A crackdown on footballers time-wasting – including by feigning injury – is to make its top-flight debut this weekend.
Even with the weight of the world's every expectation on his shoulders at all times, Lionel Messi always seems to deliver.
For all of Major League Soccer's growth, for all its stated global ambition, it still lags on its own continent.
Inter Miami's ambitious quest for a Club World Cup berth came to an abrupt end as it was outclassed by Monterrey in Wednesday's CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals, exposing the gap between MLS and Liga MX.