Al Hilal of the Saudi Professional League made a bid to Paris St.-Germain to acquire the French striker in what would be the most expensive soccer transfer in history.
Category: Soccer
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Norway’s Lise Klaveness Is Calling Out FIFA From the Inside
Lise Klaveness is a rarity in soccer: a woman leading a national federation. But in pointing out her sport’s failures, she has made powerful enemies.
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The Morocco Women’s Team Has Already Won
Morocco is the first North African and majority Arab nation to qualify for the Women’s World Cup. It’s hoping to pick up the baton its men’s team carried in Qatar.
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Can This Man Fix France’s Women’s Team?
Hervé Renard has led two men’s teams to the World Cup. But in taking over his country’s talented but troubled women’s squad, he may have his toughest job yet.
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Lionel Messi
The Argentine star’s signing is seen as a way to push soccer into the American mainstream. But it’s already there.
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Inter Miami versus Cruz Azul: Messi revoluciona a la Florida
Con su primer partido en el Inter Miami el viernes por la noche, el impacto de Messi ya se siente en una ciudad conocida como la capital no oficial de América Latina.
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Messi Shines a Spotlight on Miami, and on Soccer in the U.S.
As his Inter Miami career begins with a match Friday night, Messi’s impact is already felt in a city known as the unofficial capital of Latin America.
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Overlooked No More: Lily Parr, Dominant British Soccer Player
She persevered at a time when women were effectively banned from the sport, and was the first woman inducted into England’s National Football Hall of Fame.
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Biggest Gap for U.S. World Cup Players: Their Ages
The U.S. team includes past champions, veterans of the equal pay fight and 14 players experiencing their first World Cup. How they come together will shape the future.
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Sam Kerr Is Australia’s New Queen
Sam Kerr is the face of the World Cup. She has the weight of a nation on her shoulders. She does not seem to have noticed.
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ACL Injuries Are Hurting Women’s Soccer
The World Cup is missing some of the sport’s biggest stars because of a knee injury epidemic. No one can say for sure why it’s happening, or how to fix it.
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Miami Embraces Lionel Messi With Murals, Marketing and Milanesas
Soccer-crazy South Florida has welcomed the world’s greatest player — now the region’s best-known celebrity — with murals, marketing and milanesas.