Brussels (AFP) – Belgium coach Marc Wilmots confirmed his 23-man squad for Euro 2016 on Tuesday, albeit a list depleted by defensive injuries. The 47-year-old had already seen captain Vincent Kompany and Bjorn Engels ruled out of the tournament in France, with fellow defenders Nicolas Lombaerts and Dedryck Boyata were forced to pull out on […]

If you want to find out the schedule of Argentina Copa America games on TV, scroll down for all of the details. For soccer fans that live in the United States, every single game will be shown live on television as well as streaming. The matches will be available in English-language and Spanish-language. Argentina games […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Hibernian have handed out life bans to supporters involved in the crowd trouble which marred their Scottish Cup final victory over Rangers. Thousands of Hibernian supporters raced on to the Hampden Park pitch in celebration after the second-tier team ended their 114-year wait to win the competition two weeks ago. But the […]

In its coverage of world-class soccer tournaments, one of the traditions that ESPN began at World Cup 2010 was the creation of a set of posters — one for each team — to promote the event. For the last European Championship, the set of Euro 2012 posters featured a combination of iconographic photos with the flags of […]

Hensol (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Gareth Bale headlined the 23-man Wales squad for Euro 2016 announced by manager Chris Coleman on Tuesday, while Joe Ledley was included just three weeks after fracturing his leg. Bale, Wales's top scorer in qualifying with seven goals, arrives fresh from scoring in the penalty shootout as Real Madrid defeated […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United's teenage striker Marcus Rashford was included in England's final 23-man Euro 2016 squad, which was announced on Tuesday, as Danny Drinkwater and Andros Townsend dropped out. Rashford, 18, scored within three minutes of his England debut in Friday's 2-1 win over Australia, having netted eight times in 18 games since […]

London (AFP) – As the young Harry Kane dominated the penalty area with a dazzling display, the future spearhead of England's attack presented his coach with a welcome thought — 'fantastic I've got a goalkeeper'. Hot on the heels of another brilliant season with Tottenham Hotspur, Kane heads to Euro 2016 established as one of […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 13 of the 2016 MLS season. 1. Owen Coyle Out in Houston Owen Coyle became the first manager to lose his job this season, as the Scotsman and the Houston Dynamo parted ways on Wednesday night. It was a move that had to be made. Coyle […]

Paris (AFP) – France was bracing for fresh transport chaos Tuesday with railway workers striking just 11 days before Euro 2016 in a bitter labour dispute that has sparked months of protests. The rolling train strike called by the powerful CGT union is expected to affect around half of national and regional services by the […]

Les Ulis (France) (AFP) – Les Ulis is not a chic suburb of Paris but it deserves a monument as a nursery of French football talent, after producing Thierry Henry, Patrice Evra now Anthony Martial. It could have been different for the Manchester United star however as he prepares for the European Championship finals. A […]

Ascona (Switzerland) (AFP) – Marco Reus endured more injury heartache with Germany on Tuesday — his 27th birthday — as he was cut from their final Euro 2016 squad, two years after missing the World Cup. A groin injury means Reus joins Julian Brandt, Sebastian Rudy and Karim Bellarabi to make up the four names […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain star Serge Aurier will be tried in September for an alleged assault on a police officer, a judicial source told AFP on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Ivory Coast international defender denies the charge and has himself filed a complaint against the police for violence, the source said. Aurier is alleged to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund could be set to lose another star for next season amidst reports Chelsea and Arsenal target Henrikh Mkhitaryan has turned down a contract extension with the German giants. "Why should we extend now? Micki (Mkhitaryan) still has a contract until 2017 and we'll continue thinking about his future after that," […]

Barcelona (AFP) – The trial of Argentina star Lionel Messi in tax fraud charges opened Tuesday in Spain in his absence just days before Argentina's first match in the Copa America tournament against Chile. Messi, 28, and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, are accused of using a chain of fake companies in Belize and Uruguay […]

Shanghai (AFP) – Former Guam coach Gary White has joined the rush to Chinese football after signing on with second-tier Shanghai Shenxin. White steered tiny Guam to the final round of Asian Cup qualifiers, recording victories against Turkmenistan and India, a country of 1.2 billion, along the way. "The timing to go to China I […]