World Cup

The second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals are taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday’s matches saw two teams book their place in the semifinal and two teams face heartbreak. Wednesday, four more teams look to join those from yesterday to round out the last four. Bayern Munich (GER) …

The International Olympic Committee has urged all sports to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and teams from international competitions. Following this statement, more and more sports are enacting bans on the country. The sentiment is to have Russia banned from sports. Russia Banned From World Cup Russia is barred from …

Amid Russia’s invasion into Ukraine the IOC is taking action. Significantly, the governing body are urging other sports federations to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from future international events. Furthermore, the IOC is urging all international federations to cancel or relocate all sporting events in Russia and Belarus. FIFA Other …

Tick, tick, tick since 2016. The clock has winded down as USWNT women soccer players have waited patiently for their time to come. Six years have gone past, and the ruling is in their favor. Their time is now. The Settlement A group of five professional soccer players — Alex …

Ah, sports. The intensity. The pageantry. The emotion.  The money. Yes, the sports industry is first and foremost a business. Common fans forget this simple fact when their favorite player is traded, or their favorite team relocates cities. At the end of the day, sports are a business. While the …

Former Florida Gators Soccer player Heather Mitts has garnered an incredible amount of titles during her career. During her time at Florida, she helped the team earn four SEC championships. Mitts played for the Women’s Professional Soccer league for the Philadelphia Charge, Boston Breakers, Philadelphia Independence as well as the …

The United States National Women’s Team has reached the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final for the third consecutive time. The Americans aim to be the first team to win the competition in back-to-back years. Starting Lineups Both, Jill Ellis and Phil Neville decided to switch things up before meeting …

Today, at 3 p.m., the quarterfinals of the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France kicks off. Norway and England will face each other, just as they did in 2015. In Canada, England got the better of Norway, coming back from a goal down to win 2-1. https://twitter.com/FIFAMuseum/status/1144227359219953665 England’s Path to …

Germany lived up to expectation gaining all nine possible points in Group B, while Nigeria made it out of its group as a wildcard. Granted that, Germany and Nigeria will feature in the FIFA Women’s World Cup’s first knock-out round game. Group Stage Journey The National Eleven and the Super …

Nigeria will aim for at least a tie against Group A leaders, France, in hopes of a wildcard entry to the round-of-16. And, South Korea will be looking to score its first goal in the competition against Norway. Group A Table France, the host of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World …