Soccer

FILE - In this Sunday, July 13, 2014 file photo, German players reach out to touch the trophy after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Morocco will bid to host the 2026 World Cup, giving a joint bid from North America some competition. The Morocco Football Federation announced its intention to bid on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017 the deadline for countries to express their interest.

Beltway Confidential

No, Congress shouldn’t endorse Qatar’s crazy World Cup

Tom Rogan · December 11, 2018 7:30 pm

Saudi Arabia's Salem Aldawsari, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's second goal during the group A match between Saudi Arabia and Egypt at the 2018 soccer World Cup at the Volgograd Arena in Volgograd, Russia, Monday, June 25, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Jamal Khashoggi stood for something and sacrificed everything — yet Nike stands with Saudi Arabia

Angela Morabito · October 18, 2018 4:33 pm

D.C. United forward Wayne Rooney celebrates his first MLS goal during the first half of a soccer match against the Colorado Rapids in Washington, Saturday, July 28, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

I ran into Wayne Rooney in DC. It was insightful

Tom Rogan · September 4, 2018 5:13 pm

President Donald Trump holds up a red card during a meeting with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, center, and United States Soccer Federation president Carlos Cordeiro, left, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, in Washington.

Trump jokingly gives media a soccer red penalty card

Diana Stancy Correll · August 28, 2018 7:51 pm

If Trump raised the anti-abortion banner above the White House shortly after taking office, he just ran it even higher up the proverbial flagpole. (AP Photo/Jocelyn Gecker)

Beltway Confidential

Trump should have read FIFA the riot act

Tom Rogan · August 28, 2018 6:23 pm

A match is pictured in the early 1900s between Heart of Midlothian and Celtic football clubs in the United Kingdom.

Beltway Confidential

The beautiful game and the Great War: ‘A Bigger Field Awaits Us’ by Andrew Beaujon

Jason Russell · August 18, 2018 4:00 am

Comedian-Americans

The Scrapbook · July 27, 2018 5:24 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, gives a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump, left, during a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018.

Putin’s gift to Trump could contain transmitter chip

Katelyn Caralle · July 25, 2018 5:54 pm

Construction occurs on Audi Field, the new D.C. United stadium for Major League Soccer, at Buzzard Point near Nationals Park in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Sports stadium subsidies continue unabated, despite no good justification

adam-kazda and Curtis Kalin · July 22, 2018 4:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during his visit the Kaliningrad Stadium in Kaliningrad, Russia.

Russia could use World Cup facilities to host 2032 Summer Olympics: State media

Anna Giaritelli · July 20, 2018 4:21 pm

Coach" Ake" Ekkapol Janthawong, left, speaks on behalf of the 12 boys and himself and their cave rescue during a press conference discussing their ordeal in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. The 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued after being trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand are recovering well and are eager to eat their favorite comfort foods after their expected discharge from a hospital soon.

Thai soccer team speaks publicly for first time since being rescued from flooded cave

Katelyn Caralle · July 18, 2018 2:53 pm

Beltway Confidential

Stop saying the French World Cup team was really African

Louis Sarkozy · July 18, 2018 10:27 am