeu. The holders’ early dominance told as Rodrygo opened the scoring before Vinicius Jr extended the lead. Oleksandr Zubkov …

For Barcelona, suddenly, there is pressure. Tuesday’s 1–0 defeat at Inter Milan means that at the halfway stage of the Champions League group stage it sits third in the group, three points behind Inter and six behind Bayern Munich. If Xavi’s side does not beat Inter at home next week, the likelihood is that it will go out of the …