The Latest Breaking News from Common Goal

Euro 2025 pits celebrated soccer couple Harder and Eriksson as opponents in Denmark-Sweden game

It is rare in top-level soccer for a player to be tasked with marking their life partner who is also the opponent’s star striker

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Welsh FA leads way by joining Common Goal and wants other nations to sign up

The FA of Wales has joined Common Goal and at least 1% of ticket sales will be donated to community and environmental projects

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2024

Naomi Girma: ‘We should care about each other as people and not just as athletes’

In this week’s newsletter the USWNT defender talks about how losing her teammate Katie Meyer to suicide led to a mental health movement for players

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024

Brentford winger Sergi Canos is latest player to join Common Goal

Brentford winger Sergi Canos has become the latest player to sign up to the Common Goal initiative, pledging to donate one per cent of his salary to charitable causes.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2022

Sergi Canos: ‘We’re just normal people that like to help other people, and we can’

The Brentford winger has become the latest footballer to pledge to donate one per cent of his earnings to Common Goal. He tells Miguel Delaney why it was so important to him to give something back

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

5 years of Common Goal - how movement Juan Mata co-founded is changing face of football

It's the fifth anniversary of the launch of Common Goal - the movement co-founded by Juan Mata and backed by Jurgen Klopp, which uses football as a force for good to tackle the biggest social issues worldwide at a time when the need for action has never been more critical

Daily Mirror · Aug 4, 2022

Miedema and Dybala back Common Goal’s emergency Ukraine response

The Arsenal forward Vivianne Miedema says ‘action and not thoughts are needed’ to help the victims of the war in Ukraine as she fronts an emergency response by Common Goal.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022

‘It’s important I use my platform’: Adama Traore reveals plan to stand up against racism in football

Wolves winger has pledged one per cent of his salary to Common Goal’s anti-racism project

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022

Adama Traoré to tackle racism in football: ‘It’s important I use my platform’

Wolves winger pledges 1% of his salary to Common Goal’s anti-racism project

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2022