Naming a team captain isn't as significant a process in American sports as it is in European and South American soccer ...

May 30 (Reuters) - World Cup co-hosts Mexico savoured a confidence-building 1-0 friendly win over Australia in front of a mammoth crowd at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, a result that left both sides' ...

The greatest players to play football often make their mark at the World Cup, with some lucky enough to win the prestigious ...

Veteran New Zealand defender Tommy Smith admits there's only one reason he toiled away all last season in an English football backwater -- a ticket to his second World Cup. Smith's club Braintree Town ...

England forward Sarah Beckett becomes the third key Gloucester-Hartpury player to sign for Sale Sharks.

With four regular starters missing this year’s Six Nations because of pregnancy, the Red Roses are transcending social and ...

Belgium and Egypt will be the favourites to make it out of Group G and then potentially go far at the World Cup. The last time a World Cup was played in Mexico, Belgium were one of the stories of the ...

Only James Lowe was conspicuous by his absence. Lowe was in Bilbao, having travelled to Santander on a Ryanair flight with the other players who hadn’t made the selection cut for the match-day 23 and ...

Planet Rugby's Investec Champions Cup Team of the Season is here!

Organisers expect record attendance, significant tourism revenue and a lasting legacy for the Mid-West region ...

At 29, Rieko Ioane may be at the first crossroads of his stellar career. What motivates him above all else is regaining his place in the All Blacks team and being part of one that, next year, ends a ...

All Blacks captain Scott Barrett will miss the All Blacks' Nations Championship rugby tests in July and its historic tour to ...