The Latest Breaking News from Soccer

‘Manchester United Are Rubbish’ Ticker Update Leads to Absurd Apology

A BBC anchor offered a detailed apology after a trainee sent out the soccer message.

Sports Illustrated · May 24, 2022

With Russians gone, Kyiv’s suburbs struggle to return to being ‘a happy place’

BORODYANKA, Ukraine — The soccer mom parks her car just past the charred ruins of the town cultural center, a hollow, bombed-out remnant of better times. Her son bounds out toward the green fields freshly daubed with white boundary lines.

Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2022

Soccer-Britain set to approve Abramovich's sale of Chelsea - source

Britain is set to approve the sale of Premier League soccer Chelsea to a consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters, after owner Roman Abramovich gave assurances over the deal.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

The highest-paid NBA players in 2022

Sportico recently published the top 100 highest-paid athletes in 2022 and - lo and behold - LeBron James is the king ahead of the three soccer superstars Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar. James earned almost three times more than his ...

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 22, 2022

Lyon Reaffirms Its Place Atop the Women’s Soccer Hierarchy

Barcelona may indeed be part of European royalty, but Lyon is the one still ruling the castle. That much was clear after an emphatic UWCL final result.

Sports Illustrated · May 21, 2022

Chris Kamara: ‘People say ‘Unbelievable, Jeff!’ every day but I don’t mind. I’m a people person’

As he leaves Soccer Saturday after 24 years and deals with a debilitating speech disorder, the garrulous broadcaster’s reflections on a long career in football reveal his more serious side

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2022

Georgia Tech grad Steve Hall has highest ambitions for ultimate disc league

ATLANTA — In 2012, Steve Hall was 46 and in a stage of life not unfamiliar to Georgia Tech graduates of his age. A chemical engineering graduate with an MBA from Emory, Hall was running his own private-equity firm in Charlotte, N.C., after 13 years in New York in the…

Tribune News Service · May 21, 2022

Tom Krasovic: U.S. Women's soccer victory in hand, NWSL now deserves attention

SAN DIEGO — It was a big week for women's soccer in the United States.

Tribune News Service · May 21, 2022

American investors keep scoring European soccer teams

American investors dominate Europe's top sport in a way that American players never have.

Axios · May 20, 2022

Qatar's emir wants World Cup visitors to respect his country's culture

Qatar hopes to welcome the world to Doha for the soccer World Cup but also "we expect and we want people to respect our culture", Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said on Friday in Berlin when asked about gay people attending the tournament.

Reuters · May 20, 2022