FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Afghanistan beat India 2-1 in Sunil Chhetri’s 150th game

Sharif Mukhammad scored a late penalty to help Afghanistan beat India 2-1 in the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati. Sunil Chhetri scored his 94th international goal in his 150th appearance for the Indian men’s football team but Rahmat Akbari scored in the 70th minute to equalise … Read more

Lionel Messi scores early goal to add to Inter Miami lead over Nashville SC in CONCACAF Champions Cup

Lionel Messi added another goal to his tally and piled onto a woeful Nashville SC start against Inter Miami on Wednesday in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16 in Fort Lauderdale. Messi calmly finished past Nashville SC goalkeeper Joe Willis in the 23rd minute to give Miami a 2-0 lead … Read more

Inter Miami vs. Nashville SC in Concacaf Champions Cup: Will Messi play? How to watch.

Inter Miami’s first chance to compete for a championship in 2024 begins tonight. Lionel Messi and Inter Miami visit Nashville SC in the Concacaf Champions Cup on Thursday at GEODIS Park in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s the first of two legs between Inter Miami and Nashville SC in the Round of 16 matchup. And it’ll be … Read more

Lionel Messi makes 2024 goals clear: Inter Miami is chasing MLS Cup

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi is aware of the pressure on Inter Miami in 2024. He believes Inter Miami has a team capable of winning not just the tournaments it will play this season; Messi says Inter Miami is chasing a championship in MLS as well. It will be an arduous challenge with Messi … Read more

Who controls American soccer? MLS-U.S. Open Cup saga reveals shifting power dynamics

U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson and president Cindy Parlow Cone with the U.S. Open Cup trophy. (Photo by Jason Allen/ISI Photos/Getty Images) Arthur Mattson’s frustration mounted as the U.S. Open Cup slipped from his grasp, and teetered on the brink of collapse. It was early February; and for months, under pressure from MLS, the U.S. … Read more

World Cup winner given four-year ban for doping; career almost certainly finished

It shouldn’t really come as a surprise that French World Cup winner, Paul Pogba, has been banned from football for doping offences, though the length of the punishment may surprise some. The 30-year-old failed a drugs test last August, after he tested positive for testosterone at the conclusion of Juventus’ match against Udinese, the first … Read more

The Columbus Crew’s ‘6 out of 10’ won MLS Cup. Their encore could be scary

Wilfried Nancy led the Columbus Crew to the MLS championship in just his first season as head coach. (Brad Smith/USSF/Getty Images). Wilfried Nancy was a couple weeks into his preseason masterclass, and a couple months removed from lifting MLS Cup, when he uttered words that should startle the rest of Major League Soccer. In less … Read more