Football

Lizzy Becherano Feb 13, 2025, 12:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The United Soccer League confirmed plans to launch a Division One men’s professional league in 2027 rivaling Major League Soccer and defined by the sanctioning standards of the U.S. Soccer Federation, the USL announced on Thursday. USL would operate completely separately from MLS, despite

Associated Press Feb 13, 2025, 10:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Luis Rubiales’ defense team reiterated in closing arguments on Thursday that Jenni Hermoso consented to the World Cup kiss by the ex-Spanish federation boss, and said that even if the player hadn’t agreed the act should not be characterised as sexual assault. Hermoso’s lawyer

Bruce Schoenfeld Feb 13, 2025, 09:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NOTTINGHAM, England — “Surprised?” said John O’Hare, who played 101 games for Nottingham Forest in the late 1970s and early 1980s. “I would say so. Astonished.” O’Hare was walking past the grandstand at City Ground, where Forest — who currently sit third in the

Feb 13, 2025, 10:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal have confirmed that Kai Havertz has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a hamstring injury during the club’s midseason training camp in Dubai. The club confirmed that Havertz will undergo surgery in the next few days before beginning his recovery

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool manager Arne Slot must wait to discover the extent of his ban after he was sent off amid fractious scenes at the end of Wednesday’s Merseyside derby. Slot approached referee Michael Oliver after a melee between the two sets of players following the full-time whistle had seen Everton‘s Abdoulaye Doucouré and

Associated Press Feb 13, 2025, 04:14 AM ET FIFA has suspended an employee after he was arrested on charges of enticement of a minor for sex while on a work trip in Miami. The Miami Herald reported that Jack Edward Coles was detained Friday by federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations at a hotel near

Feb 13, 2025, 09:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool and Everton have condemned the racist abuse received by midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré in Wednesday’s Merseyside derby after he was involved in a melee at full-time when the game ended in a 2-2 draw at Goodison Park. Everton captain James Tarkowski equalised in the seventh minute

Feb 13, 2025, 06:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions English Championship club Burnley made history by keeping a 10th successive clean sheet on Wednesday — a record that means part owner J.J. Watt might have to make good on a bet that he would make a shock NFL return with the Cincinnati Bengals. Watt, the

Open Extended Reactions Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has confirmed Nicolas Jackson will be sidelined until April with a hamstring injury. The west London side had hoped Jackson would recover quickly from the problem sustained against West Ham on Feb. 3, but a scan earlier this week delivered a more downbeat assessment. “Nico will be out

Feb 13, 2025, 07:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Botafogo defender Alexander Barboza had a front tooth knocked out by Flamengo centre back Cleiton with a blindside punch in a brawl between players at the end of a heated Rio de Janeiro derby in the Carioca Championship at the Maracana. At the end of Flamengo’s