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Premier League Survival Sunday: Can West Ham Pull Off a Miraculous Escape?Tottenham and West Ham enter Survival Sunday with Premier League survival on the line in a dramatic relegation battle....

Gio Reyna May Have Made a Massive Mistake Skipping MLSJames Rodriguez is thriving in MLS while Gio Reyna’s limited Bundesliga role leaves major questions ahead of the World Cup....

How European Complaints Miss the Point Ahead of 2026 World CupA look at European complaints and the real issues surrounding the 2026 World Cup....

Iran lobbying to move World Cup matches in LA, Seattle to Mexico

Iran wants FIFA to move its World Cup matches this summer from the United States to Mexico.,That's according to the X account of Iran's embassy in Mexico, which posted a statement late Monday night attributed to Medhi Taj, president of the Iranian Football Federation. The statement was a reaction to...

LA Olympics soccer to begin 4 days before opening ceremony

By the time the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics opening ceremony takes place July 14, the men's and women's soccer tournament will be well underway, according to the schedule that was released Monday.,The men's and women's Olympic tournaments will be held across the United States, with New York, Columbus,...

Report: Three asylum seekers choose to leave Australia, return to Iran

Three of the five players from the Iran women's soccer team, who had attempted to seek asylum earlier this week while the team was in Australia, have elected to return home, The Australian newspaper reported Saturday.,The Iranian team was in Australia for the Women's Asian Cup when the war between I...

Official: 'Under no circumstance' will Iran participate in World Cup

Iran's sports minister said there is no way that the nation's soccer team will compete in this summer's FIFA World Cup in North America.,Ahmad Donyamali addressed the situation in the wake of combined American and Israeli attacks against his Middle East nation in an interview with state television.,...

Report: Five defect with Iran's women's soccer team in limbo in Australia

Amid the war in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran, five members of the Iranian women's soccer team reportedly defected after Sunday's game during the Women's Asian Cup in Australia.,The Iranian team has been in Australia since the U.S. and Israel began attacking Iran on Fe...