Football

31-0 — that was the final score of the World Cup qualifying match in 2001 that made the American Samoa soccer team legends in the world of international soccer. Not legends in a good way, mind you; they were the ones on the receiving end of that epic lambasting. Think about how crushing that must have felt, to see your hopes of glory on the pitch and your sense of national pride transformed into public humiliation. There’s a happy ending to this story, however: The official Federation of the tiny nation hired a former…

Bromley Football Club is offering a full-time role to one lucky Football Manager 2024 fan, thanks to a partnership with Xbox. The partnership will let a Football Manager 2024 join Bromley Football Club as a ‘Support Performance Tactician’, a role that will involve “shadowing and learning from all the coaching staff… to understand the ins and outs of all the tactical decision-making that goes into preparing a football team for success”. Speaking about the partnership, Xbox northern Europe director James Butcher stated:…

When she describes the moment she realized that CTE and football were connected, she sounds as shocked as she must have been back then.“My first football player was a 45-year-old man who played nine years in the NFL, and when I saw his brain, I was floored because it meant football was a risk for this degenerative disease,” says McKee, a homegrown Green Bay Packers fan. “I’d been watching for many years. They don’t look like they’re getting hurt, but of course it’s a slow degeneration that happens over many years.”Now…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Quick Answer: Watch the Colts vs. Patriots game with a free trial to DirecTV Stream or fuboTV. The Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots are taking their rivalry overseas this weekend when the two teams clash in Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday. The famous rivals’ game will be the last of the 2023 NFL International Series, and oddsmakers are expecting it…

Grass has got humanity wrapped around its little finger. We carried our favorite grasses with us from the savannahs of Africa as we spread across the world, and even tens of thousands of years later, we're so desperate to be among it that a house doesn't feel like a home for many folk without patches of grass around it.Now look, I like a bit of greenery as much as the next fella, but I'm sure I don't have to tell you that grass is a pain in the butt. If you find yourself responsible for some grass, you're required to…

A helmet featuring liquid shock absorbers, developed by Stanford scientists and Savior Brain, could significantly reduce sports-related head injuries. In simulated NFL tests, this novel helmet outperformed existing models and greatly lowered impact scores.A helmet equipped with liquid shock absorbers could potentially diminish the risk of traumatic brain injuries in contact sports.In the United States, sports activities lead to millions of concussions annually. Athletes involved in sports such as American football are…

When Celta de Vigo start the new season this summer in La Liga, Spain’s top football tier, their fans will have a new club anthem to shake the foundations of their Balaídos stadium: Oliveira Dos Cen Anos by C Tangana, a rapper and singer whose El Madrileño was the bestselling album of 2021 in his native Spain.From You’ll Never Walk Alone to Seven Nation Army, the crossover between football and popular music is well established. But the new Celta anthem is far from the Three Lions template of big choruses and simple…

EA Sports FC 24, the newly rebranded football simulation game franchise, has been fully revealed with a release date of September 29. The date matches leaks from last week, which suggested that the game would debut in early access seven days prior — on September 22 — available to those who pre-order the Ultimate Edition. Manchester City F.C. footballer Erling Haaland was revealed as the cover star, putting in a surprise appearance at EA's global event in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson was…

The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in football players to date has found that the risk of CTE is not driven by the number of diagnosed concussions, but rather by the cumulative number and intensity of head impacts. The study, utilizing a novel tool called a positional exposure matrix (PEM), suggests that reducing both the frequency and force of head impacts in practice and games could lower the odds of athletes developing CTE.Scientists from Mass General Brigham and Boston University have…

In a recent showcase, EA Sports boasted that there will be an innovative level of immersion in its upcoming EA Sports FC, as well as offering fans a first look at the game and its features that aim to “blur the line” between virtual and real football. During La Liga’s Nueva Era showcase (via The Loadout), fans found out about the latest iteration of the HyperMotion V technology that forms the foundation of the players’ animations. EA Sports FC vice president David Jackson explained that the technology uses more than…