Soccer

U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe insisted that there would be little reason to meet with Trump because he would not change his mind.

London-based fans of Algeria’s association football team celebrated its win in a match in the Africa Cup of Nations by pouring into the streets of the hyper-diverse British capital to block traffic, hurl fireworks, and trash police cars.

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) went on CNN’s “New Day” on Thursday to discuss his bill that would withhold federal funding for the United States to host the 2026 men’s World Cup until the men’s and women’s national soccer teams are paid

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” network host Howard Kurtz reacted to United States women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe’s criticisms of President Donald Trump and his rhetoric. Rapinoe said in a CNN interview she was willing to go to

Wednesday at the scene of New York’s parade for the United States women’s soccer team, 2020 Democrat presidential candidate New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was asked about athletes turning down invitations to visit President Donald Trump in the

Two professors published a research paper this summer that argues that the FIFA soccer video game series promotes racism.

The French press have criticised the American team which is heading into the FIFA Women’s World Cup for association football (soccer) for being “mostly composed of white players”.

The chairman of Bradford City Women’s football club tendered his “immediate resignation” after someone complained about Facebook posts in which he suggested the Islamic burka should be banned.

Fox Sports 1 host Jason Whitlock believes the anthem protests of women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe are more “authentic” than those of anthem-kneeling former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick.

“I am a big fan of the American Team, and Women’s Soccer, but Megan should WIN first before she TALKS!” Trump wrote. “Finish the job!”

The Vatican canceled a friendly soccer match between its new women’s team and a team in Vienna, after several Austrian players staged a protest against the Catholic Church’s opposition to abortion.

Administrators of soccer’s 2022 World Cup have expressed exasperation with Iran after it reneged on promises to let female sports fans attend matches to cheer on the national team.

PARIS — Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested in relation to the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, a judicial official said Tuesday.

PARIS (AP) — Carli Lloyd had just scored on an 18-yard volley to put the United States ahead 11 minutes in against Chile. After leaping, pumping a fist and hugging teammate Lindsey Horan, she raised both hands chin high and made four tiny pitter-patter claps , the type seen more frequently at Pebble Beach than Parc des Princes.

With the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team vying for the World Cup in France this month, many are stirring the argument over the pay gap between the women’s and U.S. Men’s teams.

TEL AVIV – The international soccer governing body FIFA has launched an investigation into Palestinian soccer chief, Jibril Rajoub, for inciting terror and promoting racism.

Turkish officials launched a furious attack against Iceland on Sunday, claiming the national football team was given “disrespectful” treatment at Reykjavik airport with “racist”, “rude”, and “offensive” service allegedly meted out by local immigration officers.

The U.S. women’s national soccer team has not yet won the World Cup this year. However, that rather significant factor did not prevent one of the team’s star players from saying what she would not celebrate at the White House if they did.

LONDON (AP) — Crystal Palace’s club doctor has said he and his family were racially abused by a young child near Selhurst Park ahead of the team’s 5-3 home victory over Bournemouth on Sunday.

One of the students connected to the alleged college admissions bribe scandal may have played on UCLA’s championship runner-up women’s soccer team without any soccer experience.

A Yale soccer coach that was named as a participant in the college bribery scam by the DOJ after he allegedly forced his players to write his graduate school papers.

Players for the U.S. women’s national team have filed a federal class-action lawsuit seeking equal pay to their male counterparts.

“He actually plays a lot of soccer. He’s liking soccer,” Trump said. “And a lot of people, including me, thought soccer would probably never make it in this country, but it really is moving forward rapidly.”

A female coach in one of Germany’s top soccer leagues scoffed at “women’s empowerment,” by joking that she selects her male players “on penis length.”

Populist Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has slammed Saudi Arabia, the host of the Italian football Super Cup, for not allowing single women to attend the match without a man accompanying them.

Iran’s largest stadium has been given the go-ahead to host the women’s national football team in a match for the first time since the Islamic revolution, however men will be strictly barred from attendance.

The “strongest possible action” against any Chelsea F.C. supporters found to have joined an anti-Semitic chant in Budapest has been promised by club management, days after four fans were suspended for viciously abusing Raheem Sterling.

Brazilian footballer Rafinha was forced to apologise on social media after being slammed by critics for wearing an ‘Arab Bomber’ costume for Halloween this week.

Soccer players have been known to flop, faking injuries in order to get the officials to give them favorable calls. However, there was no faking the injury that befell a Scottish league soccer player on Sunday.

LEICESTER, England (AP) – A helicopter belonging to Leicester City’s owner – Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha -crashed in flames in a carpark next to the soccer club’s stadium shortly after it took off from the field following a Premier League game on Saturday night.