The mother of Cape Verde star goalkeeper Vozinha has been granted a visa to enter the United States in time for her 40-year-old son’s next World Cup match, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Wednesday. Vozinha became an early sensation of the World Cup after making key saves in a 0-0 draw with Spain, one of the tournament favorites that was expected to rout tiny Cape Verde. After the match,…
The parent company of Sam Adams said their Boston Taproom ran out of the brand’s flagship Boston Lager over the weekend because Scotland soccer fans in Boston for the 2026 World Cup drank four times as much as the bar usually sells. Boston Beer Co. said in a news release that from Thursday to Sunday, the Tartan Army drank four times what the company normally stocks during a typical four-day…
Manchester United have no plans to negotiate a new loan agreement with Barcelona for Marcus Rashford, sources have told ESPN. Barcelona had until June 15 to trigger an agreement to sign the England forward permanently for a €30 million ($34.8m) fee. The Spanish side have let the deadline pass and, according to sources, Rashford is now expected to return to Carrington after his break following the World Cup. Sources have…
Scott McKenna missed Scotland’s last training session before their World Cup clash against Morocco on Friday night. The 29-year-old Dinamo Zagreb centre-back was absent for the 1-0 Group C win over Haiti on Saturday with a calf injury, before returning to Steve Clarke’s group at the Atrium Health Performance Park on Tuesday morning. However, McKenna sat out Wednesday morning’s workout before the squad’s afternoon flight to Boston. – Scotland at…
Real Madrid have written to UEFA demanding “firm” and “exemplary” disciplinary action to be taken against Barcelona for historic payments made to the former vice president of the Spanish refereeing association. Barça paid companies linked to José María Enríquez Negreira more than €7 million between 2001 and 2018. The Spanish champions have always maintained the money was in exchange for “technical reports on referees and refereeing,” denying buying match officials.…
ISTANBUL — Turkish state broadcaster TRT has removed a commentator from its World Cup roster after he mixed up Iran and New Zealand‘s teams. TRT said in a statement late on Tuesday that the commentator, identified by Turkish media as Murat Ekrem Çimen, had been withdrawn from the World Cup broadcast team in the U.S. pending investigation. It added that he would not continue to comment on matches during the…
The four World Cup matches on Tuesday set a new record for the most attended day in the history of the tournament. A new mark of 281,223 eclipsed the previous record of 277,070 set at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, which also featured four matches. The combined figure came from matches between France and Senegal (80,545), Argentina and Algeria (69,045), Austria and Jordan (68,527) and Iraq and…
Lyndon Dykes confirmed his Scotland team-mates’ preference for his shaved-head look after recently returning to a familiar appearance for the World Cup. The 30-year-old Charlton striker has alternated his hairstyle over the years but arrived in North America with his hair again shorn. Dykes came off the bench in the 1-0 opening Group C win against Haiti in Boston on Saturday night and hopes for more game time on Friday…
Portugal head coach Roberto Martinez has said that Cristiano Ronaldo is showing so much intensity and enthusiasm in training it seems as though he is preparing for his first World Cup, not a record-equalling sixth tournament. Once he appears in Portugal’s first game, Ronaldo will join Argentina captain Lionel Messi as the only men to play in six World Cups. Despite being a European Champion and five-time Champions League winner,…
