12:24 PM ET A revamped CONCACAF W Championship and a Women’s Gold Cup are the two new women’s soccer competitions CONCACAF will add to increase the frequency of matches for teams throughout the confederation. The W Championship, to be held in 2022, will be a qualifier for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the

8:30 AM ET Third kits for the new season have been dropping en masse this week as clubs across Europe complete their matchday wardrobes for the 2021-22 season. Rather than release its latest jerseys one club at a time, Puma instead opted for a 10-pronged launch on Wednesday which saw new third alternate shirts introduced

9:15 AM ET Social media is a boon for athletes because it allows them to speak directly to the world. No filters, no club press officers, no sponsor PR reps, no misquotes. Just their voice, with their chosen words and the opportunity to clarify and rectify. Somebody probably should have told Cristiano Ronaldo’s social media

5:02 PM ET They won the final training match on Tuesday morning. Of course they did. During only his full second practice with the whole Paris Saint-Germain squad, Lionel Messi was on the winning side, and what teammates he had to work with: Keylor Navas, Neymar, Angel Di Maria, Julian Draxler and Kylian Mbappe. Their

6:20 PM ET Danny Lewis The summer transfer window is into its final month for the major European leagues, which means the biggest clubs are looking to make a splash in the market before the new season begins. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Bayern keen on

12:57 PM ET Juventus have completed the signing of midfielder Manuel Locatelli from Sassuolo, it was announced on Thursday. Locatelli, who had been the subject of a bid from Arsenal following Euro 2020 according to Sassuolo’s CEO, had his Juve medical on Wednesday, with the Bianconeri posting pictures of his arrival on their Twitter page.

4:30 AM ET The summer transfer window is into its final month for the major European leagues, which means the biggest clubs are looking to make a splash in the market before the new season begins. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Tottenham keen to land Chelsea’s

9:05 AM ET Associated Press Nine of the teams that were part of the ill-fated launch of a breakaway Super League have been welcomed back into the decision-making organisation overseeing the European club game. Six English clubs — Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham — will be members of European Club Association

7:07 AM ET United States women’s national team and OL Reign forward Megan Rapinoe told ESPN she doesn’t know what her playing future looks like and she will “need to take some time to think about it.” Rapinoe, 36, was part of the U.S. squad that won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, and she will

9:39 AM ET The announcement on Sunday that Germany and Bayern Munich great Gerd Muller had died at the age of 75 was met with tributes from across the soccer world. Bayern, the club where he won three European Cups, five Bundesliga titles and five DFB-Pokals between 1964 and 1979, broke the news that their