U.S. Soccer needs your kid’s youth club to help its national teams. Will it happen?

A key part of sporting director Matt Crocker's vision can't happen unless youth clubs start caring less about winning games and more about developing players. It's one of the hardest things to ask.

Barcelona president rules out La Masia duo’s exit: ‘They are two players we are counting on’

FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta addressed both the state of the transfer market and the excellent sporting moment enjoyed by the team in recent ...

What do NFL players think of the kickoff rules, tush push and hip-drop tackles? We asked them

Rarely flagged, often fined, the NFL banned the “hip-drop tackle” before the 2024 season. Per the league, a hip-drop tackle occurs when a defender “wraps up a ball carrier and rotates or swivels his ...
The Kyiv Independent

Russia tightens passport rules for children in occupied Ukraine, complicating escape, activists say

A new Russian law requires Ukrainian children in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine to obtain Russian international passports to travel abroad; experts say the move complicates efforts to flee the ...