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I felt like I had been preparing for a Super Bowl, and we lost 49-nothing.” The team’s female founders are ready to give it ...

The predicted rise of fully-roofed new stadia in football has not happened Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images In 2000, World Soccer magazine commemorated the new century by interviewing FIFA president Sepp ...

This is the 11th in a series by The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men’s World Cup. Previously, we’ve looked at Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and again in 193 8, Uruguay in 1950, West ...

Tim Berners-Lee may have the smallest fame-to-impact ratio of anyone living. Strangers hardly ever recognize his face; on “Jeopardy!,” his name usually goes for at least sixteen hundred dollars.

Jürgen Klopp has said that the German national team should stop making the title its aim for next year's World Cup, because ...

When Minnesota United lined up for Saturday night’s 3-0 win against Sporting Kansas City, the Loons once again did so without their usual back five. Instead, manager Eric Ramsay chose a formation so ...

Forbes ranks the highest-paid footballers in the world, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Here are the top soccer ...

The U.S., Mexico, Costa Rica, and Jamaica bid to host the expanded 2031 Women’s World Cup, aiming to set new standards for ...

Argentina and Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi has opened up about his plans for the 48-team FIFA World Cup next year in the ...

Lionel Messi has admitted he hopes to play with Argentina at the upcoming 2026 World Cup.

Lionel Messi, still chasing international glory nearly two decades into his career, says he hopes to play at the 2026 World ...