With footy fever starting to clutch at European cities already, fans are trying on soundtracks for size, sweeping artists into viral competitions they probably didn’t even know existed. It’s summer.

Peter Schilling never thought this would happen. A song he released in 1983 has taken over the 2024 European Championship. The infectious Major Tom has risen from stadiums and soared over the fan ...

Germany's coach Julian Nagelsmann arrives at a press conference for the German National soccer team, ahead of the International Friendly soccer match against Netherlands. Arne Dedert/dpa Football fans ...

European football ruling body UEFA won't allow the Austria national team to use "L'amours toujours" as their song at the Euro 2024 in Germany, head of media Christian Wiesmayr told dpa on Saturday.

DORTMUND, Germany — "Major Tom," if he was real and not a lyrical creation of 1980s German musician Peter Schilling, would be a busy man right now. He's everywhere, the esteemed Major, lauded in ...

St. Pauli fans hold up a banner which says they fight against Nazis Stuart Franklin/Getty Images Since February 2025, part of St. Pauli’s matchday routine has been missing. Das Herz von St. Pauli, a ...

College football, more than any other American sport, is built around traditions, acts that have been repeated by fans of a particular school so many times over the years that it’s impossible to ...