Month: December 2022

11:05 AM ET France defender William Saliba has said he hopes that World Cup favourites Brazil are knocked out of the tournament “as soon as possible.” Brazil and France have advanced to the round of 16 and if Brazil top their group as expected, the earliest stage that both nations could meet is in the

12:39 PM ET Portland Thorns FC head coach Rhian Wilkinson resigned Friday following one season and a National Women’s Soccer League title. In a lengthy message posted to Twitter, Wilkinson said the players asked for her resignation following an investigation into her conduct as head coach — conduct she said she self-reported to the team’s

10:02 AM ET DOHA, Qatar — Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal has revealed several members of his squad are battling flu symptoms on the eve of their World Cup round-of-16 match against the United States on Saturday. Though all 26 players went through light training on Friday, Van Gaal is fearful of the illness spreading

2:10 PM ET Associated Press The 82-year-old Brazil great Pele was hospitalized on Tuesday in Sao Paulo. ESPN Brazil legend Pele has a respiratory infection and will remain at the hospital where he’s been since Tuesday. The 82-year-old Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, is being treated with antibiotics, Hospital Albert Einstein said in

3:01 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent EDUCATION CITY, Qatar — Cristiano Ronaldo was “insulted” by South Korea player Cho Gue-sung as he left the pitch, according to Fernando Santos, as the Portugal coach sought to defend the striker’s frustrated reaction to being substituted. Ronaldo appeared to have a verbal exchange with Cho as he walked towards

2:48 PM ET AL WAKRAH, Qatar – After being eliminated from the World Cup despite a 2-0 win against Ghana on Friday, Uruguay coach Diego Alonso blamed his country’s failure to get out of the group stage on an officiating error in the team’s previous game against Portugal. “We are out because of Portugal’s penalty

1:20 PM ET DOHA, Qatar — Christian Pulisic has been cleared to play in the United States men’s national team’s World Cup round-of-16 match against the Netherlands on Saturday, US Soccer has confirmed. Pulisic has been suffering from a pelvic contusion he got as he scored the only goal of the game in the 1-0

4:03 PM ET Switzerland powered past Serbia 3-2 in their final World Cup Group G match on Friday to advance to the round of16 for the third straight time. The win sealed second spot in the group with six points, level with group winners Brazil, and the Swiss will next face Portugal for a place

4:02 PM ET A late goal by skipper Vincent Aboubakar ended Cameroon‘s 20-year wait for a win at the World Cup as the Indomitable Lions bowed out in style by beating a much-changed Brazil 1-0 at the Lusail Stadium on Friday. With qualification already in the bag after wins over Serbia and Switzerland, Brazil still