Soccer

5/16/2025 |  Pele’s pain, Rooney’s rocket and great escapes: Everton bids farewell to Goodison Park (Associated Press (AP)) The “Grand Old Lady” of English soccer is about to bid farewell to the men’s game.
Goodison Park, the long-time home of Premier League team Everton, has staged more top-tier games than any other stadium in England. It was where Pele was kicked to pieces before losing a World Cup match with Brazil for the only time. It was where eight English league titles were won, and where several nerve-shredding escapes from relegation in the Premier League were completed.

5/16/2025 |  LAFC and Club America to contest Club World Cup playoff on May 31 (Reuters Sports) May 16 (Reuters) - Los Angeles FC and Club America will play their Club World Cup qualifying playoff match on May 31 at the BMO Stadium, home of LAFC, for a place in the group stage of the 32-team tournament, world soccer's governing body FIFA announced on Friday.
The playoff is being held to decide the 32nd team after Club Leon were kicked out of the tournament due to an ownership rule breach. The Mexican club also had their appeal rejected at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

5/16/2025 |  Everton's last Goodison game will be 'sad and emotional' day, says Moyes (Reuters Sports) May 16 (Reuters) - Everton's final game at Goodison Park this weekend will be a poignant occasion, manager David Moyes said on Friday as the club bid farewell to the stadium they have called home for 133 years, but he wants his players to focus on beating Southampton.

5/15/2025 |  Infantino’s late arrival from Trump tour in Middle East delays start of FIFA annual meeting (Associated Press (AP)) ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s late arrival from the Middle East, where he joined U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visits to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week, delayed the opening of FIFA’s annual meeting of 211 member federations on Thursday.
Infantino’s flight in a Qatari private jet to Paraguay from Doha, via a stop in Nigeria, was still in the air at the 9:30 a.m. local time (1230GMT) scheduled start of the meeting he was to address in Asuncion.

5/15/2025 |  Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian takes minority stake in Chelsea FC women’s team (CNBC Sports)

• Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has purchased a minority stake in Chelsea FC Women.
• The investment gives him an ownership stake in two of the most-valuable teams in women’s sports.
• Ohanian’s Chelsea deal values the women’s club at 200 million pounds, according to a person familiar with the deal.