The English Football Association yesterday announced they will back Michael van Praag in the race to replace Michel Platini as UEFA president.

With Cristiano Ronaldo still missing due to injury, European champions Portugal began their bid to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia with a disappointing 2-0 defeat in Switzerland on Tuesday.

Head coach Jürgen Klinsmann has friendlies against Cuba and New Zealand in October to fine-tune his line-up for the first Hexagonal game at home to Mexico in November, but it will be hard to leave out Pulisic for the showpiece 2018 World Cup qualifier based on his performances against Trinidad & Tob

Jozy Altidore scored a second half brace as the United States routed Trinidad & Tobago 4-0 at home on Tuesday to win Group C in World Cup qualifying.

Brazil’s march towards the 2018 World Cup gathered pace on Tuesday with a Neymar-inspired win over Colombia as Uruguay surged to the top of the South American qualification standings with a 4-0 rout of Paraguay.

There are many ways for an NFL team to protect a rookie quarterback, and make no mistake: Unless that rookie quarterback is Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, or Andrew Luck, an NFL team should be doing all it can to make the young player’s transition to the league as smooth as possible.

Andrej Nestrasil was among a number of Carolina Hurricanes players attending an informal skate for the first time this season on Tuesday, participating in 2-on-1 drills on goaltender Cam Ward and a 3-on-3 half-rink game at Raleigh Center Ice.

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FIFA on Wednesday said work on Moscow's flagship Luzhniki stadium for the 2018 World Cup appeared to be on course, ahead of a visit to the delay-hit arena in Saint Petersburg.

South Africa’s talismanic captain AB de Villiers has recovered from injury and been included in the Proteas squad for the one-day series at home against Australia starting later this month.

Tim Cahill came off the bench to score with only his second touch as Australia edged the United Arab Emirates 1-0 in 2018 World Cup qualifying yesterday.

Qatar suffered back to back losses in their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign when they went down 1-0 to Uzbekistan at the Al Sadd stadium yesterday.