On Wednesday afternoon, an email landed from the organizers of the Ryder Cup to those planning to attend the opening day of the golf tournament on Friday, Sept. 26. The news, as has become familiar to those who watch showpiece sporting events in the United States, was that President Donald Trump would be in attendance…
This is the tenth in a series by The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men’s World Cup. Previously, we’ve looked at Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and again in 1938, Uruguay in 1950, West Germany in 1954, before a Brazilian double in 1958 and 1962, an England success in 1966, and another Brazil win in 1970. This time,…
On Friday, just hours before President Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s latest joint briefing in the White House, the MGM Resorts group in Las Vegas received a courtesy correspondence. It came from FIFA. It was a short and generic email. It said, essentially: Thank you, but no thank you. The expectation of many…
With less than 10 months to go before the most important tournament in Canadian soccer history, this European season will be crucial for Jesse Marsch’s players to establish themselves as difference-makers ahead of a World Cup their homeland is co-hosting. Canada’s head coach already knows who he can start in every game of their World…
Four games into his England tenure and Thomas Tuchel has made history, albeit not in the manner he would have wished. England had never before lost to African opposition in 21 matches, but they ended up well beaten in Nottingham. The smiles that Tuchel had hoped to see first-hand were all on Senegalese faces by…