FIFA has urged Iran to lift their 40-year ban on women in football stadiums. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has described Iran’s stadium ban for women as “unacceptable,” calling on the country to lift restrictions ahead of their next home game. Attention on the ban intensified when a 29-year-old activist, Sahar Khodayari, died this month after
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NorthEast United FC have signed Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan for the 2019-20 ISL season. Gyan, Ghana’s all-time leading scorer with 51 goals, will join NorthEast on the back of their most successful season, where they reached the play-offs for the very first time. Gyan, 33, rose to fame with his performances on the international stage,
The Champions League group stage is back, but who were the stars this week? Here’s the best XI from the first games. The Champions League’s best performers from this week. Goalkeeper: Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona) Barcelona were well under par in their 0-0 draw against Borussia Dortmund so it was fortunate they had a goalkeeper
Christian Pulisic is struggling to see the pitch at Chelsea. Should he be concerned with that he can’t get off the bench at Stamford Bridge? Our banker bet landed again in midweek as 2/1 shots Napoli beat Liverpool. However Real Madrid let us down as they fell to a heavy 3-0 defeat in Paris. Attention
Shaka Hislop presents his weekly power rankings and is given quite a bit of stick by the FC guys for how he ordered the top 10. Philippe Coutinho is tasked with naming his favourite player, his top games and goals after completing his move to Bayern Munich. Philippe Coutinho explains how his chats with Thiago
A penalty from Yoshimar Yotun and another goal from Jonathan Rodriguez two minutes later helped Cruz Azul to a 2-1 victory over Tigres in the Leagues Cup final. ESPN FC’s Alejandro Moreno says a merger between MLS and Liga MX will not work because of the huge structural differences of the sport in the United
ESPN’s Alexis Nunes and Julien Laurens discuss the factors that will make or break Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes. Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola insists he will continue to back his players after they believed in him during his first season in charge. Former Liverpool star Steve Nicol says Manchester City have no choice but to
2:50 PM ET Club Brugge and Galatasaray played out a goalless stalemate in their opening Champions League Group A game at the Jan Breydelstadion on Wednesday. Both teams hit the woodwork in an otherwise uneventful match ahead of the much-awaited clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid in the same group. – Champions League group
2:48 PM ET Olympiakos battled back from two-goals down to earn a 2-2 draw with Tottenham in their Champions League Group B opener in Athens on Wednesday night. Olympiakos started brightly, but it was Spurs that opened the scoring in the in 26th minute when Harry Kane converted his spot kick after Yassine Meriah had
Western United FC show a glimpse of the preparations going into their debut season in the A-League. The head of Football Federation Australia has promised that anyone found guilty of match-fixing will be banned from football for life. Western Sydney coach Markus Babbel’s disappointment with the Wanderers’ limp FFA Cup loss to Melbourne City has