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Jul 16, 2025, 10:22 AM ETCharlotte FC will host the 2026 MLS All-Star Game at Bank of America Stadium, Major League Soccer announced Wednesday.The North Carolina expansion side, which first played in MLS in 2022, will host the event for the first time in club history. The date and opponent for the league’s 30th All-Star Game will be announced at a later date.For 2025, Inter Miami CF players Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba have been named to the 26-player Major League Soccer All Star roster set to compete against the best of Liga MX at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas…

Bournemouth have signed goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic from Chelsea for £25m.The Serbia international spent last season on loan at Ligue 1 side Strasbourg, who are part of the same multi-club ownership model as Chelsea. Petrovic was the first-choice goalkeeper at Chelsea in the second half of the 2023/24 season under Mauricio Pochettino, but lost his place under Enzo Maresca to Robert Sanchez.Chelsea signed Petrovic for £14m in the summer of 2023 from MLS side New England Revolution.Bournemouth have been looking for a goalkeeper having had Kepa Arrizabalaga on loan from Chelsea last season. The Spaniard signed for Arsenal this summer while…

Jul 16, 2025, 10:09 AM ETUnited States national team midfielder Johnny Cardoso has completed a transfer to Atlético Madrid from Real Betis as Madrid continue to boost their squad for next season.Sources had told ESPN that Cardoso, 23, was a top target for Diego Simeone, who was keen to improve his defensive midfield options.- Atlético is just another big step for USMNT’s Johnny Cardoso- Atlético Madrid sign Argentina’s Almada- Transfer rumors, news: Follow ESPN’s live blogTottenham Hotspur obtained a priority option to sign the USMNT international as part of the deal that sent Giovani Lo Celso to Betis in 2024,…

Jul 16, 2025, 10:00 AM ETTalks are set to be held between Liverpool and Real Madrid regarding a move for winger Rodrygo, while Los Blancos are keeping tabs on center back Ibrahima Konaté after he rejected a move to the Saudi Pro League. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Nico Williams explains 10-year Athletic extension- Ter Stegen trains alone, Barça future in doubt- Sources: Liverpool register interest in IsakRodrygo has scored 68 goals and won 13 trophies since he joined Real…

SEVILLE, Spain — “I don’t sing very well,” Johnny Cardoso says. “I prefer to play football.” And with that, the United States midfielder, and new Atlético Madrid signing, starts laughing. “But I got up on a chair in front of everyone, and I started to sing, and I chose this song: Maroon 5, ‘Payphone.'” If his initiation there is anything like it was with the national team, at least he knows what he’s doing. Back then, it went pretty well; after all, he’d been practicing for years.It was November 2020, and it was an unexpected choice, perhaps, but not a…

The rivalry between the United States and China has emerged as the defining feature of 21st-century geopolitics. As American global dominance frays after three decades of unipolarity, China’s steady rise as an economic, military and diplomatic soft power signals a tectonic shift in the global order. At the same time, the US continues to entangle itself in regional struggles – particularly in the Middle East – that no longer yield strategic dividends but instead deepen perceptions of decline. Nowhere is this clearer than in America’s unwavering support for Israel, especially after the 7 October attack, which has begun to reshape global…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States has deported five immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to Eswatini, a small country in southern Africa where the king still holds absolute power.Eswatini says it is holding the men in correctional facilities until they can be sent to their home countries, after it became the latest nation to accept third-country deportees from the U.S. Here’s what to know about Eswatini: Eswatini’s King, Mswati III, front, dances during a Reed Dance in Mbabane, Monday Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File) Eswatini’s King, Mswati III, front, dances during a…

The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government says it has saved the lives of over 25 million people around the world with HIV.But despite years of bipartisan support, PEPFAR has faced a severe threat as the Trump administration dismantles most U.S. foreign aid.PEPFAR on Tuesday appeared to be spared a $400 million cut as Republicans acted in rare defiance of a request by President Donald Trump. But governments, health experts and people with HIV around the world are alarmed by the effects of other U.S.…

Ten children a day are losing one or both limbs in Gaza due to Israel’s assault on the Palestinian enclave, a report warned on Tuesday. According to an update by the UN-sponsored Global Protection Cluster, Israeli attacks on Gaza have “destroyed the protection environment” of the disabled and newly disabled in the enclave. The report said 134,105 people including over 40,500 children have suffered new war-related injuries since the war began in October 2023. Twenty-five percent are estimated to have new disabilities requiring acute and ongoing rehabilitation. “There is no safe space in Gaza. Twenty months of intense hostilities have destroyed…

CNN  —  Even if you have never been to Los Angeles, you may still harbor a subconscious awareness of Studio City Farmers Market. There, amongst the 85 organic produce vendors, did paparazzi first snap Jeremy Allen White back in 2023 straining against the weight of freshly-cut flowers the size of his torso — a sight that has since become a viral sensation. So memorable is that sighting of White that it was even raised during a recent appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” “You’re always carrying giant bouquets of flowers everywhere you are, I love it. It’s your…