FIFA has been warned it will “set a dangerous precedent” if it sanctions domestic league matches being played abroad. Spain’s La Liga and Italy’s Serie A are attempting to export regular-season matches abroad this season. La Liga is hopeful of staging December’s fixture between Villarreal and Barcelona in Miami, Florida, while the Italian top-flight is…
It’s been a long summer of activity in the transfer market, and now we come to the final 24 hours, deadline day. The window remains open for Premier League clubs to sign players until 7pm BST today, and many clubs and players are still looking to finalise deals. Here, The Athletic rounds up where we…
At the Champions League draw in Monaco this week, UEFA hosted European soccer officials and marketing executives from the United States with a radical plan on their minds. A Spanish proposal for Barcelona and Villarreal to play an official La Liga game in Miami on Dec. 20 is moving toward a decision by UEFA leaders…
NYON, Switzerland — Manchester City faces a trip north of the Arctic Circle in the middle of the European winter after the dates of this season’s Champions League games were published on Saturday. City will play an away match at Norwegian champion Bodo/Glimt on Jan. 20, meaning Pep Guardiola and his team of mega-stars will…
MONACO — At the Champions League draw in Monaco this week, UEFA hosted European soccer officials and marketing executives from the United States with a radical plan on their minds. A Spanish proposal for Barcelona and Villarreal to play an official La Liga game in Miami on Dec. 20 is moving toward a decision by…
La Liga has reported alleged racist chanting directed towards Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe during Real Madrid’s match at Real Oviedo earlier this month to Spain’s National Police. The chanting was alleged to have taken place at Oviedo’s Carlos Tartiere Stadium during the league match on August 24, with the league reporting that chants imitating…
The 2025-26 UEFA Champions League is now underway for 36 teams. The highly anticipated draw was held Thursday in what marks the second year of the new league phase, where the previous six-game group stage format has been shifted to eight games all against different teams. Defending their first ever title — as well as…
With the domestic leagues underway, the main event of Europe’s footballing calendar has finally been scheduled. On Thursday, all 36 participants in the UEFA Champions League learned who their eight opponents will be in the opening phase of the 2025-26 installment. Over the past decade, U.S. players have become increasingly relevant to the competition. Last…
Greek champion Olympiakos faces a demanding League Phase in this season’s UEFA Champions League, after Thursday’s draw in Monaco paired the Piraeus club with some of Europe’s most powerful sides. Their opponents include Real Madrid and Barcelona from Spain, Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal from England, Dutch clubs PSV Eindhoven and Ajax, Paphos of Cyprus, and…
Bay FC, the professional women’s soccer team, set an attendance record for the National Women’s Soccer League on Saturday with a sellout crowd of 40,091 for its 3-2 loss to the Washington Spirit at Oracle Park. The San Francisco crowd surpassed the previous record of 35,038 for a single NWSL match set on June 8,…