With just two months until the World Cup, Matt Crocker will step down as sporting director of the US national soccer team after three years of working for the Saudi Arabian federation. Crocker is neither a coach nor a player; He is essentially a general manager. So his surprise departure, first reported by Fox Sports,…
In Mauricio PochettinoIn the perfect universe, everyone in the U.S. player pool will maintain top health and fitness throughout the World Cup roster selection process and well into this summer’s soccer fun. Reality, however, has other ideas. Advertisement And for six weeks until he announces his 26 selections, Pochettino will see players return from and…
Former Inter coach Simone Inzaghi insists Italian football will “bounce back” after failing to qualify for the World Cup for the third consecutive time earlier this week, but has ruled himself out of the race to replace Gennaro Gattuso as Italy coach: “I have one more year on my contract with Al-Hilal.” The former Lazio…
NEW DELHI: It has been more than two years since Australia lifted the coveted ICC ODI World Cup in 2023, handing hosts India a heartbreaking defeat. The defeat shattered billions of dreams and left fans disappointed, but for the Australian players, the memories of lifting the trophy remain fresh. Australian player Adam Zampa, currently in…
Brazil bounced back from last week’s friendly loss to France to record a 3-1 victory over Croatia in their World Cup warm-up match in Orlando on Tuesday. Goals from Danilo, Igor Thiago and Gabriel Martinelli secured victory in what was Brazil’s final match before coach Carlo Ancelotti names his World Cup squad. Advertisement The Brazilians…
It’s been a long time. This Thursday afternoon Italy will play for its place in the World Cup. At the Bergamo field, the Italians will host Northern Ireland in an attempt to secure a place in the playoff final for a place in the World Cup. Advertisement This exercise has given the Italians very little…
After 15 seasons, four Olympic medals, seven world championship medals and four World Cup season titles, American cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins is ending her career. Diggins, 34, who on Friday captured her third consecutive Crystal Globe as the overall champion of the World Cup season, will compete in her final race on Sunday in…
Olympic gold medalist Breezy Johnson capped her alpine skiing season by moving closer to winning a World Cup race. Johnson finished runner-up in the downhill World Cup final to Italy’s Laura Pirovano in Kvitfjell, Norway, on Saturday. Advertisement The deficit (15 hundredths of a second) was the smallest of Johnson’s 11 World Cup podiums: all…
Members of the Indian national cricket team continued their celebrations of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup triumph by visiting the Shree Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai on Saturday, even as their earlier visit to the temple had sparked a debate following comments by former cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad. Head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav,…
Sanju Samson said he approached the T20 World Cup with a new game plan that helped him regain form and play a key role in India’s title triumph. The star batsman spoke to reporters on Monday after returning to Thiruvananthapuram following the World Cup victory. Samson, named Man of the Tournament, received a great welcome…
