Soccer

Nobody told Haiti they were supposed to roll over. In a sun-soaked Mercedes-Benz Stadium packed with the colour, carnival and raw defiance that only Haitian football can produce, Les Grenadiers...

Two weeks into the 2026 World Cup, and football's greatest individual prize — the adidas Golden Boot — has never felt more fiercely contested. We are watching legends cement their...

Wednesday, June 24. Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Both games kick off simultaneously at 6 PM ET, and by the time the final whistle blows across...

One week ago in Houston, DR Congo supporters were doing something deeply audacious. After their 1-1 draw with Portugal, fans spilled onto the streets and turned Cristiano Ronaldo's iconic "SIUU"...

You almost had to feel sorry for Thomas Tuchel. Six days after engineering one of England's most thrilling World Cup performances in years — a breathless 4-2 demolition of Croatia...

Two African narratives, one football pitch, and everything on the line. England versus Ghana at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough — Tuesday, June 23 — is the kind of match that doesn't...

Philadelphia had a plan for Monday evening. France would beat Iraq, Mbappé would score, and the world would watch Les Bleus cruise into the knockout rounds of the 2026 World...

There is a photo somewhere of Alf-Inge Haaland in the summer of 1994, in a red Norway shirt, playing at a World Cup in the United States. His son Erling...

Two days before his 39th birthday, with an ailing father back home in Argentina and a missed penalty already behind him, Lionel Messi did what Lionel Messi does. He scored....

He scored a hat-trick on his 200th cap. He tied the all-time World Cup scoring record. He did it at 38 years old, just six days before his 39th birthday....