Artificial football pitches - made primarily of plastic - have several significant drawbacks that make them widely unpopular at elite level. Though the surfaces have improved dramatically since ...

Artificial football pitches - made primarily of plastic - have several significant drawbacks that make them widely unpopular at elite level. Though the surfaces have improved dramatically since ...

Joao Pedro registered 26 touches of the ball against Fluminense. Of all Chelsea forwards to have started at the Club World ...

A new match ball is set to make its debut on pitches across the country. The PUMA Orbita Ultimate EFL will be used throughout the 2025/26 Sky Bet EFL season. The ball features 12 evenly sized ...

Almost 1,000 public football pitches have been lost in the UK since 2010, new research suggests. A study by the GMB union found there are hundreds of fewer local authority-owned or operated ...

Figures obtained by a freedom of information request show there were 22 council-owned or operated football pitches in North Somerset in 2009-10. By 2022-23, this had fallen to eight, a decline of 14.

Sports historian Ged O'Brien and his team say this is the site of the world's oldest football pitch, in Anworth, Kirkcudbrightshire The Scottish national football team from 1895.

Lauren James struck twice, with Ella Toone and Stanway also getting on the scoresheet to secure a 4-0 win that puts England ...