Gold Cup 2025

Mexico secure final slot on a pulsating San Jose evening

Mexico 1 Honduras 0

July 2 – The question on the lips of pundits and fans at Levi Stadium, Santa Clara, was “would tonight be business as usual or unusual business?” as Mexico and Honduras met for the right to face the United States in the Concacaf Gold Cup Final on Sunday in Houston.

Read more …

Other Stories

Women's Euro 2025

Other Stories
DateGroup    VenueKick off (local)
July 2Grp ASwitzerland12NorwayBasel, St-Jakon Park9pm
July 2Grp AIceland01FinlandThun, Arena Thun6pm
July 3Grp BSpain50PortugalBern, Stadium Wankdorf9pm
July 3Grp BBelgium01
ItalySion, Stade de Tourbillon6pm
July 4Grp CGermany--PolandSt Gallen, Arena St Gallen9pm
July 4Grp CDenmark--SwedenStade de Genève6pm
July 5Grp DFrance--EnglandStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 5Grp DWales--NetherlandsAllmend Stadion, Lucern6pm
July 6Grp ASwitzerland--IcelandStadion Wankdorf, Bern9pm
July 6Grp ANorway--FinlandStade de Touillon, Sion6pm
July 7Grp BPortugal--ItalyStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 7Grp BSpain--BelgiumArena Thun6pm
July 8Grp CGermany--DenmarkSt Jakob Park, Basel6pm
July 8Grp CPoland--SwedenAllmend Stadion, Lucerne9pm
July 9Grp DEngland--NetherlandsStadion Letzigrund, Zurich6pm
July 9Grp DFrance--WalesArena St Gallen9pm
July 10Grp AFinland--SwitzerlandStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 10Grp ANorway--IcelandArena Thun9pm
July 11Grp BItaly--SpainStadium Wankdorf, Bern9pm
July 11Grp BPortugal--BelgiumStade de Touillon, Sion9pm
July 12Grp CSweden --GermanyStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 12Grp CPoland--DenmarkAllmend Stadion, Lucerne9pm
July 13Grp DNetherlands--FranceSt Jakob Park, Basel9pm
July 13Grp DEngland--WalesArena St Gallen9pm
July 16QF1Winner Grp A--R-Up Grp BStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 17QF2Winner Grp C--R-Uo Grp DStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 18QF3Winner Grp B--R-Up Grp AStadion Wankdorff, Bern9pm
July 19QF4Winner Grp D--R-Up Grp CSt Jakob Park, Basel9pm
July 2Semi-finalWinner QF1--Winner QF42Stade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 2Semi-finalWinner QF3--Winner QF4Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 7 FinalTBA--TBASt Jakob Park, Basel6.00pm

Inside Insight: Cold War football

What began as a peaceful protest against one deeply corrupt President’s reign – no, I don’t mean some weird country in tropical climes, but rather Ukraine’s Yanukovich – rapidly degenerated into snipers murdering friend and foe alike and paid thugs creating havoc on Kiev’s Maidan Square. What followed were scenes that are reminiscent of a revolution, and subsequently bore the hallmark of a well orchestrated coup d’état.

The phone conversation between one Victoria Nuland,

Read more …

Mihir Bose: Football racism; personal or institutional?

You may think, if you live in England, enough has been said about Sol Campbell’s extraordinary claim that had he been white he would been an automatic choice as England captain. Despite all those who have rubbished his claims he remains adamant, as he told me, that the colour of his face, as opposed to that of Michael Owen, just did not fit with the FA. All Campbell will budge on was that he did not mean to say he would have led the national side for ten years as originally reported but for a long time during the ten year period he played for his country.

Read more …

Matt Scott: Yeung experience should show Leeds Cellino is no way forward

“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters,” Albert Einstein

Football, to paraphrase the former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly, is a very important matter. Most would agree that paying your debts should be at the forefront of everyone’s minds too, but for years some of those involved in the game have played it fast and loose with their obligations to the tax authorities.

Read more …

Supponor and Umedia extend global ad deal for La Liga pitchside boards

Supponor logo copy 2

March 18 – The digital media revolution continues to reshape the sports advertising and sponsorship landscape with more targeted advertising opportunities at matches for the global broadcast audiences. La Liga is the latest of Europe’s big leagues to embrace the technology available with an extension of its deal with digital billboard replacement specialist Supponor via sports advertising agency Umedia.

Read more …