5+ hour, 37+ min ago  (456+ words) LOS ANGELES, June 9 (Reuters) " Former United States captain Landon Donovan said success for the U. S. team at the home World Cup should be measured both by results and by the kind of iconic moments that can "accelerate soccer's growth in the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (493+ words) MANCHESTER, England, June 1 (Reuters) " FIFA is ramping up efforts to close one of sport's most persistent blind spots " the lack of research on female athletes " with a new global education programme designed to better equip women's football from grassroots "to…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (195+ words) April 4 (Reuters) " Canada Soccer cheekily courted Italy's crestfallen supporters on Saturday, urging them to swap their "Azzurri blue strips for maple "leaf red after the four-times champions suffered another World Cup failure. "Dear Italian soccer fans, Don't wait four more…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (336+ words) March 30 (Reuters) " Egypt's national team director Ibrahim Hassan has cautioned Mohamed Salah against moving to Major League Soccer after he leaves Liverpool at the end of "the season as it would see the forward fade "into obscurity. Salah, 33, has yet…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (416+ words) ATLANTA, March 29 (Reuters) " A clash of kit colours caused confusion for players and made it difficult for fans watching on TV to tell the teams apart as World Cup co-hosts the U. S. were accused "of being responsible for a mix-up in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (246+ words) March 27 (Reuters) " Lionel Messi will become part of a rare sporting phenomenon when he plays in Inter Miami's new stadium, "with the Major League Soccer club "announcing that they will have a stand bearing the Argentine's name. The "Leo Messi…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (109+ words) March 26 (Reuters) " Spain will face Peru in their final "World Cup warm-up "match in the Mexican city of Puebla, the Royal Spanish Football "Federation "said on "Thursday. The June "8 friendly will be the European champions" last outing before they "open…...