Footbal News

October 15, 2018

Slovakia coach quits after 2 defeats in Nations League

Jan Kozak has quit as Slovakia coach after the team's second straight loss in the UEFA Nations League. The Slovak football ...

October 14, 2018

Italy leaves it late to earn 1st competitive win in a year

Italy is finally showing signs of emerging from its crisis, nearly a year after failing to qualify for the World Cup.

October 14, 2018

Dutch defeat of Germany shows that the future is bright

Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman knows that however good a 3-0 victory over 2014 world champion Germany feels, it doesn't mean ...

October 14, 2018

Paco Alcacer making most of 2nd chance with Spain

Close to seeing his career stagnate, Paco Alcacer is making the most of a second chance to become Spain's top striker.

October 14, 2018

Wrong anthem, right result for Gibraltar in 1st win

Gibraltar won its first-ever competitive game after 22 straight losses with a 1-0 victory over host Armenia on Saturday in ...

October 14, 2018

Netherlands thrashes Germany 3-0 to pile pressure on Loew

Coach Joachim Loew made history twice on Saturday night — he led Germany for a record 168th time before his team lost to the ...

October 13, 2018

Dutch humiliate Germany in Nations League, Gibraltar wins

Germany's UEFA Nations League campaign took a humiliating blow after a 3-0 loss at old rival Netherlands on Saturday.

October 13, 2018

Former Italy international Antonio Cassano retires

Former Italy international Antonio Cassano has announced his retirement after training for less than a week with Virtus ...

October 13, 2018

Monaco hires Thierry Henry as new coach

Thierry Henry is back where it all started. France's all-time leading scorer and an Arsenal great landed his first managerial ...

October 12, 2018

Lukaku leads Belgium past Switzerland with a brace

Romelu Lukaku scored both goals in Belgium's 2-1 win over Switzerland on Friday, putting the Red Devils in the lead of its ...

October 12, 2018

No fans, no goals: England and Croatia play to a dull draw

Deprived of a seat inside the stadium through no fault of their own, a small band of loyal England supporters watched the ...

October 12, 2018

Column: What if they had an Olympics, but no one would host?

What if they threw an Olympic party, but no one was willing to host it? That day could be coming, and sooner than you might ...

October 12, 2018

French authorities probe Champions League match-fixing

French authorities are investigating claims of match-fixing surrounding a Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain ...

October 12, 2018

Soccer great Van Basten leaves FIFA technical director role

Soccer great Marco van Basten is leaving FIFA after two years as technical director. The former Netherlands forward is ...

October 12, 2018

Greek champion AEK Athens to lose points for fan violence

Sporting authorities in Greece say defending league champion AEK Athens will be docked three points, fined 73,250 euros ...

October 12, 2018

9 arrests in Belgian football fraud, match-fixing scandal

Three days into Belgium's biggest football scandal in decades, nine people are behind bars, including one top referee and ...

October 12, 2018

Michel Platini files lawsuit in France in FIFA case

Convinced he was the victim of a plot, former UEFA president Michel Platini has filed a lawsuit in France in a bid to prove ...

October 12, 2018

Ronaldo accuser's lawyers demand proof documents are false

Attorneys for a Nevada woman accusing Cristiano Ronaldo of rape challenged the international soccer star's legal team on ...

October 12, 2018

Portugal keeps winning in Nations League without Ronaldo

No Cristiano Ronaldo, no problem. European champion Portugal sparkled on Thursday despite the absence of its star forward, ...