In the history of the men’s World Cup, in every tournament, there is always at least one fixture that you return to in order to capture the essence of that particular edition. It’s a match stapled in your psyche because it delivered everything that you expected, not just from a footballing perspective, but from a…
SEATTLE — As the story goes, Ricardo Pepi hung up the phone on former U.S. men’s national team coach Gregg Berhalter when he was informed he didn’t make the 2022 World Cup roster. Less than four years later, Pepi was driving in the car with his father when he received a WhatsApp notification from Mauricio…
The full slate of 2026 MLB All-Star Game starters is set, featuring stacked lineups oozing with star power on both sides. The American League will send C Shea Langeliers, 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 2B Ernie Clement, SS Bobby Witt Jr., 3B Junior Caminero, DH Yordan Alvarez and an outfield of Mike Trout, Byron Buxton and…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup round of 16 started on a high note Saturday, with the first pair of matches resulting in a rematch of one of the 2022 World Cup’s most memorable matches in the quarterfinals. Here is everything you might have missed on Day 24 of the tournament: BEST OF THE DAY Moment…
What better way to celebrate America’s 250th birthday than having the MLB All-Star Game in Philadelphia? The stars will be on display on Tuesday, July 14 (8 p.m. ET on FOX and streaming live on FOX One). Veterans like Freddie Freeman and Chris Sale have been named to their 10th All-Star Game, while superstar Shohei…
Sunday at the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup features two very unpredictable games in the round of 16. Brazil and Norway will open the day in New Jersey with Erling Haaland looking to continue his impressive scoring run against the five-time champions who suffered a real scare in the round of 32 against Japan. The…
SEATTLE — It is exceedingly rare for a player who has been robbed of the opportunity to compete in the biggest match of his life — in this case, the U.S. men’s national team’s round of 16 match against Belgium at the FIFA World Cup — to chat with a horde of reporters about that…
SEATTLE — Surrounded by his U.S. men’s national team players, Mauricio Pochettino went right down the middle. On the eve of America’s 250th birthday, the Argentine-born coach celebrated America’s pastime by throwing out the first pitch at the Seattle Mariners game. The sold-out crowd, many wearing red-and-white striped USA soccer jerseys, cheered for both their…
And so it ends. In the most improbable of ways. In the most incredible of situations. Cape Verde’s whirlwind 2026 World Cup run ultimately ended with a loss to Argentina and Lionel Messi, who notched his seventh goal in this World Cup and 20th overall. Multiple equalizers. Extra time. 3-2. It was, to me, the…
We were two fingertips away from the greatest upset in the history of the World Cup.Sit with that for a moment. Cape Verde, ten specks of volcanic rock in the Atlantic with fewer people than Tuscon, took the world champions, the No. 1 ranked team on the planet, the winners of the last World Cup,…
