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Welcome to part two of The Athletic’s Under-21 European Championship scouting articles, in which we’re keeping track of interesting players and compelling performances during this summer’s tournament in Georgia and Romania. As before, an important caveat. The aim here isn’t to re-celebrate famous players. Instead, and without trying to be...
Lynn Williams and Allie Long scored in Gotham’s 2-1 win at home against the Chicago Red Stars on Sunday in the National Women’s Soccer League. Williams scored less than a minute into the second half when she collected a throw-in and turned quickly to chip a shot into the far...
VSN (admin) Published Sunday, June 25, 2023 – 05:30 PM KOKOMO, Ind. – The Indiana University Kokomo women’s soccer team, led by third-year head coach Sohaila Akhavein and second-year assistant Kaleb Preston, are excited to welcome the program’s 2023 recruiting class to campus. This year’s class features four student-athletes, including two incoming freshmen and...
Inter Miami-bound Lionel Messi turned 36 on Saturday and to help him celebrate The Athletic has compiled 36 different stats, facts and pieces of trivia about one of the greatest footballers of all time. How many hat-tricks has the Argentinian scored? Has he ever been sent off? How many trophies has...
Welcome to part one of The Athletic’s Under-21 European Championship scouting articles, where we’ll keep track of interesting players and compelling performances during this summer’s tournament in Georgia and Romania. First, an important caveat. The aim here isn’t to re-celebrate famous players. Instead, and without trying to be contrary, there...
It’s not quite a step into the unknown next season for Wrexham on their return to the English Football League (EFL) after 15 years away. How could it be? More than half of their 23 League Two peers faced them at the Racecourse Ground as Conference/National League clubs during their...
It’s not quite a step into the unknown next season for Wrexham on their return to the English Football League (EFL) after 15 years away. How could it be? More than half of their 23 League Two peers faced them at the Racecourse Ground as Conference/National League clubs during their...
The letters sent by Rudy Cline-Thomas to the NBA ran into double figures, all but one of them posted without reply. A student at Providence College in Rhode Island, his senior year was about to start and he hoped to fill the summer before it with an internship. Basketball floated...
Having spent the previous 18 months on loan at Tottenham Hotspur, Mido received a phone call from their manager, Martin Jol, not long after the striker had returned to parent club Roma in the summer of 2006. “You have to come back,” Jol said. It was early in pre-season, and...
A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Monday: EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING GROUP B Kylian Mbappé looks to move closer to fellow France great Michel Platini’s tally of 41 international goals as Les Bleus host Greece. Mbappé is only goals two behind Platini, who is in fourth place on...
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