Mallory Swanson scored a pair of goals just moments apart in the first half and the United States opened the Olympics with a 3-0 victory over Zambia on Thursday night, giving new coach Emma Hayes a win in her first major tournament with the team. Trinity Rodman also scored for the United States, which is…
The Canadian Olympic Committee removed women’s national football head coach Bev Priestman for the remainder of the Paris Games following an alleged drone spying scandal. The COC said in a statement released early Friday that assistant coach Andy Spence would lead the defending gold medalists for the remainder of the tournament. Canada’s camp was thrown…
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Paris 2024 Olympics organisers are looking into what led to a pitch invasion during the opening match of the Olympic soccer tournament between Argentina and Morocco, they said on Thursday. Argentina lost 2-1 following a VAR review after play was suspended with the scores level at 2-2 but the final result was only confirmed two…
The head of Argentina’s football federation said the chaotic ending to its Olympic football match against Morocco on Wednesday “makes no sense,” and Argentina’s coach Javier Mascherano called the scene “a scandal.” The opening match of the men’s football tournament was suspended for nearly two hours during added time after Morocco fans invaded the field…
Spain playmaker Aitana Bonmati scored once and created another goal as the world champion came from behind to beat Japan 2-1 in the opening Group C match of Olympics women’s football competition in Nantes on Thursday. Olympic debutant Spain recovered from going behind to an early goal to avenge a 4-0 group stage loss to…
Six-time French champion Bordeaux will fold all its operations after failing to recover from its financial turmoil, as per reports. Reports say that the club informed the French Football Federation that it would renounce its professional status achieved in 1937. The contracts of all the players have been terminated, and the training centre will shut…
Argentina men’s football coach Javier Mascherano said the team’s Olympic training base was robbed before its chaotic tournament-opening loss to Morocco on Wednesday The Argentina delegation filed a police complaint in Lyon, the prosecutor’s office of nearby Saint-Etienne said Thursday. “They went into training and they robbed us, in the Olympic Games,” Mascherano said after…
Hansi Flick says he will be counting on Lamine Yamal and Barcelona’s batch of talented youngsters to help the German coach make a positive start at his new club. Yamal was the breakout player at the European Championship. He turned 17 a day before Spain beat England in the final two weeks ago. “What (Yamal)…
I-League outfit made a clear indication of challenging for the title next season after appointing serial-winner Antonio Lopez Habas as head coach ahead of the 2024-25 season. The Spaniard has enjoyed a trophy-laden managerial career in Indian football, winning the Indian Super League title (ISL) twice with ATK (2014, 2019-20) and the ISL Winner’s Shield…
