Tag: Soccer
What I learnt from meeting Arne Slot – charismatic and innovative, but a big bet by Liverpool
When, as expected, Arne Slot arrives at Liverpool’s training centre this summer, he will find at least one amenity perfectly to his taste. Slot is among the growing cast of top-level individuals in football hooked on padel, the high-paced racket sport that lands somewhere between tennis and squash.
At Feyenoord’s training base in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, chief executive Dennis Te Kloese promised Slot the club would install a padel court — on the condition they won the league
World Cup 2026: Concerns over fans’ U.S. visa wait times – ‘Your window might already be closed’
Concerns have been raised with the United States government, including an official meeting in the White House, over fears supporters may be deterred from the 2026 men’s World Cup owing to excessive wait times to process visa applications to visit the country.
The tournament begins in 777 days and it will be at least another 18 months before many countries will be assured of qualification, yet the wait times for U.S. visa interviews in two Mexican cities are already in
Watching Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City as the Premier League title race heats up
One of the closest, most enthralling Premier League title races in many years is careering towards a climax.
Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City played out crucial games on consecutive nights this week — and The Athletic went to all three to survey and convey the emotions of three very different clubs and fanbases.
An Arsenal fan briefly comes up for air between substantial munches of a doner kebab: “The internet is gonna be a f****** joke tonight.”
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Mark Clattenburg: The celebrity referee turned PGMOL agitator… via Gladiators
This is an updated version of an article first published on March 8.
It is two and a half years since Mark Clattenburg had his autobiography, Whistle Blower, to plug. No prisoners were taken in the book’s content or the promotional work ahead of its release.
Graham Poll, Martin Atkinson and David Elleray were all among the former colleagues Clattenburg swung for in caustic appraisals designed to settle old scores. And as for Mike Riley, his old boss at Professional
Jamie Redknapp schimpft wütend auf den Star von Man Utd wegen seiner „Soccer Aid“-Darbietung gegen Bournemouth | Fußball | Sport
Der 32-Jährige wurde in dieser Saison oft für seine Leistungen kritisiert, was die Frage aufwirft, ob er zwischen mehreren Entlassungen zu irgendeinem Zeitpunkt wieder voll fit war.
Er hat nach einem beeindruckenden ersten Jahr im Old Trafford einen überraschenden Niedergang erlitten und wird voraussichtlich im Rahmen tiefgreifender Veränderungen während Sir Jim Ratcliffes erster Sommertransferperiode als Miteigentümer abreisen.
Ten Hag hat jedoch weiterhin an Casemiro geglaubt und ihn regelmäßig im Mittelfeld eingesetzt, wenn er verfügbar ist. Doch gegen Bournemouth zeigte er
US Soccer ging ein Risiko ein und wartete auf Emma Hayes, was den Spielstil von USWNT in der Schwebe ließ
Im November setzte US Soccer darauf, dass es sich lohne, ein Jahr kontinuierlicher Vorbereitung unter einem festen Manager zu opfern, um Emma Hayes einzustellen. Acht Monate lang nach der Weltmeisterschaft 2023 hat das Interimsmanagement die US-amerikanische Frauennationalmannschaft betreut. Man muss ihr zugute halten, dass Twila Kilgores Amtszeit als Platzhalterin dazu beigetragen hat, den Spielerpool aufzufüllen, und dass ihr Team in diesem Frühjahr zwei Tuning-Wettbewerbe gewinnen konnte.
Dennoch war es ein verlorenes Jahr für das Programm, zu einer Zeit, in der
Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship
The celebration was almost as glorious as the goal itself. The fuzz of chest hair, the twirling shirt, the body swerve to evade the Manchester United fans who had run on the pitch in their euphoria.
On Sunday, it is 25 years since Patrick Vieira, a genuine great of Arsenal’s midfield, played a wayward pass amid the high drama of an FA Cup semi-final between the leading two English sides of the time.
Ryan Giggs took the ball and then
Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City: Every Premier League title-race fixture analysed
The Premier League remains a European outlier this season.
Everywhere you look around the continent, title races have become virtual processions. Paris Saint-Germain are 10 points clear in France’s Ligue 1, Bayer Leverkusen are 16 ahead and one win away from winning the German Bundesliga title, while PSV Eindhoven have a nine-point cushion at the top of the Dutch Eredivisie.
Elsewhere, Real Madrid lead by eight points in Spain’s La Liga and Inter Milan are 11 ahead of city rivals
The $25m fraudster who came so close to buying an English football club
In the first of our series about the men who want to buy English football clubs, this is the remarkable story of Chris Kirchner, who came close to taking over Derby County and was then found guilty of fraud and money laundering.
This week, we will examine five prospective investors and what their interest in English football says about their ambitions and the game itself.
Valentine’s Day 2023 and, just after dawn, Chris Kirchner’s world begins to crumble.
A group
Jamie Cassidy – the Liverpool prodigy who became a cocaine conspirator
He appeared in the dock at Manchester Crown Court like a familiar-looking stranger, a vivid memory from a distant past.
Jamie Cassidy had once been one of the most promising young footballers at Liverpool, England’s most successful club, a player deemed good enough to train with his national team ahead of the 1996 European Championship.
Today, Cassidy was jailed for 13 years and three months for his part in a conspiracy involving South American drug cartels that saw 356kg (784lb)