Football
Jorge Mendes Has Never Been More Influential, With a Client List That Keeps Expanding Across European Football
The Portuguese super-agent keeps reshaping Gestifute’s model, and the scale of his fortune with it.
China is no longer part of elite football. At the World Cup, its most recognisable presence will carry a whistle.
Ma Ning is a national institution: admired and criticised in equal measure, backed by sponsors, and increasingly visible beyond the pitch.
Ajax will take part in the playoffs to reach the Conference League and was supposed to play them at home, but had to find another stadium because of Harry Styles’ concerts
The Amsterdam team’s bad season will have a surreal appendix on Volendam’s pitch, which can hold only 8500 spectators.
The World Cup Will Open Three Times — and Leave One Shared Memory Behind
Marco Balich on designing three World Cup openings across Mexico City, Toronto and Los Angeles.
Robbie Keane Faces Celtic Backlash Over Maccabi Tel Aviv Spell as Supporters Unite in Formal Protest
The former Republic of Ireland striker stayed on after 7 October, a decision that has left many Celtic supporters—long sympathetic to the Palestinian cause—unwilling to move past his time in charge.
FIFA Expand World Cup Pre-Match Anthems to Include Entire Matchday Squads
“This new procedure,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said, “will create a moment of unity, pride and emotion shared by every player and everyone inside the stadium.”
Bill Foley’s Sporting Empire: Where Winning and Wealth Go Hand in Hand
A first European campaign for the English club, a NHL franchise born in 2016 now one win away from a second Stanley Cup, and a sporting empire still on the rise.
Vlahovic and Juventus: a love story that never delivered
Neither the player nor the club was ever quite enough for the other — and after five seasons, both come out diminished.
Riquelme claims 326 fake X accounts boosted Florentino Pérez in Real Madrid election race
Over 29,000 posts allegedly pushed to bolster Florentino Pérez’s re-election campaign.
Thibaut Courtois Keeps Buying Football Clubs Across Europe — and Now He’s Gone Back to Genk
After investing in Le Mans and Extremadura, the Real Madrid goalkeeper has now become co-owner of the club where he made his debut.
Nearly 300 Players at World Cup 2026 Will Represent a Country Different From Their Birthplace
A World Cup shaped by a truly global world, driving football to new heights.
Pochettino Is Turning Cooling Breaks Into Video Sessions — and No One Knows If It’s Allowed
The Argentine coach is already working the grey areas of the new rules ahead of the World Cup.