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USA exit U-20 World Cup on penalties as tournament’s timing draws criticism

Brazil advance to quarter-finals in Poland Americans have not won tournament since 2012 US youth teams have struggled in recent showings The United States were eliminated from the U-20 Women’s World Cup in the last 16 on Wednesday, falling to Brazil on penalties after playing to a 1-1 draw after extra-time. Brazil goalkeeper Thaís Lima made a crucial save on Emeri Adames’s attempt to begin the shootout, opening the eventual 5-4 finish in Katowice, Poland. The result extends a difficult run of form for US youth national teams across the men’s and women’s programs. This is the third time since last October that a US youth team have failed to win a knockout game at a World Cup: the U-17 boys and the U-17 girls both exited in the last 16 of their respective tournaments in shootouts. The U-20 men fell in the quarter-final of their World Cup in October 2025. Continue reading...

Morgan, Marta lead chorus of players seeking U20 WWC change

Over a dozen top current and former women's soccer players, including World Cup winners Alex Morgan and Crystal Dunn, and Brazil legend Marta, sent an open letter to FIFA asking to align the U20 Women's World Cup with the international match calendar.

PSG have finally won a game in Ligue 1 – but they were far from convincing

Ferran Torres has been brilliant for his new club with most of his new teammates floundering for form By Get French Football News It was just a flicker. Ferran Torres picks the ball up and passes it to João Neves. The Portugal midfielder plays it into Ousmane Dembélé, who has lured in Raphaël Le Guen and eliminates him with a mesmeric first-time back-heel into the path of Torres. The Brest defence are just cones in a training drill, mere extras in this work of art as the Spaniard glides back into the scene to pass the ball into Egil Selvik’s bottom-left corner from 25 yards; it happened in slow motion, but was too quick for the Norwegian goalkeeper to react. Continue reading...

The Hotspot | South Korea pushes for football season to make winter switch after unbearable summer

Why fainting fans and perspiring players are a worry for the Asian league seeking to follow Japan and align with Europe South Korean football is trying to find the goldilocks time to play the K-League. Winters have long been too cold and, increasingly, summers are too hot. It is the Land of the Morning Calm, but, for much of the time, the weather can be pretty extreme. Last week, a survey revealed that more than 70% of 29 coaches in Asia’s oldest professional league support a shift from the traditional March to November schedule to one that matches the European format, which starts in late August and has a winter break. Continue reading...

US Open scores: Shelton vs Tiafoe in scrap to face Zverev in final

O'Neill 'not sure what to make of' Celtic, so what are the issues?

What did manager Martin O'Neill learn about his Celtic squad after a much-changed side earned a narrow 1-0 victory away to St Johnstone?

Rangers eye second place as Celtic set pace

Rangers host St Mirren, while Celtic travel to Perth to take on St Johnstone in Wednesday's Premiership action.

Hogh and Tierney close to returns for Celtic

Manager Martin O'Neill confirms Celtic duo Kasper Hogh and Kieran Tierney could play a part in Wednesday's Scottish Premiership match at St Johnstone.

Celtic come from behind at St Mirren to maintain winning start

Celtic came from behind to hold onto their winning start to their Scottish Premiership title defence as St Mirren suffered their first defeat of the season.

Swansea cruise to away win at struggling Derby

Swansea remained unbeaten in this season's Championship after goals from Joseph Opoku, Eom Ji-sung and Ronald secured a convincing 3-0 win at Derby.

Hull, Woad chasing US Solheim Cup rival as Korda just makes cut

European Solheim Cup players Lottie Woad and Charley Hull are six shots off the pace at the LPGA Tour's FM Championship with US team rival Allisen Corpuz holding a share of the lead heading into the weekend.

Woad makes promising start at FM Championship

Lottie Woad made a strong start to the final week of play before next month's Solheim Cup by shooting a four-under opening round at the LPGA Tour's FM Championship.

Augsburg sign South Korea's Seol Young-woo from Red Star Belgrade

Augsburg have completed the signing of Youngwoo Seol from Serbian outfit Red Star Belgrade.

Uefa and Concacaf discuss joint Nations League in latest challenge to Fifa

Biennial tournament could launch as early as 2028 Confederations are seeking to oust Gianni Infantino Uefa and Concacaf have begun talks about setting up a combined Nations League tournament featuring all 96 European and North and Central American and Caribbean countries, in another direct challenge to Fifa. The Guardian has learned that having come together to push for Gianni Infantino’s removal in the light of the World Cup sell-off controversy, the two confederations are now working on creating their own biennial tournament, which could launch as early as 2028 after the next European Championship. Continue reading...

‘This isn’t normal in football’: Xisco, Malaysia and the new Invincibles

Royal family-backed Johor Darul Ta’zim are on the verge of a world-record 109 league games unbeaten and their former Watford manager is aiming higher Many Watford fans felt Xisco Muñoz was dismissed too soon after leading them into the Premier League as Championship runners-up in 2021, only to be ousted less than two months into the new season. He is remembered fondly at Vicarage Road, an emblem of the churn-and-burn of the Gino Pozzo era. But unless you continued to follow the Spaniard’s career closely, you would struggle to guess where he manages now. The life of a football manager is varied and unpredictable, but how has the former Watford head coach ended up in charge of a club 6,500 miles away and on the verge of an extraordinary world record? Continue reading...

Is Malawi's WAFCON run the most remarkable major tournament performance ever?

Malawi, ranked 153rd in the world, have reached the 2026 WAFCON Final in their tournament debut.

End of an era? South Korea’s sun sets in the Premier League but Japan rise

After glory days of Park Ji-sung and Son Heung-min, the new season could be Korean-free for first time since 2005 It has been a cruel summer for South Korea. The national team crashed and burned at the World Cup, the police are investigating the football association, reports have emerged about bribes paid to foreign referees in 2011 and 2012 and there is a real prospect of the English Premier League being Korean-free for the first time since 2005. That was when Park Ji-sung signed for Manchester United, to start a love affair between the Land of the Morning Calm and England’s top tier that has continued ever since. Park won four titles and his mantle was taken over in 2015 by Son Heung-min at Spurs. Continue reading...

Women’s U20 World Cup boycott may hurt in short term but can send Fifa a vital message | Tom Garry

Women’s football has much to gain from the kind of reforms that threats to snub upcoming tournaments might prompt. Infantino should be taken on “And I say to all the women … Pick the right battles. Pick the right fights. You have the power to change. You have the power to convince us men what we have to do and what we don’t have to do. You do it. Just do it. With men, with Fifa, you will find open doors. Just push the doors. They are open.” Those were the condescending words of Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino , three years ago during a tone-deaf speech in Sydney, which left his audience, including some of the most senior women in the game, exasperated. It is a damning indictment of Infantino’s tenure that his patronising monologue on the eve of the Women’s World Cup final now barely even creeps into the top 10 of the most controversial moments since his latest re-election, in March 2023. Continue reading...