Category Other

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The just-concluded group stage at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup was arguably the most captivating in the tournament’s history, and surprises and chaos were the order of the day. Presumed heavyweights Germany, Brazil and Canada failed to make it out of their respective groups. The two-time defending Women’s World Cup champions U.S. barely scraped by, saved by the post in its group stage finale against…

Coming somewhat out of the blue (if you’ll excuse the pun), it has been announced that NFL legend Tom Brady has become a shareholder in Championship side Birmingham City. Brady, a former quarterback for the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has entered a partnership with The Blues’ new owners to become a minority stakeholder in the club. The seven-time Super Bowl champion brought his long and successful NFL…

United States international defender Auston Trusty has left Arsenal to complete a transfer to fellow Premier League side Sheffield United, the clubs announced Thursday. Trusty, 24, signed for Arsenal from the Colorado Rapids in January 2022 but never made an official appearance for the Gunners’ first team. He spent last season on loan in the Championship with Birmingham City, where he was named their player of the season. – Full…

NFL legend Tom Brady has become a minority owner of Birmingham City, a club in English soccer’s second-tier Championship. The seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback has entered into a partnership with Birmingham’s owners, Knighthead Capital Management LLC, and he will become chairman of the advisory board at the club. There Brady will, according to a statement from Birmingham, “apply his extensive leadership experience and expertise across several components of the…

Juventus and Italy great Gianluigi Buffon has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 45. The World Cup winner enjoyed a successful 28-year career and played his last two seasons at boyhood club Parma in Serie B. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Buffon terminated his contract with Parma, which was set to run until June 2024, before confirming his retirement. The Italian player posted…

The summer transfer window is now open in Europe, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! Manchester United are still monitoring the situation of Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka, with West Ham United also interested, according to Sky Sports Deutschland’s Florian Plettenberg. The report states that the 28-year-old Germany international is on the…

There is no spin to be put on this, no ‘positives to be taken’ from Brazil’s exit from the Women’s World Cup. The team had a full cycle of preparation, with unprecedented resources, under the command of a top class coach in Pia Sundhage — and will now leave after the group stage for the first time since 1995. It is an unmitigated disaster. It is also a melancholic end…

With the scoreline level, Bonner SC’s Beverly Ranger received the ball and maneuvered her way around five SV Bergisch Gladbach defenders, gliding with ease as the ball glued to her feet. The 22-year-old then did the same with the goalkeeper and tapped into the empty net to score a goal so impressive that it earned her ARD Sportchau’s Goal of the Month award for April 1975. The Jamaican star became…

Lisandro Martínez has encouraged his Manchester United teammates to keep shouting at each other after André Onana was caught berating Harry Maguire during the defeat to Borussia Dortmund. Onana raced out of his goal to scream at Maguire after the England defender made a mistake during the 3-2 defeat in Las Vegas on Sunday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) – Ten Hag on Man Utd goals, Maguire…

Inter Miami CF, saddled with a regular-season winning percentage just above 41% four years into their existence, have never been more popular. Such is Messi Mania — the transfer saga, the belabored unveiling, the Leagues Cup debut and his dominance-in-progress — seemingly destined to divide league history into pre-and-post “Pulga” as Miami surrounds the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner with fellow former Barcelona tiki-taka alumni. “The future of soccer in America…