FIFA's compensation paid to clubs that release players for the men's World Cup has been increased by nearly 70% to $355 million for the 2026 and 2030 tournaments, the global football governing body and the European Club Association (ECA) said on Monday.The Club Benefits Programme affords clubs a share of national team competition revenues in return for releasing players and…

Manchester United and Wrexham have announced they will play a friendly in San Diego this summer.Erik ten Hag's team will play Wrexham, owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, at Snapdragon Stadium on July 25.- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)United said they will select a team that is "youth-focused" from the squad picked to prepare for the…

The revised bids to buy Manchester United will fall short of the Glazer family's valuation, although there is still hope a buyout can happen, sources have told ESPN.Second offers were lodged by interested parties last week, including from public bidders Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Thomas Zilliacus.- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)Sources have…

The motivation behind the mission to bring football to the Marshall Islands and obtain FIFA recognition all comes back to the love between a father and son. It's led by a group of footballing pioneers, all under the banner of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean -- the last United Nations-recognised country in the world without a national…