FIFA’s scheduling committee formally recommended on Tuesday what most had been expecting for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: moving the soccer tournament from the summer to the cooler months,…
Video footage showing white fans of the English soccer club Chelsea shoving a black subway rider in Paris has revived concerns about racism in what is often labeled “the beautiful…
The killing of more than 20 soccer fans outside a Cairo stadium in a melee with security forces has revived scrutiny of police tactics in Egypt less than a month…
CAIRO — President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday called for an investigation into a confrontation with riot police officers that killed at least 25 people at the gates of a…
CAIRO — At least 25 soccer fans died on Sunday in a confrontation with the police at the gates of a stadium, morgue officials said, in the latest flash of…
A riot broke out Sunday night outside of a major soccer game in Egypt, killing at least five people as a health official said the death toll was likely to…
She’s one of the most powerful women in football after cracking one of sports’ most notorious glass ceilings, but even Mia Hamm is not immune from the demands of domestic…
LA Galaxy’s Robbie Rogers got a special shout out from President Barack Obama during the soccer team’s visit to the White House this week. Obama praised Rogers, who came out…
Billionaire Bill Gates is confident malaria will be eradicated in his lifetime. And reputable aid organizations continue to pat themselves on the backs for scaling up their efforts to provide…
David Beckham might be a soccer superstar and an international heartthrob, but that doesn’t mean he’s different from any other parent. His days are pretty hectic, and his kids get…
Sculptures of soccer players lined the entrance to Marbella Football Center in San Pedro de Alcantara, Spain.” ESTEPONA, Spain — F.C. Basel, the best soccer team in Switzerland, went to…
It’s a thriller that reads like a script from one of those Scandinavian dramas that have entranced global television audiences in recent years. A 16-year-old Norwegian soccer sensation — Martin…
Goalkeeper Hope Solo has been suspended from the U.S. women’s national team for 30 days. U.S. Soccer did not specify the reason for the suspension, announced Wednesday night. – Solo…
It was May, 2014, and the final of the AFC Challenge Cup. Eight of Asia’s lowest ranked teams had competed and the winner would qualify straight into the Asian Cup…