
The Independent - 2 hours 37 min ago
Four of the tournament's eight matches fall on weekdays, with several kick-offs scheduled to coincide directly with the heavy afternoon rush hour for New Jersey's 132,000 daily rail riders...

Sky Sports - 3 hours 59 min ago
The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday's newspapers...

Refinery29 - 4 hours 42 min ago
From a sneaker takeover to trending tech jackets , the sporty aesthetic has officially hit the ground running for Spring 2026. One person who's already channeling the athleisure look? Two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA Women's World Cup champion Carli Lloyd . The former professional U.S. soccer player (and one of the GOATs) has partnered with Tek Gear by Kohl's , an activewear line "designed for every age, body, and budget," including plus sizes and adaptive styles that...

NY Post - 5 hours 18 min ago
Parts of Penn Station will close on World Cup match days this summer for everyone except ticketholders to the soccer tournament -- potentially leaving New Jersey commuters high and dry, according to a report.

NY Post - 7 hours 23 min ago
So much for hitting this "goal!” The Big Apple is set to shell out $40 million more than it expects to get back in revenue from hosting the FIFA World Cup finals this summer, according to city documents obtained by The Post. Roughly $90 million in taxpayer dollars will be fronted for the massive international...

CBS Sports - 9 hours 27 min ago
Agyemang quickly rose up the USMNT's ranks after making his debut in January 2025, firmly in the mix to make Mauricio Pochettino's World Cup squad before the injury...

The Guardian - 10 hours 8 min ago
From exposed anxieties to unexpected heroes, this weekend's cup contests papered over a weird three-week Premier League break Sign up for our World Cup newsletter Live in a World Cup host city? Tell us your stories The soccer calendar has been particularly quirky this year. There's always an international break in March, but because this year's edition involved World Cup qualifying play-offs, most games were scheduled for the Thursday and the Tuesday, which meant there was very little...

The Nation - 10 hours 17 min ago
Dave Zirin Daniel Loro a and Ajamu Baraka join Edge of Sports to discuss practicing dissent in the face of the upcoming World Cup, and we have a bonus movie conversation. The post Protesting the World Cup (and a Cinematic Easter Egg) appeared first on The Nation .

The Guardian - 10 hours 59 min ago
The 37-year-old will be eligible for England duty again Flanker will never forget' his adventure' at French club The former England captain Courtney Lawes is returning to the Prem at the end of the season after two years at French club Brive. The 37-year-old retired from international rugby after the 2023 Rugby World Cup and made the move to France after winning the 2023-24 Premiership title with Northampton Saints. Continue reading...

Yard Barker - 12 hours 26 min ago
The 2026 World Cup England squad will certainly have a lot of surprises, but the question of whether Jarrod Bowen will be included remains under some doubt.

The Guardian - 12 hours 47 min ago
Kosovo's Vedat Muriqi broke down in tears after a late winner that took his side out of the relegation zone For one magical moment in the sunshine and the spotlight, the roughest man in Spanish football was the smoothest, the toughest, its most vulnerable. With his ponytail and the stubble covering a face that's been lived in, they call Vedat Muriqi the Pirate and he's supposed to have the turning circle of a galleon. But here there was grace, all 6ft 4in and 14 stone 8lbs of him moving...

CBS Sports - 12 hours 58 min ago
Plus, we kick off Masters week with our first couple of preview items...

CBS Sports - 13 hours 7 min ago
Plus, we kick off Masters week with our first couple of preview items...

The Guardian - 14 hours 33 min ago
Targeted after Italy's failure and for his dive in the Derby d'Italia, Alessandro Bastoni returned to form against Roma Italy were too afraid to play a World Cup qualifying playoff at San Siro, hosting their semi-final against Northern Ireland in Bergamo instead. Gennaro Gattuso explained it as a choice to protect his players, noting that the nation's biggest football stadium was home to two rival clubs Milan and Internazionale and suggesting this dynamic might lead fans there to turn...

Yard Barker - 15 hours 23 min ago
The 48 teams at the 2026 World Cup are now set in stone. As such, a few nations had to miss out some of them playing host to some genuinely world class players.

The Guardian - 15 hours 27 min ago
Right-back is recovering from hamstring injury He could be back at the end of April or start of May Reece James could boost England's World Cup hopes by returning from a hamstring injury at the start of next month. The Chelsea defender has been out since picking up a problem during last month's defeat by Newcastle , raising doubts over whether he will be fit to represent his country this summer. There were initial fears that James, who had not sustained a hamstring injury since November...

NY Post - 15 hours 54 min ago
The New York City Parks Department adopted an emergency rule denying permits for events on park property during the FIFA World Cup tournament, which runs from June 11 to July 19.

The Guardian - 16 hours 53 min ago
JT Batson is hopeful the influx of funds and interest around the home World Cup will have a transformative effect on American soccer US Soccer chief executive JT Batson has set the men's and women's national teams the ambitious target of becoming America's favorite entities in sports. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Batson added mass popularity for Mauricio Pochettino's and Emma Hayes's teams to US Soccer's goals ahead of this summer's men's World Cup...

Yard Barker - 22 hours 24 min ago
All eyes will be on teams such as France, England and Spain at the 2026 World Cup today, however, we'd like to look at the tournament's minnows. We will list the five smallest countries at this year's World Cup, based on population size.