MILAN (Reuters) – Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has criticised the amount of time players spend with their national teams and said that FIFA’s rules are far away from the interests of European clubs. Agnelli’s comments were the latest indication that Europe’s powerful clubs are unhappy at way the sport is run and turned up the […]
Germany will keep the door open for injured defender Jerome Boateng as long as possible ahead of this year's European Championship, coach Joachim Loew said.
UEFA finally overcame its reluctance to adopt goal-line technology, approving its use at this year's European Championship and next year's Champions League.
REUTERS – Fraser Forster has one eye on reclaiming his place in the England squad for the European Championships but the Southampton goalkeeper insists his main priority is racking up minutes for his club. Forster made his first-team comeback from knee surgery in Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Watford after spending nearly 10 months on the […]
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s football association (ANFP) said on Thursday that negotiations had broken down with coach Jorge Sampaoli, who has indicated that he is looking for a way out of his contract. Sampaoli, who led the national team to their first major trophy at last year’s Copa America, said on Wednesday that he no […]
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – South America’s top soccer clubs on Monday created an alliance to defend their financial interests in the distribution of broadcast revenues by the region’s soccer confederation, CONMEBOL. Representatives of the 15 clubs from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay met in Montevideo and demanded that CONMEBOL call an extraordinary executive committee […]
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Jorge Sampaoli will stay on as the coach of Chile’s national team despite recent speculation that he was considering stepping down, the recently elected head of the country’s football association ANFP said on Friday. ANFP President Arturo Salah, however, did not sound too convincing as to whether the Argentine coach, who led […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian football boss Marco Polo Del Nero, one of 16 soccer officials indicted by U.S. prosecutors last month, is to go on leave again from Friday for up to 150 days, his organization, CBF, said on Thursday. Del Nero returned to work on Wednesday after completing a 45-day leave of […]
