[ad_1] IF AMERICA AND China went to war, whose side would you be on?As a kid, I was often asked this question on my visits to Beijing. I was the only person in my family born in the U.S. (or anywhere outside China), and even at a young age I could sense that the question, presented as a joke, was a trap. Picking America would put me at war with
[ad_1] Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested on suspicion of corruption. AP Photo/Ronald ZakMichel Platini, the former UEFA president, was arrested in Paris early on Tuesday morning and placed in custody as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in the Qatar 2022 World Cup bidding process. Since 2015 FIFA has been embroiled in scandal and controversy, but who is involved, and what have they been accused of doing?
[ad_1] Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested on suspicion of corruption. AP Photo/Ronald ZakMichel Platini, the former head of European football association UEFA, was detained and questioned by French police on Tuesday over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. Since 2015 FIFA has been embroiled in scandal and controversy, but who is involved, and what have they been accused of doing? FIFA president Gianni Infantino tells
[ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS -- Over the years, style of play has been a steady source of debate as it relates to the U.S. men's national team. The question usually centers on if the U.S. ever will reach the point where it, more often than not, plays on the front foot and dominates opponents. Or will it remain a team content to defend and counter?Much of this is specific to the opponent,
[ad_1] 1:44 PM ETGraham HaysespnW.com CloseGraham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999.PARIS -- The United States can't officially clinch a place as the best team in its World Cup group until later this week, but it used Sunday's game against Chile to show that even its second team is among the best in the world.Despite wholesale changes to the starting
[ad_1] 7:59 AM ETGraham HaysespnW.com CloseGraham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999.PARIS -- For the players involved, a World Cup can be a repetitive cycle of meetings, practices, meals and waiting that is interrupted only occasionally by 90 minutes of soccer. So it was hardly a surprise to find a contingent of American players wasting time at one of the
[ad_1] 7:44 AM ETGraham HaysespnW.com CloseGraham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999.REIMS, France -- The last team off the field four years ago in Canada, when it hung around amid the confetti to celebrate its third world championship, the United States was the last contender to take the field in the 2019 Women's World Cup.The Americans looked like a team
[ad_1] 7:00 AM ETGreg WyshynskiESPN The St. Louis Blues can capture their first Stanley Cup in franchise history with a win over the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night at TD Garden. The Bruins can clinch their seventh Cup with a victory. This is it, folks. There is no Game 8. Here's a little primer in today's Stanley Cup Playoffs Daily (with assistance
[ad_1] 6:54 PM ETGraham HaysespnW.com CloseGraham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999.REIMS, France -- The last team off the field four years ago in Canada, when it hung around amidst the confetti to celebrate its third world championship, the United States was the last contender to take the field in the 2019 Women's World Cup.The Americans looked like a team
[ad_1] 1:58 PM ETESPN staffThe 2019 Gold Cup begins on Saturday, June 15 as Mexico take on Cuba in Los Angeles and the U.S. kick off their campaign to defend their crown next Tuesday with a game against Guyana in Saint Paul, Minnesota. While Mexico look just fine with nothing but wins under Gerardo "Tata" Martino, the same cannot be said of the Yanks: the Gregg Berhalter regime has been
