Atletico hit with partial stadium closure after racist abuse

Athletic Bilbao’s Spanish forward Nico Williams shows his skin colour as he celebrates scoring against Atletico Madrid on April 27 (OSCAR DEL POZO) Atletico Madrid must partially close their stadium for two... Read more »

Spain appoints ex-national coach del Bosque to supervise soccer federation

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s government on Tuesday appointed former national squad coach Vicente del Bosque as head of a new committee supervising the country’s scandal-ridden RFEF soccer federation, Sports Minister Pilar Alegria... Read more »

US, Mexico withdraw joint bid for 2027 Women’s World Cup: official

US Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone said the decision by the USA and Mexico to withdraw their joint bid for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup will better enable them to stage... Read more »

Manchester United set for massive turnover? Report says ‘nearly all’ players available this summer

Very few Manchester United players’ futures with the club are safe this summer, says BBC football reporter Simon Stone. Stone reports that United is “willing to listen to offers for virtually all... Read more »

Atlético’s ‘great season’ sticks in throat as La Liga short of storylines

Rodrigo de Paul celebrates scoring the first goal in the 3-1 home win against Athletic but Atlético trail leaders Madrid by 20 points.Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images “Football is so capricious that when... Read more »

Watch live outside Spanish court as Luis Rubiales to appear in corruption probe

Watch live outside a Spanish court as the country’s ex-football chief Luis Rubiales appears before a judge as a suspect in a corruption probe. The probe is being held into the business... Read more »

Madrid wary of ‘bestia negra’ Bayern in ‘European Clasico’

Real Madrid’s Marcelo (L), Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema (R) celebrate after eliminating Bayern Munich in the 2018 Champions League semi-final (OSCAR DEL POZO) Real Madrid have their sights set on a... Read more »

Lyon finish off PSG to set up Women’s Champions League final with Barcelona

Melchie Dumornay (third from left) celebrates scoring Lyon’s second goal against PSG, which sealed their place in the Women’s Champions League final.Photograph: Thibault Camus/AP Lyon reached their 11th Women’s Champions League and... Read more »

Former Chelsea manager Villas-Boas elected president of FC Porto

Andre Villas-Boas is the new president of FC Porto who he guided to the domestic double and the Europa League in 2011 as head coach (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA) Former Chelsea and... Read more »

Messi scores two more as Miami win 4-1 at New England

Lionel Messi continued his rich vein of scoring in MLS, finding the target twice as league leaders Inter Miami came from behind for a 4-1 win at the New England Revolution on... Read more »