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/ 957 days ago

Club World Cup draw brings Benzema to potential Man City clash

The 2023 FIFA Club World Cup draw took place on Tuesday. The continental cup champions from each of the six confederations will travel to Saudi Arabia to compete. There, they will join the defending champions of the Saudi Pro League, Al-Ittihad, as the host always has a representative in the tournament. Al-Ittihad now has Karim […]

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/ 958 days ago

Fanatiz adds rights to many Conmebol World Cup qualifiers

Streaming service Fanatiz has picked up broadcast rights to seven of the ten Conmebol World Cup qualifiers. With World Cup 2026 around the corner, these are the first matches of the long road to qualification for the South American countries. Fanatiz is making the highly anticipated games available on a pay-per-view basis of $29.99 for […]

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/ 961 days ago

EPL breaks transfer record after clubs spent nearly $3 billion

The Premier League has once again broken its own record for spending during the summer transfer window. As lavish deals for Josko Gvardiol, Sandro Tonali and Rasmus Hojlund were all completed, the league continued is alarming spending. According to a report by Deloitte, the 20 top-tiered English clubs combined to spend about $2.97 billion on […]

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/ 963 days ago

Qatar's $330 million bribes to FIFA revealed in new documents

Released court documents are beginning to show how much money Qatar shelled out to receive the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A filing made by a Philadelphia-based organization revealed Qatar transferred millions to FIFA committee members. The Qatar National Bank (QNB) sent these funds directly. Committee members are in charge of selecting a host nation for […]

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/ 963 days ago

Brazil take bold action regarding women's coach Pia Sundhage

Several international federations replaced managers after the Women's World Cup, and Brazil joined that list by sacking Pia Sundhage following the team's worst-ever result. Starting in July of 2019, the Swedish coach has been in charge of a team that has players like Marta. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) was widely anticipated to fire her […]

UEFA Champions League group stage draw brings mega clashes

On Thursday, European hopefuls learned their fate for this season's top club competition in the Champions League group stage draw. With so many top teams competing, there are immediately headline matchups. Defending champion Manchester City looks to remain atop the mountain this season. However, there are several challengers looking to dethrone Pep Guardiola's side. The […]

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/ 963 days ago

Sad exit: Tottenham punished Harry Kane before Bayern move

When Harry Kane was leaving for Bayern Munich, Tottenham would not allow him to say farewell to his teammates. After 19 years at the club, the 30-year-old forward finally left in early August for Germany. The Bavarians paid $109 million to Tottenham with Kane in the last year of his contract. As a result, his […]

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/ 963 days ago

Champions League makes decision on FIFA added time rule

With UEFA finally taking a stand, the debate over whether added time should be so high at the end of each Champions League game continues. In the last nine months, FIFA pressured officials at both the men's and women's World Cups. They want games to run well beyond 90 minutes. In some cases, this surpassed […]

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/ 964 days ago

League Cup round two recap: Premier League clubs scrape by

Round two of the English League Cup welcomed 12 teams from the Premier League. Based on league positioning last season, the top eight teams in last season's Premier League bypassed to the third round. Therefore, Chelsea joined the League Cup in the second round. Tottenham Hotspur, on the other hand, also joined. Despite finishing eighth […]

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/ 964 days ago

ESPN criticizes 'lame' NY Red Bulls for selling Messi merch

In his first game with Inter Miami in MLS, Lionel Messi scored the game-capping goal in a 2-0 road victory against the Red Bulls. Messi entered the game in the 60th minute as a replacement in the Herons’ squad, who were already leading the score by 1-0. When he stepped on the pitch, a small […]

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/ 964 days ago

European exec open to playing Champions League Final in USA

A high-ranking official with Shakhtar Donetsk has claimed that he would support bringing the UEFA Champions League final to the United States. Sergei Palkin, CEO and general director of the Ukrainian club, made the comments during a recent interview with The Athletic. The news outlet sat down with the soccer exec ahead of the European […]

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/ 964 days ago

Erling Haaland says he’s open to playing in MLS before he retires

Manchester City star Erling Haaland is not following Lionel Messi to MLS anytime soon. However, the Norwegian sensation is not completely ruling out a move to the United States either. The Norwegian dominated English soccer last season, leading Manchester City to a record treble and scoring 52 goals in only 51 games. His first season […]

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/ 964 days ago

Messi effect: Inter Miami revenue to hit $224 million in 2024

According to the club's marketing director, Lionel Messi's presence will have an unprecedented influence on Inter Miami, increasing revenue by a factor of four. New endorsement agreements with Adidas and Apple are part of Messi's $60 million annual salary offer with Inter Miami. He arrived in July and has been on fire since then. The […]

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/ 964 days ago

Berhalter unveils USMNT squad for September friendlies

USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter named his first squad in his return to the side for a pair of September international friendlies. The United States is taking on Oman and Uzbekistan as it turns its attention to both the 2024 Copa America and the 2026 World Cup. Both of those competitions are taking place in […]

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/ 964 days ago

Brazil reveal Vinicius replacement in World Cup Qualifiers squad

Real Madrid star Vinicius got off to a great start of the season but then was dealt an early blow. After leaving last weekend’s 1-0 La Liga victory against Celta Vigo, the club announced in a statement that the Brazilian had injured the biceps femoris in his right leg. Therefore, he would be unable to […]