Auckland City FC, a semi-professional team from New Zealand, became the focal point of the FIFA Club World Cup’s controversial expansion after a record 10-0 thrashing by Bayern Munich in their tournament opener. The match, played at…

Defending champions Mexico began their Concacaf Gold Cup campaign with a 3-2 victory over tournament debutants the Dominican Republic on Saturday, in a match played against a backdrop of political tension and protests in Los Angeles. The…

Former AC Milan and Italy midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has been appointed as the new manager of the Italian national team, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced. Gattuso, 47, succeeds Luciano Spalletti, who departed his role last…

In the hallowed halls of FIFA's headquarters in Zurich, where the dreams of footballers from Soweto to São Paulo are supposedly nurtured with equal reverence, a profound silence echoes through corridors lined with rhetoric about unity,…