Soccer

He said he didn't watch soap operas. He lied. José Mourinho — the most theatrical, the most divisive, and quite possibly the most entertaining manager in the history of football...

Oh, Barcelona. You just can't keep it simple, can you? While the rest of the football world is glued to World Cup preparations, a financial storm is quietly brewing back...

Two minutes. That's all it took Spain to remind the world exactly who they are. While the rest of the planet was still settling into their sofas, Mikel Oyarzabal had...

Florentino is BACK! The Stage Is Set For the first time in twenty years, Real Madrid members were actually asked to choose their president. Not rubber-stamp one. Choose. And on...

It Started as a Football Match For the first 60-odd minutes, it was shaping up to be a perfectly decent World Cup warm-up. Denmark, buoyed by their hard-fought route to...

For 28 agonising years, Scotland fans have watched every World Cup from their sofas — bottles of Irn-Bru in hand, hearts full of what-ifs. France 1998 was the last time...

Florida sunshine. 25,000 fans packed into an NFL stadium. The World Cup just four days away. Everything was set for a feelgood England performance to send a statement to the...

Belgium walked out at King Baudouin Stadium on Saturday afternoon with something to prove. This is a squad carrying the weight of a nation still waiting for a "Golden Generation"...

Oeiras had all the ingredients for a breezy Friday-night send-off: World Cup sunshine, Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting XI, and a sold-out Jamor buzzing with anticipation. What they got instead...

Chicago showed up. 63,636 fans packed Soldier Field on a muggy Saturday afternoon — flags waving, faces painted, pure World Cup energy cracking in the air. The USMNT's last home...