Let’s not forget Neymar was close to joining MLS this year…
Neymar Jr.’s highly-anticipated return to Brazil has already wrapped the 32-year-old into controversy, with the former Paris Saint-Germain attacker leading the charge among Brazilian Série A players opposing the use of artificial turf for league matches, demanding natural grass instead.
Neymar turf protest: demands natural grass stadiums in Brazil
Hold your horses, Inter Miami.
As Major League Soccer continues to grow in both popularity and market value, several franchises have emerged as the most valuable in 2025.
With the arrivals of top players to the league, as well as the emergence of new expansion clubs and numerous investments from the 30 teams in MLS, club-values have skyrocketed in the last decade, with multiple teams in the United States becoming some of the most valuable in Latin America.
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are set for a challenging and potentially historic encounter as they face Sporting Kansas City in the first round of the Concacaf Champions Cup — and not exactly for its exciting head-to-head entertainment potential. Get ready for snow, Messi.
Inter Miami and Sporting KC Concacaf Champions Cup match to be played under snow
According to reports, the match between Kansas City and Miami on Tuesday will be held under potentially freezing conditions, with the forecast predicting temperatures as low as 8 degrees Fahrenheit.
Messi getting challenged to a boxing match… this is 2025, folks.
Social media personality, WWE superstar, entrepreneur and boxer, Logan Paul, has challenged Lionel Messi to boxing match. Yes, you read correctly.
Logan Paul challenges Messi to a boxing match: Social media star responds to legal dispute between Prime and Mas+
Logan Paul, co-owner of hydration drink, Prime, challenged Messi, owner of hydration drink, Mas+, to the boxing ring as a way to resolve their brands' controversial legal dispute.
The headline of this story might be one of the more unique ones I’ve written in my five years with The18. An American striker scored a key goal at the same time a squirrel was invading the pitch.
Sargent’s squirrely goal took place during Norwich City’s 1-1 draw against Hull City on Saturday in the EFL Championship. In the 47th minute Norwich left back Kellen Fisher was running stride for stride with a furry rodent on the near sideline.
Despite the excellent run made by Hammy from “Over the Hedge” Fisher elected to swing the ball into the box toward Sargent.
Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham struck a last-gasp goal to give the holders a 3-2 first-leg victory over Manchester City in an edge-of-your-seat Champions League knockout phase playoff on Tuesday.
Kylian Mbappé and Brahim Diaz also struck for Real, to cancel out a double from City's Erling Haaland.
England international Bellingham scored the winner in the 92nd minute when Vinicius looped the ball over from the left and the Englishman got in front of John Stones to tap home.
Bellingham goal vs Man City
Move over football, fútbol is coming back.
Super Bowl LIX was one of the books, with the Philadelphia Eagles cruising past the former back-to-back champions Kansas City Chiefs to take the American football throne in perhaps one of the most memorable one-sided performances in recent NFL championship game history. It was an incredible result in the United States' biggest sporting event.
Lionel Messi is interested in attending Super Bowl 59 in the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday. Is Messi at the Super Bowl? We’ll find out on the big day.
Is Messi at the Super Bowl?
Imagine this: it's July 4th, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the United States' independence, and the U.S. men's national team is playing a World Cup match on their home turf. Celebrating the nation's birthday than with a thrilling game of soccer, fireworks, barbecues, and the USMNT smashing it on the world’s biggest stage – what could be more American than that?
In a surprising move, FIFA has significantly slashed ticket prices for this summer’s inaugural 2025 Club World Cup in the United States.
2025 Club World Cup ticket price drop: FIFA 'panicking' amid low fan interest
Reports from Mail Sport indicate that the cost of the cheapest seats for matches at the last-16 stage and beyond has been reduced by as much as $385, with some tickets for the semi-finals plummeting from an eye-watering $526 to just $140.