By Michael Smith | The Examiner Former Grain Valley women’s soccer head coach Tyler Nichol admits he was lucky. He had three elite level players in his program during his eight years in charge of the Eagles. And all with the same surname – Childers. The third Childers to take the program, Raena, had a […]
Prince George looked utterly dashing the little prince as he joined his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday. Prince William, kate and their eldest son stepped out on June 29 to watch the UEFA EURO 2020 game between England and Germany. ©Getty ImagesThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended […]
On June 29, 2021, Ukrainian footballer Artem Dovbyk scored the winning goal against Sweden to send his team to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020. As Dovbyk and his team celebrated, he took off his jersey and appeared reveal a sports bra: I’m no football expert, but did this Ukrainian just pay tribute to the famous […]
Prince george looked quite the dapper little prince as he joined his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday. Prince william, Kate and their eldest son came out on June 29 to watch the UEFA EURO 2020 match between England and Germany. © Getty ImagesThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge […]
This is perhaps the cutest case of royal outfit pairing yet! Prince william took his football-loving son Prince George with him to watch the England v Germany match at the European Championships. George looked like his father’s mini-me, wearing the same navy blazer and a red, white, and blue striped tie. It was a rare […]
The Cape Breton Glace Bay Soccer Association had a nasty surprise over the weekend. The association discovered an area three by 12 meters in the field mowed down to the topsoil, causing sun damage. As the season is about to begin, there isn’t much that can be done to fix the patch near midfield. Adam […]
James Gandolfini’s son Michael walks to a soccer game at the New York Felix facility By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Posted: 10:02 PM EST, June 28, 2021 | Update: 11:14 p.m. EST, June 28, 2021 James Gandolfini’s son Michael was seen heading to New York Stadium, Felix, to watch the France-Switzerland soccer game on […]
LONDON – When Germany faced Hungary in a highly competitive Euro 2020 soccer match on Wednesday night, the sporting competition of the two countries reflected a much larger clash off the pitch. The two countries represent radically opposed government positions on LGBT rights, with Hungary facing international criticism for a law, formally enacted this week, […]
ZEELAND – When the opponents faced the women’s football team from Zeeland East, they had to choose their poison. The Chix had a record single-season goalscorer on their team — and career leading scorer, which were two different players. Haley Diekevers set the career record this year, even after deferring much of the scoring to […]
STILLWATER – On the football field, she was a key competitor as the Stillwater High School women’s football team produced one of the largest multi-year races in section track history. II. Off the pitch, Devon Wagner’s impact was even greater. “He’s someone who always does the right thing,” said Christine Ihnatolya, head coach of Stillwater […]
SURFSIDE, Fla .– A football game may have saved Patricia Avilez’s life. Avilez’s brother-in-law lives in a condo in the wing of a 12-story oceanfront building that collapsed in a town outside of Miami early Thursday, killing at least one person. When the brother-in-law isn’t around, Avilez stops by regularly to pick up mail and […]
One site, two distinct looks and uses – that’s what the field team at Legends Field in Kansas City, Kansas, guarantees with their behind-the-scenes work to convert the playing surface from a baseball-friendly surface to one. other capable of hosting professional football matches. Shaun Goodwin / Briar Napier photos Kansas City, Kan. Tyler Stelter had […]
Connor Lynch carried the weight of expectation and history, and had no problem putting his team on his back. Lynch, who led the Santiago boys’ soccer team to a perfect Big VIII League campaign and appearances in CIF South Section and CIF State matches, was chosen as the player. Football of the Year for Indoor […]
The crypto hustle never ends. Anatoly Maltsev/Pool/AFP via Getty Images As cryptocurrency becomes more mainstream and people try to promote new coins, it gets a little crazy. Like this: a young woman in a swimsuit with the name “WTF Coin” managed to pause the Belgium-Finland Euro 2020 football match earlier this week. Under the “WTF […]
When Germany and Hungary clash in the Euro 2020 football tournament Wednesday the game will be seen as much more than a game. It will be another front in the war for the future of a more tolerant Europe. On one side is Hungary, led by right-wing autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose government has […]
