The French Football Federation (FFF) says it will file a legal complaint over an “unacceptable, racist and discriminatory” chant made by Argentina players following their Copa...
Sunday’s European Championship final saw Spain beat England 2-1 thanks to goals from Nico Williams and Mikel Oyarzabal to crown a tournament in which they were...
Xherdan Shaqiri announced his retirement from international football on Monday after winning 125 Switzerland caps and becoming the only player to score in each of the...
And so it all comes down to this. England’s route to the European Championship final may not have been overly scenic, but they are in a...
Welcome to the 12th edition of The Athletic’s Friday quiz question. At the end of every week, we’ll serve up a poser from our vault of...
Major tournaments nowadays seem to be where idealists go to die. If you have an ambitious, expansive style or a romantic philosophy, forget about it. If...
When Argentina returns to MetLife Stadium to face Canada on Tuesday, they will likely do so before a soldout crowd. When they faced Chile in East...
“You’re a s*** goalkeeper!” said Zlatan Ibrahimovic as he fired a shot at supersonic speed into the net during a Paris-Saint Germain training session. Even the...
One of the wonderful things about international football is discovering more about other nations’ identities through their style of football. If you read the seminal book...
Welcome to the 10th edition of The Athletic’s Friday quiz question. At the end of every week, we’ll serve up a poser from our vault of...
Spain have named their 22-player men’s football training squad for the 2024 Olympics, with Barcelona’s 17-year-old Pau Cubarsi among those included. Midfielders Fermin Lopez and Alex...
Berlin is united by football. Cologne is united by football. Dortmund is… you get the idea. “United by football” has been Germany’s tagline for Euro 2024...