Manchester City have agreed to sign England manager Kalvin Phillips from Leeds in a £45 million ($55 million) deal, according to reports on Friday. Premier League champions City reportedly made a bid of £42 million, with a possible extra £3 million in add-on fees for Phillips. The blockbuster transfer is subject to Phillips agreeing personal …
Athletes and sports organizations reacted, mostly with horror, to the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade and enable dozens of state laws that will criminalize abortions. “This decision shows a branch of government that is so out of touch with the country and any sense of human dignity,” the WNBA players …
This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Update your settings here to see it. After the Denver Broncos wrapped up a mandatory minicamp last week, players went their separate ways for a summer break, leaving the fields at the team’s UCHealth Training Center empty. The fields are now in use once again, …
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Former Manchester United and England star Wayne Rooney has resigned as manager of troubled Derby as the club preparing for their first season in the third tier for 36 years. Rooney was unable to keep Derby in the Championship last season after the crisis-torn club were hit by a 21-point deduction as punishment for financial …
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For years now, FIFA has tried, with varying degrees of effort, to stop Mexico fans from chanting a homophobic slur at opposing goalkeepers. The Mexican soccer federation has been fined – more than a dozen times, to the tune of many thousands of dollars. Mexico has been forced to play home World Cup qualifiers without …
As English soccer player Jake Daniels finds acceptance, others will follow Read More »
AC Milan will begin their Serie A title defense with the visit of Udinese after the 2022/23 season’s fixture list was announced on Friday. Stefano Pioli’s side then face Atalanta, Bologna and Sassuolo before hosting the first Milan derby of the season in early September. Milan took the Scudetto from Inter on the final day …
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this week, Sportico is commemorating the 50th anniversary of Title IX with columns from top women’s sports leaders. Today’s guest columnist is Cindy Parlow Cone, president of the US Soccer Federation. JohnWallStreet returns on Monday. When I was 5 years old, my mom signed me up for ballet. I was excited. I flew down the …
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Romelu Lukaku arrived at Chelsea heralding his move as a dream come true, but less than a year later the Belgian striker is set to rejoin Inter Milan as one of the most expensive flops in Premier League history. Lukaku was hailed as the final piece of Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea jigsaw when he was signed …
Tantrums and tactics turned Lukaku’s Chelsea dream into a nightmare Read More »
As a seven-year-old boy in Baghdad, Mohamed Ali dreamt of becoming a goalkeeper — until a car bomb in the central Tahrir Square ripped away his left arm. The child had become another casualty of the sectarian blood-letting that raged in Iraq in the years after the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. “I …
For Iraqi amputees football team, healing is the goal Read More »
The Edgewood Fire in San Mateo has forced the MLS to move back the California Clasico. The San Jose Earthquakes and LA Galaxy were initially scheduled to play at Stanford Stadium on Saturday, but the game has been rescheduled to Sept. 24 due to a power outage at Stanford caused by equipment failure from the …
MLS’s California Clasico at Stanford rescheduled due to nearby fire Read More »
