Soccer

Chants of “F*ck ICE!” and banners calling for the immigration enforcement agency’s abolition, could be seen and heard at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, as MLS fans registered their discontent with immigration raids in L.A. last week.

France saw a record number of arrests following a major sporting event after deadly scenes broke out following Paris Saint-Germain’s victory over Inter Milan in the Champions League final on Saturday.

More than a dozen fans broke out in a massive brawl in the stands at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium during Saturday’s Los Angeles Galaxy and San Diego FC soccer game.

CLAIM: Multiple reports of dubious sourcing surfaced this weekend claiming that the Islamist government of Saudi Arabia had decided to end its 73-year ban on alcohol sales and consumption in anticipation of hosting the 2034 FIFA World Cup.

Men will no longer be able to play in women’s football in England from 1 June, the Football Association (FA) announced Thursday.

Former MLS star Aaron Boupendza — a part of FC Cincinnati’s win in the Supporters’ Shield in 2023 —  died Wednesday after reportedly falling from the 11th floor balcony of a building in China. He was 28.

Police sources say a youth soccer coach accused of killing a teenage victim in Lancaster, California, on March 28 is an illegal alien.

San Diego FC, a member franchise of Major League Soccer (MLS), plans to dramatically increase its security apparatus to counter anti-gay chants made famous by Mexican soccer fans.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Friday created a task force for the FIFA World Cup, the world’s most revered soccer competition, which will be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico in 2026.

American soccer star Brian White took a subtle shot at Canadian fans who booed the U.S. anthem before his Vancouver Whitecaps battled the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday night.

A huge brawl broke out on the field in Wisconsin during an arena soccer league game on Tuesday between Milwaukee and Tacoma.

Luca Meixner, a 22-year-old soccer player for the German club team SSV Reutlingen 05, has passed away “unexpectedly,” the club announced on Saturday.

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) goalie Gianluigi Donnarumma suffered a vicious facial wound after getting kicked directly in the face during PSG’s clash against Monaco.

British soccer player Marc Guehi is speaking out after he was reprimanded for writing “I Love Jesus” on an armband he wore.

Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi has learned his fate for daring having written “I love Jesus” on the LGBTQ rainbow armband.

Ex-soccer star Megan Rapinoe is defending Zambian soccer player Barbra Banda who recently got caught up in a controversy over testosterone.

So-called “high-risk” match between France and Israel saw scuffles and protests but thanks to a major police operation little violence. 

Israelis in Europe warned to “categorically avoid” being visibly Jewish, yet finding an match to watch is becoming increasingly difficult.

Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transportation a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam.

Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has condemned what appeared to be an organized, widespread targeted attack by anti-Israel rioters in Amsterdam on Thursday night, branding it a “pogrom” on the streets of the capital.

Controversy struck a Spanish women’s soccer team after two bearded players transitioning from female to male appeared in their last game.

A Catholic girls’ soccer team in New Hampshire refused to play a game against a team with a transgender opponent, even though state law prohibits male players from participating in girls’ sports.

Uruguayan footballer Juan Izquierdo collapsed on the field during a match in Brazil last Thursday and was pronounced dead on Tuesday.

Ryan Gunsauls, a 32-year-old former volunteer firefighter and police dispatcher, has been indicted on charges that he allegedly sexted and molested children, some as young as 11 years old, while serving as a youth soccer coach in New Jersey.

Soccer fans are once again causing major problems, this time for the 2024 Olympics as a game between Morocco and Argintina was suspended.

Law enforcement authorities have identified over 7,000 people who stormed the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, for the Copa América soccer tournament final this month, the Qatari outlet BeIN Media reported on Tuesday, and many may face fines, prison, or even deportation.

Argentine President Javier Milei fired a sports undersecretary who urged Lionel Messi to apologize for a racist song controversy.

The French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Tuesday that it will file a legal complaint before the global FIFA soccer authority over “racist and discriminatory” chants by Argentina’s national soccer team that went viral on social media.

The final of the Copa América, the world’s oldest soccer tournament, on Sunday night was marred by criminal chaos as mobs of thousands of people stormed the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, overwhelming security and barreling into the venue without tickets.

Members of Uruguay’s national soccer team engaged in a physical altercation with fans of their rival Colombia on Wednesday in a North Carolina stadium.

Police in Germany shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe hours before the Euro 2024 soccer tournament.

The president of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world’s largest global soccer organization, issued a message of condolence on Monday following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

Retired soccer player Megan Rapinoe and her partner Sue Bird are working on a TV series about lesbian soccer players.

High school soccer players did not get to play a game on Sunday because a group of migrants allegedly took over the field in the East Harlem area of New York City.

Two dozen young women have quit an Australian soccer league after officials allowed one team to add five transgender athletes.

BERLIN (AP) — The German soccer federation and Adidas have stopped the sale of Germany jerseys with the number 44 because of a resemblance to the logo of the Nazi Party’s notorious SS paramilitary units.