If there is one thing you can say about Endrick, Brazil’s match-winner on a soporific spring night at Wembley, it is that he doesn’t hang around waiting. Timetables and calendars mean nothing to him. There are only two times on his internal clock: now and next. Endrick was the standout player at Brazil’s biggest under-20 … Read more
The U.S. men’s national team was down 1-0 and on the verge of the third-place game in the CONCACAF Nations League finals, but a 95th-minute equalizing own goal by Jamaica saved Gregg Berhalter’s side, which went on to beat the Reggae Boyz 3-1 after extra time at AT&T Stadium on Thursday. The U.S. will now … Read more
Spartak Moscow forward Quincy Promes has been arrested in Dubai at the Netherlands’ request, after he was sentenced last month to six years in prison for drug trafficking. Dutch prosecutors said on Wednesday morning that they will ask for the extradition of the former Netherlands international. Promes did not attend court hearings for his case … Read more
Paul Pogba has been suspended from football for four years after a failed anti-doping test. Juventus midfielder Pogba, 30, was initially handed a provisional suspension by NADO (the Italian Anti-Doping Organisation) in September after the failed test, which followed his side’s 3-0 win at Udinese on August 20. FIFA’s guidelines for suspensions on players who … Read more
Andreas “Andi” Brehme wasn’t supposed to be the hero of the 1990 World Cup final. Striker Rudi Voller was down to take penalties, but didn’t want to when the time came because he had been the man brought down in the box; in the eyes of referee Edgardo Codesal, at least. German football superstition had … Read more
Jordan Henderson has reached an agreement with Al Ettifaq to leave the Saudi Pro League club and is close to joining Ajax on a permanent basis, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. The England international and his current side are in the process of finalising the termination of a three-year contract that he … Read more
In Argentina’s most iconic footballing arena, in front of 50,000 frenzied Argentinians, a historic night was orchestrated by an Argentine man. For Uruguay. South America’s second-smallest country is sandwiched right between its two biggest, but in consecutive games, they have beaten them both. A 2-0 win at La Bombonera was Uruguay’s first over Argentina in … Read more
Chelsea Women manager Emma Hayes will leave the Women’s Super League club at the end of the 2023-24 season to take over the U.S. women’s national team, according to sources briefed on the hiring process. The sources were granted anonymity because they were not authorised to publicly discuss the decision. Chelsea announced Hayes’ departure earlier … Read more
Christian Pulisic is a player reborn since signing for AC Milan in July. The former Chelsea winger left behind a frustrating spell in the Premier League for life in Serie A, and thus far, the American has delivered. Pulisic has scored four goals in eight games for the Rossoneri while becoming a key piece to … Read more
Graham Arnold, manager of Australia, is smiling as he scrolls back to last December, to the World Cup in Qatar and to facing Argentina in the last 16, Lionel Messi and all. “Mind games,” Arnold says of Messi, “mind games.” Arnold laughs as he explains. “Messi, he scored the first goal and that was their … Read more