Neustift (Austria) (AFP) – France coach Didier Deschamps on Tuesday hit out at supporters who booed striker Olivier Giroud during the Euro 2016 hosts' 3-2 friendly win against Cameroon in Nantes on Monday. "It is certainly a minority and it is really unfair," said Deschamps after the Arsenal striker, 29, was whistled by a section […]

Salzburg (Austria) (AFP) – Real Madrid midfielder Isco and Atletico's Saul Niguez on Tuesday missed the cut for Vicente Del Bosque's final 23-man Spain squad for Euro 2016 that does include Reals' Lucas. "We tried to balance out the squad," Del Bosque said at a press conference at the Austrian city of Salzburg. "I believe […]

San José (AFP) – Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas has been ruled out of the Copa America with an Achilles tendon injury, the Costa Rican Football Federation announced Tuesday. A scan at his club Real Madrid confirmed the injury for the 29-year-old, who has been struggling with recurring problems with his left foot for over […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sevilla's Portuguese goalkeeper Antonio Alberto Bastos, known as "Beto", announced Tuesday he has quit the La Liga side after three and a half years during which he won three Europa League titles. "Today is a very sad day for me," Beto wrote in a farewell letter published on Sevilla's website as he […]

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine coach Mykhaylo Fomenko on Tuesday named his final 23-man squad for Euro 2016, which is led by Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Yarmolenko and Sevilla's Europa League winner Yevgen Konoplyanka. The 67-year-old coach cut his squad from a provisional list of 29 players after Ukraine beat Romania 4-3 in a friendly on […]

Vienna (AFP) – Hungary's German coach Bernd Storck on Tuesday named his final 23-man Euro 2016 squad anchored around captain Balazs Dzsudzsak and trouser-wearing goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly, who at 40 is set to be the tournament's oldest player. The "Magical Magyars" were one of the best sides in the world in the 1950s, but not […]

Prague (AFP) – Czech Republic coach Pavel Vrba on Tuesday named a 23-man squad for Euro 2016 in France, spearheaded by Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech and midfielder Tomas Rosicky, the team captain. Vrba said at a training camp in Austria he had cut the squad to the required 23 men from an initial 25 by […]

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 […]