Transfer window preview: 50 players who could move in January

With the January transfer window set to open on Sunday for most of Europe’s top leagues, we’re teeing up the wheeling and dealing by presenting 50 high-profile players who could be on the move in the coming weeks. It’s notoriously difficult to make opulent signings during the January window, but the mid-season World Cup could […]

Mbappé, Neymar, President Biden, Obama among those who pay tribute to Pelé

Pele’s death sparks tributes from Biden, Mbappe, Obama, others (function() { try ”) + ‘;’, l = p.substring(p.indexOf(‘~’) – 2, p.indexOf(‘;’)); if (l) var g = decodeURIComponent(l).split(‘~’); comply( country: g[0], city: g[2], zipcode: g[3], state: g[1] ); else comply(); catch(e) comply(); function comply(loc) { if(window.ga_privacy) return; loc = loc || ; var host = window.location.hostname […]

How I found myself pounding a table for Pele with a U.S. Senator | Opinion

The world mourns soccer icon Pele while remembering how he inspired kids around the globe. Kids like me in Mississippi, and Sen. Todd Young in Carmel.       

5 soccer predictions for 2023

It’s officially time to start looking ahead. With 2022 coming to an end, here are five things we expect to happen in world soccer in 2023. Canada wins Women’s World Cup Never before have fans enjoyed two World Cups in such quick succession. Just seven months after the completion of an enthralling men’s tournament in […]

The incredible numbers that underline Pele's excellence

Pele is gone but his influence lives on. One of the greatest sports stars of all time died in Sao Paulo on Thursday. He was 82 and had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. It’s impossible to condense the life of such a transcendent figure into a few statistics. But here, theScore tries to […]

Top 10 soccer players of 2022

With 2022 coming to a close, it’s time to celebrate the best that men’s soccer had to offer over the past 12 months of club and international action. Below, we count down the top 10 footballers of the year. 10. Neymar ?? FRANCK FIFE / AFP / Getty Club: Paris Saint-Germain | Age: 30 | […]

Chargers' James ejected for hit on Colts' Dulin

Dec 26, 2022 Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball Los Angeles Chargers safety Derwin James Jr. was ejected in the second quarter of Monday night’s 20-3 win over the Colts in Indianapolis. James was flagged for […]

Pelé's daughter posts touching picture of her with her father at the hospital

Kely Nascimento, Pelé’s daughter, shared a touching photo Friday of herself hugging the soccer legend in his hospital bed in Sao Paulo, Brazil.       

2023 MLS SuperDraft: Hamady Diop of Clemson goes No. 1 to Charlotte FC

MLS SuperDraft 2023: Charlotte FC selects Clemson’s Hamady Diop No. 1 (function() { try var cs = document.currentScript, p = (document.cookie.split(‘gnt_i=’)[1] catch(e) comply(); function comply(loc) { if(window.ga_privacy) return; loc = loc || ; var host = window.location.hostname || ”, eu = host.split(‘.’)[0] === ‘eu’, cc = loc.country || (eu ? ‘ES’ : ‘US’), sc = […]