Berlin: Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann said on Sunday that goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen was unlikely to go to the World Cup this summer as he continues his return from injury. The 33-year-old Barcelona goalkeeper, who is on loan at Girona, underwent surgery on a torn hamstring in February, the latest in a series of injury …
FOXBOROUGH: The traffic on the way to France's World Cup tuneup against Brazil was a problem. Kylian Mbappé's knee was not. The former Paris Saint-Germain and current Real Madrid star showed no ill effects from his knee injury on Thursday when he broke free for a goal to give France an early lead on its …
London: FIFA announced on Wednesday plans for a final round of World Cup ticket sales. World soccer's governing body said over one million tickets had been sold by the end of the previous release, between December and February, and that additional tickets would be put on general sale from April 1 to the end of …
Liverpool: Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, the club said Tuesday, after nine years at Anfield in which he has established himself as one of its greatest ever players. Liverpool said Salah has “reached an agreement” to leave the team before his contract was due to expire. “Salah expressed his …
Geneva : FIFA fined the Israeli soccer federation for breaching anti-discrimination regulations but took no action on a Palestinian request to suspend Israel from global soccer for allowing clubs based in West Bank settlements. Also, FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Thursday further dampened Iran's attempts to move its World Cup matches from the United States …
Gold Coast, Australia : North Korea has qualified for the Women’s World Cup for the first time since a doping saga in 2011 led to its long absence from top-tier international tournaments. Hong Song Ok scored a hat trick in a 4-0 win over Taiwan on Thursday in playoffs at the Women’s Asian Cup to …
Paris : Iran will "boycott the United States" but "not the World Cup", Iranian football federation president Mehdi Taj said. Iran is currently scheduled to play its group matches in the US in this year's tournament. "We will be preparing for the World Cup. We will boycott the United States but not the the World …
Dubai: Players from Iran's women national football team and their technical staff returned to their country on Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, after refusing asylum in Australia where they played in the AFC Women's Asian Cup. They were welcomed by officials and members of the public at the Turkey-Iran Bazargan border, Fars news …
London: Enzo Fernandez has suggested he could leave Chelsea at the end of the current season after the London club were knocked out of the Champions League. Leroy Rosenior's side were beaten 3-0 at home to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday as the French giants completed an aggregate 8-3 thrashing of the Blues over the two …
Iran's football federation is in discussions with FIFA about moving their World Cup matches from the United States to Mexico due to concerns about the safety of their players, Iranian football president Mehdi Taj said on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that Iran were welcome to participate but suggested it might not …
