Get an informed guide to the global outbreak with our daily Coronavirus newsletter. Italian soccer teams and Serie A’s governing body are squabbling with each other about when to play games, with Inter Milan’s chief executive, Giuseppe Marotta, saying the season even runs the risk of being unable to finish. Five games scheduled in the […] More
The most explosive announcement of Major League Soccer’s off-season this year came in the form of an emotional, intimate moment shared on YouTube. Through tears last month, Javier Hernández, the top scorer for Mexico’s national team, called his parents in his hometown, Guadalajara, and told them he had decided to end his decade-long career in […] More
Let it never be said that N.F.L. prospects do not support each other. As Michael Turk, a 21-year-old punter out of Arizona State, approached the bench press at the N.F.L. draft scouting combine in Indianapolis on Thursday, he was cheered on by a crowd of prospects undoubtedly baffled by the sight of the only punter […] More
Enjoying this newsletter every week and eager to tell your friends about it? Good. Send them this week’s edition and tell them to sign up here: nytimes.com/rory. Thank goodness for those 10 minutes, when Gabriel Jesus and Kevin de Bruyne scored, Sergio Ramos walked, the Bernabéu fell silent and Real Madrid fell apart. Until then, […] More
As it enters its 25th season, Major League Soccer has developed a bit of a swagger. “In 10 years, we’ll pass baseball and hockey to be the third-biggest sport in the U.S.,” said Larry Berg, the lead managing owner of Los Angeles F.C. “The league will vault way past Liga MX” — the Mexican first […] More
MONZA, Italy — Filippo Antonelli remembers the days when his calls went unanswered. As sporting director of Monza — a soccer club with a shoestring budget and narrow horizons in Italy’s third tier — he had little clout with his peers. To discuss a player on another team, or to make an offer to sell […] More
The stands didn’t fill and the crowd didn’t roar, but there was an important soccer match scheduled in Milan on Thursday, so Internazionale, the home team, and Ludogorets, the visitors from Bulgaria, set aside their fears about the coronavirus and dutifully went about playing each other. Italian health officials had set the bizarre stage for […] More
Facing abuse and anger over its decision to ban Manchester City, the English soccer champion, from its competitions, European soccer’s governing body this week took the unusual step of ordering its staff members not to wear branded clothing when they travel to matches involving the team, or even to games played in Manchester. The warnings […] More
