Apple Park in Cupertino, California — Apple’s corporate headquarters — is a massive, four-story ring that sits on a few hundred acres about an hour outside of downtown San Francisco. It looks plucked out of a sci-fi novel, as if a spaceship simply descended from the heavens and permanently moored itself to a plot of … Read more
There’s a convenient shortcut one can use to assess Weston McKennie’s fit at Leeds United: an increasingly strong connective tissue colored red, white, and blue. His coach at Elland Road is fellow American Jesse Marsch, who could also commiserate with McKennie about their respective stays in the German Bundesliga. He’ll join a midfield including their … Read more
Weston McKennie to Leeds United is a done deal and the links between Elland Road and the United States grow stronger but Germany and Gelsenkirchen is where the roots of this transfer lie. McKennie has joined a club that is stars and stripes in so many respects: with Americans as their head coach and primary … Read more
The Associated Press January 11, 2023 GMT https://apnews.com/article/sports-soccer-youth-taliban-college-875079d49a1c8c7063da7c14f317a8b3 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Noura’s determination to play sports was so great that she defied her family’s opposition for years. Beatings from her mother and jeers from her neighbors never stopped her from the sports she loved. But the 20-year-old Afghan woman could not defy her country’s … Read more
Major League Soccer is finalizing its list of play-by-play and color commentators who will serve as talent for its MLS Season Pass broadcasts on Apple TV, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. Those sources spoke under the condition of anonymity to preserve their relationship with MLS executives. Former ESPN commentator Taylor Twellman, … Read more
There was always one key name at the top of every list of NWSL free agents this offseason: Debinha. In December, the rumor mill started churning with her name linked to top European teams; days later, she announced that she would not return to the North Carolina Courage, her team for the last six seasons. … Read more
There was always one key name at the top of every list of NWSL free agents this offseason: Debinha. In December, the rumor mill started churning with her name linked to top European teams; days later, she announced that she would not return to the North Carolina Courage, her team for the last six seasons. … Read more
Julen Lopetegui marched in to see referee Andy Madley armed with evidence. After a controversial conclusion to Wolverhampton Wanderers’ FA Cup third-round 2-2 draw at Liverpool on Saturday, the head coach and captain Ruben Neves went to the officials’ dressing room to demand answers, carrying a laptop computer. They believed that defender Toti Gomes had … Read more
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The palm trees lining the desert roads leading out of Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport were wet with rain drops when Cristiano Ronaldo arrived this week in Saudi Arabia’s capital city. The surprising weather greeted the soccer great’s shocking move to the Middle East, where the gray skies in Riyadh … Read more
Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo poses for a photo with the jersey after signing with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr Football Club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 30, 2022. Al Nasr Football Club / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Saudi club Al-Nassr, and the kingdom’s growing investments in the sport, … Read more