5:02 AM ET Adriana Garcia Brazil great Ronaldo believes Neymar and other Brazilian players should have psychological help to deal with the “disproportionate pressure” from the World Cup. Neymar admitted after his team’s World Cup quarterfinal defeat to Croatia on penalties that he was “psychologically destroyed.” “I would advise having a psychological support to withstand
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4:32 PM ET Last week, in response to word that the US Soccer Federation was interested in re-signing men’s head coach Gregg Berhalter following a run to the World Cup round of 16, the general world soccer media, and a lot of the sport’s more casual American fans, shrugged their respective shoulders and said, “Yeah,
3:41 PM ET United States midfielder Giovanni Reyna took to Instagram on Monday to call reports of him nearly being sent home from the World Cup “highly fictionalized,” adding he was disappointed that details regarding his participation in Qatar were not kept “in house.” On Sunday, comments that manager Gregg Berhalter had made at a
12:05 PM ET Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has likened Marcus Rashford to Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe and said “there is almost no better player in the world” than the England forward. Rashford has enjoyed a much-improved season for United, already equaling his goal tally from last season in 11 fewer appearances while
1:04 PM ET Associated Press The body and possessions of soccer journalist Grant Wahl were repatriated to the United States on Monday after his death last week while covering the World Cup in Qatar, a senior State Department official said. The official said Wahl’s remains and his belongings arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy
6:16 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Luis Enrique said he wants to return to club football after losing his job as Spain manager and has “infinite possibilities” ahead despite a disappointing performance at the World Cup. The Spanish football federation (RFEF) announced last week that they would not be renewing Luis Enrique’s contract after
7:56 AM ET Wayne Rooney regularly attends boxing matches in the UK. Ben Hoskins/Getty Images WBC world heavyweight title holder Tyson Fury has said Manchester United record goal scorer Wayne Rooney has agreed to spar with him in preparation for a proposed bout with Oleksandr Usyk. Earlier this month, Fury defeated Derek Chisora inside 10 rounds
11:17 AM ET The health of Brazilian football legend Pele was improving but there was still no forecast for when he could be discharged from hospital after being admitted there late last month, according to a medical report released on Monday. Pele, 82, has been battling colon cancer since September 2021 and was hospitalised on
9:19 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Spanish FA (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales has said Spain needed a “new project” after their elimination from the World Cup round-of-16, denying that issues with manager Luis Enrique — or his streaming on Twitch — led to his replacement by Luis de la Fuente. Former Under-21 coach De
8:04 AM ET Leading human rights campaigners have accused FIFA of “whitewashing” migrant worker abuses through “sinister” tactics and called for the stronger, more transparent implementation of a compensation fund. Questions have repeatedly been raised about the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar both before and during the World Cup with the Guardian reporting more