nazakatblogger@gmail.com Montagliani is the president of Concacaf, which runs football in North and Central America and the Caribbean. Like Infantino, he was elected in 2016 promising governance reform. A former president of Canada Soccer, Montagliani was heavily involved in the build-up to, and delivery of, the 2026 World Cup – the first to be hosted by … Read more
Mauricio Pochettino is running it back with the U.S. men’s national team. The 54-year-old Argentine will return as the USA’s manager, signing a new deal that will see him in charge through the 2030 World Cup, U.S. Soccer announced on Monday. Pochettino, who took over in the fall of 2024, will aim for his second … Read more
US men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino and the US Soccer Federation have agreed to a contract extension that will keep Pochettino attached to the program through 2030, US Soccer announced on Monday. The two sides had been actively engaged in discussions on a contract extension for several months, long before the USMNT’s disappointing, … Read more
DUBLIN — David Hickey was built for Gaelic football, the sport that can’t stick to sports. Hickey, who was a two-time GAA all-star and four-time All-Ireland winner as a half-forward for Dublin, used football’s biggest weekend as a platform for protests. First, Hickey loudly refused to show up for a so-called Legends Lunch at storied … Read more
It only took one brilliant Panda (2010) commercial to get Egyptians laughing at the all-too-familiar experience of losing their cool. One short scene, one simple storyline, and one sharp insight were enough to capture a feeling so common that almost every Egyptian could relate to it: the feeling of completely losing it. Many years … Read more
Pewter Report’s Scott Reynolds answers your questions from the @PewterReport X account this week in the Bucs Mailbag. Submit your question to SR each week via X using the hashtag #PRMailbag. Here are the Bucs questions we chose to answer for this week’s edition. QUESTION: Scott, have the Bucs severed the relationship beyond repair with … Read more
Last week, Eddie Howe called time on his Newcastle United tenure – a luxury that not many managers get these days. Even the best among them face the sack: since Sir Alex Ferguson retired at the top of the game with a Premier League title, five championship-winning bosses have been sacked, including Claudio Ranieri (who … Read more
SuperShe Island. Courtesy of SuperShe Island (Editor’s note: This article was originally published on September 7, 2018. SuperShe has since been sold to a private investor.) I’m slumped on a couch in a cabin with the windows blacked out by sheets, somewhere in the middle of the Baltic Sea. For three days, I’ve consumed nothing … Read more
For any Arsenal fan eager to know what Christos Tzolis might bring to the Premier League champions, the winger’s swiftly earned nickname at his new club might prove instructive. In the 2006 action film 300, the leading figure of King Leonidas guides a meagre bunch of Spartans against an overwhelmingly large invading army. Although doomed … Read more
Manchester United manager Marc Skinner has stepped down from his position before the start of the Women’s Super League season. The 43-year-old has been in charge of United for five years and led them to their first major trophy with victory in the Women’s FA Cup final in 2024. He helped them reach the Women’s … Read more