play Are Argentina finally becoming less reliant on Lionel Messi? (1:43)Gab Marcotti examines the impact Argentina’s win over Mexico will have on Lionel Messi and his teammates. (1:43) 1:39 PM ET Mexican boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has apologised to Lionel Messi after Alvarez called out the Argentina captain for nudging away a Mexico shirt on … Read more
play Luis Enrique: If Spain don’t win World Cup Argentina should! (0:34)Spain manager Luis Enrique backs Lionel Messi to win a World Cup before he retires. (0:34) 11:39 AM ET Luis Enrique has said Spain won’t “gamble” by playing for a second-place finish in Thursday’s final World Cup group match against Japan in the hope … Read more
10:36 AM ET Brazil great Pele was hospitalised on Wednesday with generalized swelling. FRANCK FIFE/AFP Brazilian football legend Pele has been hospitalised as he battles cancer, his daughter said on social media on Wednesday, adding that there was “no surprise or emergency” involved. Kely Nascimento’s post to Instagram came after ESPN Brasil reported that Pele … Read more
play Could the Super League be up and running in three years? (1:15)Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens discuss new Super League CEO Bernd Reichart’s comments that the project will come into effect in less than three years. (1:15) 11:01 AM ET Real Madrid and Barcelona have both announced they will boycott an “urgent” meeting called … Read more
play Stephen A. chimes in on USMNT’s World Cup chances (1:24)Stephen A. Smith is joined by Taylor Twellman to discuss the United States reaching the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup. (1:24) 1:32 PM ET The United States women’s national team will make at least three times more from the men’s World Cup than … Read more
play Olley: No interest in Ronaldo from European clubs (2:10)James Olley says the lack of interest in Cristiano Ronaldo shows the gap between how highly he rates himself compared to what top clubs think of him. (2:10) 5:38 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo has a lucrative offer to move to Saudi Arabia on the table after … Read more
It’s win or go home for Belgium, while Croatia will be looking for no worse than a draw if they want to advance to the Round of 16 at the 2022 World Cup on Thursday. The Belgians are coming off a 2-0 loss to Morocco after defeating Canada 1-0 in their FIFA World Cup 2022 … Read more
21Al-Owais5Al-Bulayhi17Altambakti4Al-Amri2Al-Ghannam10Al-Dawsari12Abdulhamid15Al-Hassan9Al-Brikan23Kanno11Al-Shehri 13Ochoa23Gallardo15Moreno3Montes19S?nchez24Ch?vez4?lvarez10Vega17Pineda22Lozano20Mart?n Data is currently unavailable. Australia coach Graham Arnold hails new World Cup ‘golden generation’ Socceroos coach Graham Arnold believes the team that beat Denmark to reach the World Cup last 16 are the country’s new “golden generation.” England’s Ben White leaves World Cup for personal reasons; not expected to return Ben White will … Read more
Getty Images We did it, Gregg! The United States qualified for the knockout stages. It wasn’t easy. Scoring the lone goal of the match briefly landed Christian Pulisic in the hospital, but all that matters now is that the team is off to play the Netherlands Saturday morning. I’m Mike Goodman, and I’m breathing a … Read more
5:03 PM ET Stephanie Frappart will lead the first-ever all-women referee trio at the World Cup on Thursday. Photo by Laurens Lindhout/Soccrates/Getty Images Stephanie Frappart, Neuza Back and Karen Diaz will become the first all-women refereeing team for a men’s World Cup match as they have been named to take charge of the Costa Rica–Germany … Read more
