RORY SMITH

Germany’s perennial champion can secure its 10th straight title this weekend. Even its own fans are starting to worry that its success is getting a…

The F.A. Cup and the Conference League have meaning not because of tradition or design, but when the players, and particularly the fans, decide they…

The Europa Conference League was dismissed as irrelevant when it kicked off last summer. Try telling that to the clubs that can win it.

In a Premier League season of the finest margins, four goals add to the drama but don’t change the title math for Pep Guardiola and…

Manchester City and Liverpool meet Sunday in the first of a series of collisions that could decide as many as three trophies. Neither team can…

A simple rule change paved the way for the modern soccer we watch today. An obsession with Super Bowl-style changes won’t move it forward.

Three goals confirm what should have been obvious long ago: Benzema is Real Madrid’s brain, and its heart.

The Premier League leaders will compete for three high-profile trophies this spring. But does failing to win them all turn a great season into a…

In Algeria, a berth in Qatar changed hands in an instant. In Senegal, a shootout settled another long night. And in Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo set…

This year’s World Cup will be the last for some household names, meaning soccer will go into the tournament with one elite and emerge with…