Since being banned from competitive football after invading Ukraine, Russia have largely faced sympathetic countries in friendlies. Increasingly, African sides are answering the call. Why is that?

FIFA's expanded Club World Cup will take place in the United States from June 15 to July 13, 2025. Manchester City are the defending champions, having won the most recent edition under the old ...

The leader of a war-torn African nation has put a deal on the table for President Trump: Help his country defeat a powerful rebel force in exchange for access to a trove of minerals needed by U.S ...

The 10 most hated football teams in British history were named and ranked, with a controversial side taking the No.1 spot. Over the years, there have been plenty of 'hated' football clubs due to ...

College football is just five months away, and a solid group of teams have their sights set on the 2025 playoff. While going undefeated is still the best path to get there, the expanded 12-team ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have pushed deeper into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), capturing the town of Walikale despite growing international calls for a ceasefire. The rebels ...

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Ever since that trailer dropped all over our social media feeds, football fans across the nation have been intrigued by Baller League 2025. The Baller League started in Germany with Mats Hummels ...

The ACC joined the Big Ten and SEC as the only conferences to get multiple teams into the 12-team College Football Playoff in 2024. Now that a standard has been set, there are a handful of teams ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is getting worse.

Congo and Rwanda reaffirmed their commitment to an immediate ceasefire, but the joint statement does not specify on how it would be implemented. DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi met with ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who ...