CONCACAF is expanding its flagship Champions League club tournament starting, with the door open to more Canadian participation. Starting in 2024, the Champions League will grow from the current 16-team format to having 27 participating clubs including 18 from North America.
Phil Jones will return to the Manchester United lineup on Wednesday after a 20-month absence, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed. The 29-year-old defender will be in the starting XI when the Red Devils welcome West Ham to Old Trafford in a third-round League Cup tie.
Anything Liverpool can do, Chelsea can do exactly the same. Chelsea continued matching each of Liverpool's results through the first five rounds of the Premier League season by beating Tottenham 3-0 on Sunday.
Seeing West Ham win a penalty deep into stoppage time, and presented with an unexpected chance to equalize against Manchester United, David Moyes made a bold call.
Brighton maintained its impressive start to the Premier League season with a 2-1 win over Leicester on Sunday.
Bamba Dieng’s third goal in two games helped unbeaten Marseille defeat Rennes 2-0 on Sunday and move into second place in the French league behind bitter rival Paris Saint-Germain.
American forward Matthew Hoppe came off the bench in the second half to make his debut with Mallorca in a 0-0 draw against Villarreal in the Spanish league on Sunday, missing out on the potential winner after his late goal was called off for offside.
Florian Wirtz led 10-man Bayer Leverkusen to a 3-1 win at Stuttgart on Sunday, dealing American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo’s team its third loss in five Bundesliga games this season.
Phil Jones will return to the Manchester United lineup on Wednesday after a 20-month absence, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed. The 29-year-old defender will be in the starting XI when the Red Devils welcome West Ham to Old Trafford in a third-round League Cup tie.
The girls on Afghanistan’s national soccer team were anxious. For weeks, they had been moving around the country, waiting for word that they could leave.
There is a double dose of LaLiga Santander football this week; the first midweek matchday of the season has arrived! 10 top-flight fixtures will be played from Tuesday through Thursday, with some regional rivalries and classic clashes on the agenda.
Lionel Messi will miss Paris Saint-Germain's next French league game at last-placed Metz after a knock to his left knee.
Hungary was ordered by FIFA on Tuesday to play its next World Cup qualifier without spectators as punishment for the latest racial abuse by its supporters when England played in Budapest.
Brian White scored, Maxime Crépeau made three saves for Vancouver and the Whitecaps tied the Colorado Rapids 1-1 on Sunday night.
A second-half surge propelled CF Montreal to a 2-0 win Sunday over the visiting Chicago Fire FC. Romell Quioto scored for Montreal (10-8-7), with Chicago's Carlos Terán adding an own-goal to Montreal's second straight MLS victory.
A group of prominent women athletes including soccer star Megan Rapinoe and basketball standouts Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to protect abortion rights in a case involving Mississippi's Republican-backed bid to ban the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Jim Brennan, Toronto FC's first-ever signing and captain, has fond memories of the MLS club. But he's looking to take it down this week.
Geoff Hurst remembered Jimmy Greaves as “one of the truly great goal scorers” after he died on Sunday at the age of 81. There was a minute’s applause before Tottenham played in the Premier League against Chelsea, the club where Greaves started his career.
Toronto FC snapped a six-game losing streak Saturday, defeating Nashville SC 2-1 on Omar Gonzalez's 79th-minute goal. The six-foot-five defender managed to contort his body to get a leg to a Yeferson Soteldo free kick as he crashed the goal in front of the south stand at BMO Field.
Vasilis Lampropoulos miscommunicates with his goalkeeper, leading to a shocking own goal at Allianz Arena.
Even without Romelu Lukaku and Antonio Conte, Inter Milan seems intent on successfully defending its Serie A title. The Nerazzurri completely overwhelmed visiting Bologna 6-1 on Saturday to extend their unbeaten start to the Italian league.
Robert Lewandowski scored yet again in Bayern Munich’s 7-0 rout of promoted Bochum in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
The French league match between Lens and defending champion Lille was interrupted for about 30 minutes after fans from the northern rivals clashed at halftime on Saturday.
Canada continues its climb up the world soccer ladder, moving eight places to No. 51 in the latest FIFA rankings. It's the highest position for the Canadian men since they were 53rd in October 2009. The country's best ranking was No. 40 in December 1996.
Justin Morrow is hanging up his cleats. The longtime Toronto FC defender announced his retirement on Thursday at the age of 33.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Jesse Lingard's future is at Old Trafford. The Manchester United manager says he's intent on keeping the 28-year-old England forward at the club as he enters the final months of his contract.
Romell Quioto had a goal and two assists and Montreal beat short-handed Orlando City 4-2 on Wednesday night. Montreal (9-8-7) snapped a seven-game road losing streak.
Christian Makoun's 95th-minute penalty lifted Inter Miami CF to a 1-0 win over 10-man Toronto FC on Tuesday, extending TFC's losing streak to six and winless run to nine (0-7-2).
Barcelona needs to brace for some tough times ahead while adjusting to the post-Lionel Messi era.
The damage was done in the first half for Malmo, as Juventus netted three goals, one from Alex Sandro in the 23rd minute, and two right at the half from Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata as Juventus beat Malmo in Champions League action.
What has been going on in LaLiga this past week? Here are 10 of the top stories, from an anniversary to a dream debut.
The Champions League group stage starts Tuesday with a match between traditional heavyweights Barcelona and Bayern Munich, but big-spending upstarts elsewhere are the title favorites this season after a summer of eye-catching transfers.
FC Edmonton will soon require spectators to be fully vaccinated or have a negative COVID-19 test before entering Clarke Stadium.
With goals by Vinícius Júnior and debutant Eduardo Camavinga and a hat trick by Karim Benzema, Madrid twice came from behind before comfortably beating Celta Vigo 5-2 in the Spanish league on Sunday. The game marked Madrid's return to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium more than 18 months after it was closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mohamed Salah scored his 100th Premier League goal to set Liverpool on its way to a 3-0 win over Leeds that was marred by a serious ankle injury to Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott on Sunday.
Lyon secured its second win of the season under new coach Peter Bosz and moved up to seventh in the French league after beating Strasbourg 3-1 on Sunday.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice on his return to Manchester United after 12 years in a 4-1 victory over Newcastle in the English Premier League on Saturday.
Bernardo Silva earned Manchester City its third straight victory in the English Premier League with a second-half goal to see off Leicester 1-0 on Saturday.
Romelu Lukaku held onto the corner flag with the left hand and spread out his right arm to the acclaim of the Chelsea fans. There’s a new scoring king at Stamford Bridge.
Midfielder Ander Herrera scored twice and Kylian Mbappe added another as French league leader Paris Saint-Germain routed promoted Clermont 4-0 on Saturday to make it five straight wins.
The Bianconeri remained winless in Serie A and slumped to their second consecutive defeat since Ronaldo went back to Manchester United after losing at Napoli 2-1 on Saturday.
