Belgium head coach and technical director Roberto Martinez is out following a group stage exit at the World Cup. The Red Devils drew against Croatia, but finished behind the 2018 runner-up by one point. Morocco, which defeated Belgium in matchday two, advanced as group winners following its win over Canada. Following the match, Roberto Martínez […]

Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid both say that they will not attend a LaLiga meeting next week. Held in Dubai, the league's Extraordinary General Assembly is all set to take place on December 7th. Both clubs, as well as the rest of the LaLiga teams, were notified of the meeting on November 25th. Barcelona, […]

The United States women's national team was given a major monetary boost following the men's victory against Iran on Tuesday. Because of a previous agreement, each USWNT player will now receive $380,000 following the massive men's match. Unions for both U.S. teams agreed a new collective bargaining deal back in May. Prior to the agreement, […]

Streaming is one of the biggest success stories of World Cup 2022, so far. In particular, Peacock World Cup streaming has gone through the roof with an incredible number of sports fans watching games online. Several World Cup 2022 games have broken streaming records. For instance, Argentina against Mexico is the most-streamed World Cup game […]

Gerardo 'Tata' Martino is out as the Mexico national soccer team's head coach after Wednesday's World Cup game. El Tri defeated Saudi Arabia, 2-1. However, a negative goal difference sent the Mexicans home after thr group stage. Martino made it known in his postgame interview with FOX Sports that he was leaving his role. "I […]

Christian Pulisic's game-winning goal sent the United States through to the Second Round of the World Cup. The game also gave US broadcasters FOX Sports and Telemundo a boost. So much so that US-Iran averaged 15.5 million viewers across both broadcast partners and their streaming services, including Peacock Premium. USA's 1-0 victory was the second […]

Argentina officially qualified for the World Cup knockout round on Wednesday, despite Lionel Messi stopping a scoring streak. Instead, Alexis Mac Allister and Julian Alvarez scored the goals as Argentina beat Poland 2-0. Messi failed to record a goal or assist in a game for his country for the first time in eight matches. The […]

A death occurred in Iran reportedly after a fan celebrated the nation's loss from the World Cup. Iran lost to the United States men's national team on Tuesday. The victory for the Americans meant that they would qualify for the knockout round of the tournament. Mehran Sammak, 27, was supposedly killed in his car after […]

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly received a massive contract offer from a Saudi Arabian club. Al Nassr FC supposedly offered the 37-year-old forward a deal that could be worth over $200 million per year. Ronaldo is now a free agent. Manchester United released him from his contract earlier this month. Therefore, he can choose […]

With the US Men's National Team booking its place in the Round of 16 after defeating Iran, how did the world's media react to USA's World Cup win against Iran? Let's take a closer look. The USMNT is now receiving mainstream media attention, deservedly so. Front page coverage that was previously limited to small, below-the-fold […]

We can have an intelligent debate about whether this current version of United States national team represents a “Golden Generation.” There’s time for that discussion. But whatever we’re calling it, this simply cannot be up for debate: a young team grew up in meaningful ways Friday, looking brave and unfazed, regaining some lost worldwide regard […]

Canada head coach John Herdman made headlines following his team's 1-0 defeat to Belgium on Wednesday, headlines a Croatia newspaper jumped on. The Canadians played very well against one of the World Cup favorites, but failed to collect any points on the night. Herdman also made an interesting speech to his players following the game. […]

Brazil began their 2022 World Cup with a bang. The top-ranked team at the tournament beat Serbia 2-0 on Thursday. Tottenham Hotspur striker Richarlison scored both goals on the day for the Brazilians. However, there was some bad news that came out of the match as well. Superstar Neymar had to be substituted late in […]

With the 2022 World Cup underway, we explain why and how Qatar won the rights to host the World Cup. "How did I get here?!" The line from the Talking Heads' 1980 track "Once in a Lifetime" may just be something ringing through the minds of many of the players, coaches, fans and media members […]

It's still early days, but one of the most fascinating stories about Qatar 2022 is how well Peacock's World Cup viewership numbers are doing. For a streaming service that is showing games only in Spanish, you would expect it to do decently well. However, Tuesday's World Cup coverage on Peacock blew the roof off. In […]