Erling Haaland was happy just to be in the running for the Ballon d’Or, Pep Guardiola said. Lionel Messi won the prized award for being the best player in the world. On Monday, Messi got the award for an unprecedented eighth time. Last season, he led Argentina to victory at the World Cup in Qatar. … Read more
Anwar El Ghazi was fired from his job at Bundesliga club Mainz on Friday, hours after German prosecutors began a probe into the social media posts he made about the Israel-Hamas war. Mainz posted they were “ending the contractual relationship with Anwar El Ghazi and terminated the player with immediate effect” . In a statement, … Read more
Neymar had surgery on Thursday in his home country of Brazil to fix damage to his anterior cruciate ligament and knee that he got in a national team game last month. “The operation went well. “We’re very happy with the outcome,” said Rodrigo Lasmar, the doctor on the Brazilian team who did the surgery. “He … Read more
The Lionel Messi Lionel Messi, the Argentine World Cup hero who won his eighth Ballon d’Or on Monday and brought attention to Major League Soccer around the world, came in second place in the vote for MLS Newcomer of the Year on Thursday. Giorgos Giakoumakis, a forward for Atlanta United from Greece, got the award … Read more
It’s the third time in four years that Bayern Munich has lost in the second round of the German Cup. They lost 2-1 to third-tier Saarbruecken on Wednesday, with Marcel Gaus scoring the game-winning goal in the last minute. At 1-1, it looked like extra time would be needed to decide the winner. In the … Read more
Newcastle United beat Manchester United 3-0 at home in the fourth round of the League Cup. On Wednesday, United’s terrible start to the season took a big turn for the worse. Erik ten Hag, the manager of Manchester United, looked shocked as his team was booed off the pitch. The Dutchman is under a lot … Read more
A lot of changes were made to Arsenal’s team, and they lost 3-1 to West Ham on Wednesday, sending them out of the League Cup. Manager Mikel Arteta felt bad about that choice. The home team went ahead with an own goal by Ben White. But goals by Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen early in … Read more
Inter Miami would have played two games in China this month, but those plans have been cancelled, the club said Wednesday. In an online statement, Inter Miami said that the tour’s organiser had told the club that the trip would not be happening because of “unexpected circumstances in China.” In a post on the Chinese … Read more
The only country that bid for the 2034 World Cup was Saudi Arabia. The country’s football chief told AFP that Saudi Arabia is ready to hold the tournament in either summer or winter. The head of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, Yasser al-Misehal, said late Tuesday night at the Asian Football Confederation awards in Doha, … Read more
Salem Al-Dawsari of Saudi Arabia was named the Asian Football Confederation’s Player of the Year. Sam Kerr, a forward for Chelsea and Australia, won the women’s award at the awards event in Doha on Tuesday. In last year’s World Cup, Saudi Arabia shocked everyone by beating Argentina 2-1. Al-Dawsari scored the game-winning goal and also … Read more