Teams and leagues including MLS and NWSL and the Seattle Sounders and OL Reign joined us as people across the country celebrated June 19 this weekend. The results for the Puget Sound sides were mixed, but there was still plenty to celebrate. Outside the United States, the Euros and the Copa America are taking place, […]
Danish professional footballer Christian Erikson was fitted with an internal cardiac pacemaker and defibrillator after collapsing during a European Championship match, the Danish soccer federation said. Eriksen was released from hospital on Friday, six days after suffering cardiac arrest in the middle of a Euro 2020 opener against Finland, the Associated Press reported. The federation […]
Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 election in your district and across New York On June 16, elected officials joined staff and students of Queens College for a groundbreaking ceremony for the college soccer field and track renovation project. The $ 9.3 million modernization […]
AUSTIN, Texas — The United States Women’s National Team is one of the most iconic teams in all of sport. This week the team travels through Texas, stopping in Houston and Austin for three matches. While the team has certainly been in the headlines lately, with so many of its players very vocal in their […]
By MATTIAS KAREN, Associated Press COPENHAGEN (AP) — Christian Eriksen will be fitted with an implantable device to monitor his heart rate, the Danish soccer federation announced Thursday. Eriksen, 29, is recovering in a hospital in Copenhagen after suffering cardiac arrest during Denmark’s game against Finland at the European Championship. The Danish FA said doctors […]
Phoenix Arcadia’s Maggie Cagle is the 2020-21 Gatorade Arizona Women’s Soccer Player of the Year. 5-foot-5 junior midfielder Cagle is the first Arcadia player to be chosen for the award. She scored a team high 14 goals with 12 assists in 10 games played last season. Cagle, who made a verbal commitment to Virginia, led […]
Christian Eriksen says he feels “good under the circumstances” and has posted a message of thanks for the support he received after collapsing during the Euro 2020 game between Denmark and Finland. In his first public post since Saturday’s incident, Eriksen posted a photo on Instagram showing him smiling and giving a thumbs-up gesture in […]
June 14, 2021 – Danish soccer player Christian Eriksen’s heart stopped beating after he fell to the ground during a Euro 2020 game against Finland on Saturday, Danish team doctor Morten Boesen has said. “Well, he was gone,” Boesen said, according to The Wall Street Journal. “We did cardiac resuscitation. And it was cardiac arrest.” […]
CHARLOTTE – A Clinton couple were rushed to Genesis DeWitt Hospital by ambulance on Sunday after a soccer ball caused them to lose control of their motorcycle on Iowa 136. Jared Lee Colschen, 41, his passenger Michelle L. Colschen, 40, and Ethan Ryan Chapman, 22, all of Clinton, were part of a biker group traveling […]
Van Buren coach Nathan Almond has watched the Class 5A men’s football title game at least 10 times in the four weeks since his team won a championship. While Almond is proud of the Pointers’ work, he doesn’t just admire what they’ve accomplished. He is looking for flaws, small mistakes that will allow him not […]
If you’ve never heard of drone football, here’s a short primer. It is an indoor sport played by two teams of no more than five players each. The team that scores the most goals wins. But here’s the twist: They don’t use soccer balls, no. Instead, they use drones enclosed in protective plastic spheres (hence […]
Just a yellow? It’s not the kind of dive you would usually see on a soccer field. On Sunday, a Polish fifth division match between the reserve team Olimpia Elbląg and PISA Primavera Barczewo was interrupted by a parachutist landing in the midfield in the middle of the match. Everyone in the field handled the […]
Moussa Fofana fell in love with football in college, honing his skills around the clock, his mother said. The pandemic may have turned her life upside down in other ways in the last year of school, her third in high school, but she couldn’t tone down her passion for gambling. “He took virtual lessons all […]
Northern United SC is the result of the split from the Prince George Youth Soccer Association four years ago Minor football is starting to shed the chains of COVID-19 restrictions that have weighed heavily on its activities on the pitch for over a year and Northern United Soccer Club technical director Brad Stewart is grateful […]
And here it is, the world’s largest soccer ball made of Legos, 173,600 of them, to be exact. The classic type of two-by-two bricks. The final product weighs 5,000 pounds and stands over 12 feet tall. “We chose a very iconic design for this soccer ball,” says Soeren Hansen Hinge, Lego soccer designer. “Something anyone […]
CORNER BROOK, NL – Seeing his name on a sign that will appear outside a place he loves very much left Doug Sweetapple feeling both fantastic and a little bit humiliated on Tuesday night. “It’s a tough question trying to answer what it means to name a field,” said Sweetapple as the city of Corner […]