11:14 AM ET Associated Press Qatar’s ambassador to Germany was urged Monday to abolish his country’s death penalty for homosexuality at a human rights congress hosted by the German football federation two months before the Middle East country hosts the World Cup. Fan representative Dario Minden switched to English to directly address the Qatari ambassador,
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9:49 AM ET Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR
10:50 PM ET MLS said it will investigate the alleged use of a racial slur in Sunday’s match between Inter Miami and D.C. United, in which it is alleged that DCU forward Taxi Fountas directed the N-word at Inter Miami defender Damian Lowe. “MLS has zero tolerance for abusive and offensive language and we take
6:35 PM ET Ahead of the FIFA international break, some prominent clubs (looking at the ones from Bavaria and Turin) are already facing some questions so early in the season. And at other sides, it could mean see some managers being replaced before league action re-starts in less than a fortnight. Meanwhile, we saw some
6:32 PM ET Atletico Madrid fans were filmed racially abusing Real Madrid‘s Brazil forward Vinicius Junior outside their Metropolitano Stadium ahead of the Madrid derby on Sunday. Hundreds of Atletico supporters could be heard singing “Vinicius, you are a monkey, you are monkey” in a video published on social media by radio station Cope in
4:51 PM ET Real Madrid saw off crosstown rivals Atletico 2-1 in a fiery edition of the city’s local derby at the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday to restore their two-point lead over Barcelona and stay perfect in LaLiga. Despite being second best for large periods of the first half and playing without talisman Karim Benzema,
4:43 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain opened a two-point lead at the top of Ligue 1 after Lionel Messi‘s early goal earned the French champions a 1-0 win at Lyon on Sunday. Messi found the back of the net with his fourth league goal of the season in the fifth minute to put Christophe Galtier’s side
3:05 PM ET Roberto De Zerbi previously coached Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk. OSCAR DEL POZO/AFP via Getty Images Brighton have appointed Italian Roberto De Zerbi as their new head coach on a four-year contract following the departure of Graham Potter, the Premier League club announced on Sunday. De Zerbi, 43, started his managerial career in the
2:41 PM ET Liverpool were promoted to the Women’s Super League this season. John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images Reigning champions Chelsea slumped to a 2-1 defeat by newly promoted Liverpool and Aston Villa pulled off a thrilling 4-3 win over Manchester City as the opening round of fixtures in the Women’s Super League season was
2:05 PM ET Associated Press Defenders Cameron Carter-Vickers and Chris Richards will miss the United States‘ last two World Cup warm-up matches because of injuries. The pair was replaced Sunday by Mark McKenzie and Erik Palmer-Brown, who join Walker Zimmerman and Aaron Long as central defenders for exhibitions against Japan on Friday in Dusseldorf, Germany,