6:36 PM ET LUSAIL, Qatar — Brazil captain Dani Alves says Friday’s 1-0 defeat to Cameroon should be a “warning signal” to the team as attention turns to their round of 16 match with South Korea, where they are optimistic Danilo will be available while they continue monitoring Neymar and Alex Sandro‘s fitness. On a
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6:00 PM ET Associated Press LA Galaxy president Chris Klein was suspended and the team fined $1 million by Major League Soccer on Friday for undisclosed payments involving Argentine winger Cristian Pavon in 2019. MLS stripped the team of $1 million in future general allocation money and said the Galaxy will not be allowed to
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2:10 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