Man City women begin rebuild by signing Castellanos from Atletico
Manchester City have signed Venezuelan international Deyna Castellanos on a three-year contract from Spanish side Atletico Madrid, the Women's Super League club said on Friday.
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Canada Soccer leadership failed its men's team in Iran debacle
In March, Canada's men qualified for their first World Cup in 36 years. It took Canada Soccer about six weeks to remind everyone why it took so long.
I'm playing my last games, so FIFA ban on India will be catastrophic: Sunil Chhetri
Sunil Chhetri on Friday dropped yet another hint that his retirement is not far away, saying a FIFA ban on India in the aftermath of Supreme Court's ruling to oust Praful Patel as AIFF president would be catastrophic as he is playing his "last games". The 37-year-old Chhetri's retirement has been a matter of speculation for some time now and he has said on many occasions that his illustrious career will come to an end soon. "No matter what is happening on that front, I hope it is under control and the country does not get a ban," the iconic India captain said during a media interaction ahead of the Asian Cup qualifiers final round beginning here on June 8.
Baggio: "Es un escándalo que Italia no tenga el derecho de ir al Mundial"
Italia todavía no ha superado el trauma de no participar en dos Mundiales consecutivos. Tardará bastante en hacerlo. Roberto Baggio, que no habla de actualidad deportiva casi nunca, fue muy tajante durante un evento para el nuevo vuelo Ita Airways Roma-Buenos Aires: «La vergüenza más grande es que Italia no haya ido por defecto al Mundial tras haber ganado la Eurocopa. Es como si Argentina se quedara en casa tras haber sido campeona de Sudamérica. Es un escándalo».
A tribute to John Obi Mikel, Nigeria creator turned Chelsea water carrier
In 10 years at Chelsea, John Obi Mikel scored six goals in 374 games. Reliable but rarely a regular, his highlights reel from his time at Stamford Bridge is hardly a showstopper. But it could have been so different…
The next six months are going to be all about the World Cup with football cycle all over the place - The Warm-Up
FRIDAY'S BIG STORIES Here Come Spain… Almost Ad/> It's a World Cup year. But it's not a World Cup year yet. And one of the consequences of FIFA moving the World Cup to the winter is that this moment in the season, this little cluster of post-season internationals, seems both very important and yet not.
South Korea's president backs push to host 2023 Asian Cup
SEOUL: South Korea's president has given the go-ahead for a push to host the 2023 Asian Cup finals, the presidential office said, weeks after China decided to relinquish its hosting rights to the tournament.