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Australia’s friendly against Brazil on September 29, 2026 looked considerably less friendly during a fiery second half in Brisbane. The biggest confrontation involved Australian defender Harry Souttar and Brazilian forward Endrick. After a series of physical challenges between the pair, Endrick reacted by confronting and pushing the much taller Souttar near the Australian bench, triggering … Read more
Cavan Sullivan is one of the most highly regarded young American soccer players of his generation, and the Philadelphia Union midfielder reached another milestone on September 26, 2026, when he made his senior United States men’s national team debut at just 16 years old. Sullivan did not merely come off the bench. Coach Mauricio Pochettino … Read more
Zinedine Zidane is back in management after a five-year absence because the job he had been waiting for finally became available: head coach of the France national team. The French Football Federation officially appointed Zidane on July 28, 2026, following Didier Deschamps’ departure after 14 years in charge. Zidane signed a four-year contract designed to … Read more
Former England, Newcastle United and Liverpool striker Andy Carroll has revealed publicly for the first time that he was sexually assaulted by a man at his home in 2021, an experience he says caused lasting trauma and affected his ability to concentrate on football. Carroll disclosed the assault in his new autobiography, Owning It, released … Read more
Cole Palmer’s latest withdrawal from the England squad has created controversy after coach Thomas Tuchel publicly said the Chelsea star “misses way too many camps with injuries” and is losing opportunities to establish himself in the national team. The dispute comes at an especially sensitive time for Palmer. Tuchel controversially left him out of England’s … Read more
Manchester City’s long-running battle with the Premier League over its so-called “115 charges” has reached its most significant stage yet: an independent commission has reportedly found the club guilty on virtually all of the alleged financial-rule breaches. According to reports on September 25, 2026, City were found guilty on all but one of the 115 … Read more
Son Heung-min is closer than ever to becoming the highest-scoring player in South Korean men’s national-team history. Son scored his 57th international goal in South Korea’s 3-0 victory over Ecuador on September 24, 2026, leaving him just one goal behind legendary striker Cha Bum-kun’s Korea Football Association record of 58. That means Son needs one … Read more
The 2026-27 UEFA Nations League begins a new cycle of European international soccer just two months after the 2026 World Cup, with Spain, France, England, Germany and defending champion Portugal among the leading contenders. The league phase runs from September 24 through November 17, 2026. The schedule is unusually compressed at the start: most countries … Read more
Southampton’s “Spygate” scandal was a 2025-26 Championship controversy in which the English soccer club admitted sending staff members to secretly observe and record the training sessions of rival teams before matches. The scandal became public in May 2026 when a Southampton staff member was caught filming Middlesbrough’s training session just two days before the teams … Read more
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is facing one of the biggest governance crises of his decade in charge after a plan to sell private investors a minority stake in a new company controlling FIFA’s lucrative commercial and event operations triggered a revolt across international soccer. The proposed company, FIFA Forward Enterprise, would have been valued at … Read more