Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ramshackle image and links to extremism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/world/europe/luton-town-premier-league.html
The agreement would give the tech company worldwide rights for a monthlong World Cup-style competition between top teams set to take place next year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/business/fifa-apple-tv-deal.html
As Bayer Leverkusen sealed its first Bundesliga title, the real joy for its rivals came in seeing Bayern Munich lose it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/world/europe/bayer-leverkuson-bayern-munich-bundesliga.html
When Paris F.C. made its tickets free, it began an experiment into the connection between fans and teams, and posed a question about the value of big crowds to televised sports.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/world/europe/paris-fc-free-tickets-soccer.html
In competitions like the Premier League, Muslim pros who once faced pressure to avoid daily fasts during the monthlong holiday now benefit from custom diets and in-game breaks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/europe/premier-league-ramadan.html
A trip back to 2004 suggests even sure things can sometimes be a gamble.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/world/europe/xabi-alonso-liverpool-bayern.html
Soccer fans are tuning out broadcasts in favor of watchalongs: streaming parties where you hear what you want to hear and see everything except the game.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/style/soccer-watchalongs.html
Allowing clubs to block rule changes and money to delay punishments feeds the perception that the same rules do not apply to everyone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/world/europe/premier-league-manchester-city-liverpool.html
Han Kwang-song’s recent appearances in World Cup qualifiers were his first ones overseas since 2020, when U.N. sanctions led to an involuntary career break.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/23/world/asia/han-kwang-song-north-korea-world-cup.html
A Red Bulls promotion has some fine print: If Inter Miami is the opponent, you get a different game.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/sports/soccer/lionel-messi-ticket-price-red-bulls-mls.html
While most of Europe’s leagues engage in a Sisyphean quest to source as much money as possible, Sweden has chosen a different model. But its rewards come with risk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/world/europe/sweden-soccer.html
The patience of Alonso, the Bayer Leverkusen manager, says a lot about him, and just as much about a sport perpetually chasing the next big thing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/world/europe/xabi-alonso-leverkusen.html
The penalty adds to the problems of a team operating under a mountain of debt. It vowed to appeal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/world/europe/everton-points-deduction.html
FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, cheered a plan to take soccer’s richest event to the kingdom. He has said little about his years of work to make that happen.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-fifa-world-cup.html
Rapinoe, who helped define U.S. soccer for a decade, is retiring after this week’s N.W.S.L. final. Hayes, the Chelsea coach, will try to put her stamp on it next.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/world/megan-rapinoe-nwsl-final.html
Australia announced it would not bid, clearing the way for the Saudis to bring soccer’s biggest tournament back to the Gulf.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-world-cup-2034.html
Luis Rubiales, who led the country’s soccer federation, departed in disgrace after he forcibly kissed a player after the Women’s World Cup final.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/world/europe/fifa-luis-rubiales-ban-spain-soccer.html
In the span of three months, the soccer superstar has made Inter Miami’s eye-catching jersey the hottest piece of sports merchandise on the planet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/business/lionel-messi-inter-miami-jersey.html
The U.S. firm bidding for the Premier League club, 777 Partners, has failed to provide required information to a British regulator.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/world/europe/everton-sale-777-partners.html
777 Partners had been scooping up big-name soccer teams for two years when it bid for Everton. Doubts about its finances could kill the deal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/world/europe/everton-777-premier-league.html