• The Canadian Press

    Emma Hayes' first roster as coach of the US women's team includes 2 first-time call-ups

    Coach Emma Hayes has selected her first roster for the United States ahead of a pair of friendlies as she prepares to lead the women’s national team at the Paris Olympics. Hayes, named U.S. coach last November, finished her final season as coach of Chelsea on Saturday, winning the team's fifth straight Women's Super League Title with a 6-0 rout of Manchester United. Her first U.S. roster announced Tuesday includes two National Women's Soccer League players called up to the national team for the

  • The Canadian Press

    Bayer Leverkusen is two steps from soccer immortality, starting with Europa League final vs Atalanta

    DUBLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen is two games from European soccer immortality. The new champion of Germany has two cup finals in four days — starting Wednesday in the Europa League against Atalanta — to complete a previously unthinkable unbeaten season in domestic and continental competition. On Saturday, Leverkusen will be heavily favored to win the German cup final against a Kaiserslautern team that finished 13th in the second division, not so far from falling into relegation playoffs. And so t

  • The Guardian

    How I ‘invented’ VAR at Bristol City in 1973

    Letter: Prof Peter Lewis thinks he may have been the first to use video to record a disputed offside decision

  • PA Media: Sport

    Gareth Southgate: Tough call to leave out Marcus Rashford and Jordan Henderson

    The national team boss named a 33-strong training group on Tuesday that will be cut to 26 players on June 7.