Soccer

Parents of benched US soccer star tried to blackmail coach into playing son at World Cup

Jack Birle · January 4, 2023 10:44 pm

Cristiano Ronaldo signs for Saudi Club Al-Nassr at $75 million per year

Luke Gentile · December 30, 2022 8:35 pm

Los Angeles Rams Quarterback Matthew Stafford after winning Super Bowl LVI in Inglewood, California, Olympic Gold Medalist Chloe Kim (USA) after winning the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, and Lionel Messi (ARG) after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Year in Review: The six biggest sports stories of 2022

Jack Birle · December 30, 2022 6:00 pm

Brazil's soccer legend Pele greets the crowd ahead of a Spanish league soccer match, in the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Jan. 16, 2005. Pele, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82.

Pele dead: Brazilian World Cup legend dies from cancer battle at age 82

Cami Mondeaux · December 29, 2022 6:57 pm

Family of Iranian soccer legend who supported protests not allowed to leave

Luke Gentile · December 27, 2022 10:36 pm

Pele’s family gathers at hospital in Sao Paulo

Associated Press · December 24, 2022 11:41 pm

FIFA launches investigation into Salt Bae’s ‘undue’ field access

Luke Gentile · December 22, 2022 8:58 pm

World Cup 2022: Topless Argentina fans avoid jail time after explicit celebration in stands

Jack Birle · December 21, 2022 4:15 pm

America is not ‘an extraordinarily racist country’

America is not ‘an extraordinarily racist country’

Dan Hannan · December 19, 2022 6:46 am

Elon Musk spotted with Jared Kushner at World Cup final

Brady Knox · December 18, 2022 8:56 pm

Supporters cheer on the stands before the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between the Netherlands and the United States at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. At a World Cup that has become a political lightning rod, it comes as no surprise that soccer fansâ sartorial style has sparked controversy. At the first World Cup in the Middle East, fans from around the world have refashioned traditional Gulf Arab headdresses and thobes.

World Cup 2022: Soccer continues to make inroads in the US

Jack Birle · December 18, 2022 11:00 am

How the World Cup will be different next time

Conn Carroll · December 18, 2022 11:00 am