Berlin is united by football. Cologne is united by football. Dortmund is… you get the idea. “United by football” has been Germany’s tagline for Euro 2024 since the country announced its bid to stage ...

With the countdown on to this summer's World Cup, we've launched a new series going behind the scenes of some of the big moments and untold stories of recent tournaments, from 2002 to 2022. I felt he ...

The Athletic is attending some of the most ferocious derbies across Europe, charting the history of the continent’s most deep-rooted and volatile rivalries. The series began last season, covering 10 ...

Manchester’s football heavyweights are on a transfer collision course over their respective pursuits of two of Croatian football’s finest up and coming stars. It is the latest attempt from Manchester ...

Dani Olmo was one of Spain’s most influential players in their successful UEFA Euro 2024 campaign, with the Barcelona playmaker emerging as one of their key sources of goals and creativity. At age 26, ...

An Osijek court has sentenced four fans to short prison terms for singing fascist songs at a match, as Croatia continues to wrestle with the problem of football fan violence and misbehaviour. This ...

Alexandria, Virginia, has been selected as the Croatian national team’s base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with Episcopal High School serving as its private training facility.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) has joined forces with global luxury brand MACKAGE, appointing the brand as the official sponsor of the Croatian national ...

Mamic, considered the most powerful figure in the sport in the former Yugoslav republic, has been charged with abuse of power and bribery between 2008 to 2012. Croatia's anti-corruption office (USKOK) ...

BATON ROUGE – LSU Soccer rising sophomore, Andrea Iljkic, was named to the Croatian Women’s National Team, announced by the Croatian Football Federation on Monday. Nenad Gračan, head coach of the ...

Will it be more of the same after a parliamentary election in the spring, or can the far-right Homeland Movement muscle its way into Croatia’s government? The coming year in Croatia will be one of ...

Football was Celestine Olisa’s life as he was growing up in Nigeria, where his skill at the game earned him the nickname “Boban” after his hero, the Croatian captain Zvonimir Boban. He was good enough ...