Soccer

  Police ejected two protestors from Iran’s international friendly against Uruguay on Friday in Austria after they entered the supposedly behind-closed-doors match. The pair was speaking out about the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died in police custody in Iran earlier this month after being charged with wearing a headscarf improperly, according to ESPN’s Mark Ogden. Police approached the two …

England are winless in five matches and have failed to score a goal from open play in 495 minutes England’s winless run continued as Gareth Southgate’s side suffered a first relegation to the Nations League’s second tier after defeat by Italy in Milan. The Three Lions are in their worst form for eight years and have only their final match …

A Friday friendly that kicked off uncharacteristically early in the U.S. proved to be a sobering, and perhaps useful, wake-up call for the American men. Gregg Berhalter wants his young team to play aggressively and direct, pressing the opposition into mistakes and then capitalizing with quick runs and passes behind the defense. He wants the field tilted, and to that …

Flares were set off in the stands during the game between Marseille and Eintracht Frankfurt this month Marseille and Nice will play their next European home games behind closed doors as punishment for recent crowd trouble. Nice, meanwhile, were punished after their Europa Conference League tie with Cologne on 8 September was delayed because of clashes between rival fans. Marseille …

Maybe the Bundesliga just wanted to find a novel way to remind everybody that it has a title race to promote in late September. Union Berlin is, after all, the surprising leader of a league that’s often already in Bayern Munich’s hands by now. But this was an interesting way to do it—essentially criticizing a foreign national team coach for …

Boubacar Kamara has started all seven of Villa’s Premier League matches this season Aston Villa midfielder Boubacar Kamara is likely to be out for about two months after suffering knee ligament damage – putting his involvement in the World Cup in doubt. The France international has been one of Villa’s best performers since joining on a free transfer from Marseille …

The Royal Spanish Football Federation announced on Thursday that 15 players from Spain’s women’s senior soccer team emailed the RFEF asking to resign from the national team. The reasoning for these players’ decisions is that they feel their mental health and “emotional state” are being affected negatively by coach Jorge Vilda. The 15 women claim they won’t return to the team …

Jorge Vilda’s Spain lost to Sarina Wiegman’s England in the quarter-finals of Euro 22 Spain’s football federation says 15 players have called for the women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda to be sacked. The RFEF said the players claimed his tenure was affecting their emotional state and health, and they would resign from the national team if he stayed. However, …

Gregg Berhalter saw it coming. But then again, anyone who has been closely following the U.S. men’s national team for the last few years probably should have, too. “A lot can change,” Berhalter prophetically said regarding his penultimate squad choice before the World Cup begins, specifically about those who were and were not selected. “We have to be monitoring these players, …

Premier League managers talking during the 2021-22 season on pitch invasions and fan violence Arrests and reported incidents of disorder at football matches in England and Wales last season were at their highest level for eight years. There were 2,198 football-related arrests, the highest number since the 2013-14 season, according to Home Office figures. The 2021-22 campaign saw the return …