The list of the most expensive USMNT transfers looks a little different following Malik Tillman’s €35 million ($41 million) move from PSV to Bayer Leverkusen. The news of the transfer was reported on Saturday.
✍️ It’s official.
Luka Modric’s final Real Madrid game didn’t go as planned with a staggering 4-0 defeat to PSG in the Club World Cup semifinal, but the Croatian midfielder still found a way to show his class off the pitch.
The 39-year-old midfielder bid farewell to Real Madrid after 13 incredible years with the club. A video taken at the Madrid airport in the early hours of Friday showed who Modric might be passing down the midfield responsibility to.
Premier League side Crystal Palace have been dropped in European competition to the third-tier Conference League in a multi-club ownership case, while Olympique Lyonnais will be allowed to play in the Europa League, UEFA said on Friday.
Palace had qualified for the Europa League by winning the FA Cup last season, while Lyon reached the competition by finishing sixth in Ligue 1.
The fairytale story of “Welcome to Wrexham” has followed the story of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney securing an unprecedented three-straight promotions with Wrexham AFC. In August we’re going to get the polar opposite with a docuseries of NFL icon Tom Brady’s ownership with Birmingham City.
Brady is calling out the Wrexham boys.
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca remains one of the Club World Cup's harshest critics, despite his team reaching the semi-finals, and continued a stream of complaints about everything from the weather to the scheduling ahead of Tuesday's clash with Fluminense.
The Italian has repeatedly complained about the heat, the calendar and the toll on his players' fitness at the tournament, while also criticising FIFA for the weather delay that interrupted his team's round-of-16 clash against Benfica for nearly two hours.
MADRID — Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother died in a car crash in northwestern Spain early on Thursday, when their Lamborghini veered off the road and burst into flames.
Evidence at the crash site suggested Jota's car suffered a burst tire while overtaking, police said. The vehicle then flipped over and ended up in the central reservation. The crash occurred around 12:30 a.m. in the province of Zamora.
Rising United States women’s national team star Lily Yohannes is on the brink of making a big career move as she’s set to leave Ajax and join Lyon, per ESPN’s Jeff Kassouf.
Yohannes has been electric in her two seasons with Ajax’s senior team as the young midfielder impressed in the Eredivisie and earned call ups to the USWNT. Yohannes was eligible to represent the U.S. and Netherlands, but ultimately decided the Stars and Stripes looked best on her.
Former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has criticized the introduction of the expanded Club World Cup format, calling it the worst idea ever implemented in football.
In an interview with German newspaper Die Welt published late on Friday Klopp said the tournament would put more strain on an already packed calendar for the players.
Jürgen Klopp Club World Cup
Cristiano Ronaldo signed a two year extension with Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr and the details of his new contract are mindboggling. CR7 is receiving a contract that the sports world has never seen before.
Ronaldo, 40, will stay with Al Nassr until 2027 and the Riyadh club broke the bank, and then another bank to keep the Portuguese icon in Saudi Arabia.
Ronaldo Al Nassr contract details (2025)
Los Angeles FC striker Olivier Giroud agreed to terminate his MLS contract and will return home to France to join Lille this summer, ESPN reported Friday.
The 38-year-old former FIFA World Cup champion with France in 2018 is in his second season with LAFC and has six months remaining on his contract.
Giroud leaving LAFC
Merci, Olivier.
LAFC and Olivier Giroud have reached a mutual decision to part ways.