Soccer

BARCELONA, Spain — Central defender Iñigo Martínez says he’s ready to “work as hard as the next guy” for Barcelona. The 32-year-old Martínez was int...

Nigeria and South Africa have been drawn in the identical World Cup qualifying group on Thursday in a re-shaped African competitors that can result in at the least 9 groups on the 2026 showpiece within the U.S., Canada and Mexico. ...

GENEVA — A threat of overloading girls’s soccer gamers in Europe. Too few aggressive video games in different elements of the world. Professionalizing home leagues too slowly. ...

MILAN — Christian Pulisic will try to revive his sagging membership profession at American-owned AC Milan main into a house World Cup within the United States in 2026. ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lisa Wrightsman was a former faculty soccer participant whose life was derailed by drug habit earlier than she finally made her means again to the game via a match for gamers from across the globe who've skilled homelessness. ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Megan Rapinoe mentioned her resolution to announce her retirement earlier than the Women’s World Cup will assist the U.S. group higher concentrate on its try to win a 3rd straight world championship. ...

MIAMI — A hamburger and drink mixture known as the Lionel Messi. An enormous sketch of the soccer star’s smiling face on a restaurant wall beside a viral meme from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. A beer with a pink label matching the colour of the Inter Miami jersey he'll put on. ...

ZURICH (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi Arabian membership Al Nassr may have its FIFA ban on registering new gamers lifted when it settles a debt with Leicester, soccer’s governing physique stated Thursday. ...

Sinead Farrelly wasn’t certain she’d ever come again to soccer. Farrelly, whose story was on the heart of an abuse scandal that rocked girls’s socce...

LONDON (AP) — Nottingham Forest defender Harry Toffolo was charged Wednesday with breaching the English Football Association’s betting guidelines. T...