Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best player for a record sixth time. It is the 32-year-old Argentine’s first Ballon d’Or since 2015 and comes after he scored 54 times for club and
Defending champions Liverpool will need at least a point in their final group game at Red Bull Salzburg to guarantee reaching the last 16 of the Champions League after a lacklustre draw against Napoli. The Reds would have gone through
Lionel Messi scored an injury-time penalty as Argentina rescued a draw in their friendly with South American rivals Uruguay in Tel Aviv. Messi’s Barcelona team-mate Luis Suarez had given Uruguay a second-half lead from a free-kick before Martin Caceres handled
By Michael Church HONGKONG (Reuters) – Marcello Lippi has resigned as head coach of the China national team after seeing his side slip to a 2-1 loss to Syria in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Dubai on Thursday. The
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s days in Major League Soccer are over. On Wednesday, the superstar tweeted a thank you message to the LA Galaxy as they part ways and told fans to “go back to watching baseball.” The 38-year-old Swedish forward joined
(CNN)Some of the world’s biggest soccer clubs will travel to China in 2021 after the country was announced as host of the first expanded edition of the Club World Cup. The competition, which currently features seven teams — the winner
(CNN)Liverpool’s 17-game winning streak in the Premier League came to an end after a 1-1 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. The result will still be a relief for Jurgen Klopp’s side, which needed a late Adam
KUWAIT CITY, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — Kuwait is one of the biggest supporters of Qatar to host a successful 2022 FIFA World Cup, a Qatari official said on Monday. At a forum organized by the Kuwait’s Youth Public Authority (YPA),
Just because we are in an international break doesn’t mean Major League Soccer has stopped. The league has been playing games while most of the world takes time off, and there were five games on Saturday as teams continue to
The United States women’s national team is going where it expected to be — the World Cup final. A 2-1 win over England on Tueday sent the American to Sunday’s final against either Sweden or the Netherlands. Christen Press and Alex Morgan