North Korea Holds South Korea to 0-0 in World Cup Qualifier
North Korea held South Korea to a 0-0 draw Tuesday in a World Cup qualifying soccer match, though it is unclear how many people saw the game in Pyongyang.
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Iran Women Freely at FIFA Soccer Match, 1st Time in Decades
Thousands of flag-draped Iranian women cheered, blew horns and celebrated inside a Tehran stadium Thursday as they watched the first FIFA soccer match they’ve been allowed to freely attend in decades.
Read moreUS Soccer’s Pay Math Blasted by Women’s Team
Current members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team could have earned millions of dollars in compensation over the last five years if they’d been paid under the structure for the men’s national team, according to court papers they filed Monday.
Read moreSoccer Antitrust
Relevent Sports sued the U.S. Soccer Federation in a federal antitrust complaint, claiming it conspired with the sport’s international governing body, FIFA, to boycott professional soccer clubs that have not been sanctioned by the federation.
Read moreSoccer Fan Scores One in Quest for Banned License Plate
California denied a professor’s request to stamp “COYW” – “Come On You Whites” – on his license plate to honor his favorite English soccer club, saying the phrase violated “good taste and decency.” On Thursday, a federal judge said the Golden State must face claims the denial violated free speech protections.
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High Arsenic Levels Found at Miami Soccer Stadium Site
Threatening to derail the project, an environmental analysis found arsenic contamination more than double the legal limit at the site of David Beckham’s proposed $1 billion Major League Soccer complex in Miami.
Read moreProsecutor: Cristiano Ronaldo Won’t Face Vegas Rape Charge
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo won’t face criminal charges after a woman accused him of raping her at a Las Vegas Strip resort in 2009.
Read moreSenators Propose Equal Pay Bill for US Athletes
Every sports federation or governing body in the U.S. would be required to implement an equal pay policy for their athletes under a bill introduced Wednesday by two Democratic senators.
Read moreUS Wins 4th World Cup Title, 2nd in a Row, Beats Dutch 2-0
The United States women’s soccer team was as good as American players promised — maybe even better.
Especially Megan Rapinoe, the pink-haired captain who emerged with the Golden Ball as top player, the Golden Boot as top scorer and a world-wide stature as a champion for gender equity.
On the Eve of the World Cup Final, Rapinoe Calls Out FIFA
Megan Rapinoe called out FIFA on the eve of the Women’s World Cup title match. Her criticism Saturday ranged from the gap in prize money between the men and women, to scheduling that put the World Cup final on the same day as the Gold Cup final in the United States and the Copa America final in Brazil. Rapinoe and the United States play the Netherlands on Sunday for the championship.
Read moreFormer France Soccer Great Arrested in 2022 World Cup Probe
Former UEFA president Michel Platini denied wrongdoing during police questioning Tuesday following his arrest as part of a corruption probe into the vote that gave the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
Read moreUEFA Investigators Send Manchester City Case to Judges
Manchester City’s possible one-year ban from the Champions League is in the hands of a panel of independent judges.
Read moreEU Court Sinks Unsanctioned Neymar Trademark
A Portuguese man acted in bad faith by trying to trademark the name of Brazil’s Neymar while also claiming that he did not grasp the soccer player’s stardom, the European General Court ruled Tuesday.
Read moreQatar Blames World Cup Shake-Up on Banking Conspiracy
Expected now to share 2022 World Cup hosting duties with multiple Gulf nations, the government of Qatar filed a lawsuit Monday that says it fell victim to financial warfare.
Read moreHertha the Bear
The German soccer club Hertha bestowed its name, and a monogrammed ball to match, Tuesday on the 4-month-old polar bear that is stealing hearts at Berlin’s Tierpark zoo.
Read moreFormer Yale Coach Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scandal
A former women’s soccer coach at Yale University pleaded guilty Thursday to taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for pretending applicants were recruits to boost their chances of getting into the school.
Read moreFIFA Bribery Testimony Haunts Televisa in Class Action
When he implicated six FIFA media partners in 2017, a cooperating witness in the corruption scandal brought legal trouble to the doors of the largest mass-media company in the Spanish-speaking world.
Read moreWomen’s National Soccer Team Players Sue for Equal Pay
With just months to go before the Women’s World Cup in France, all 28 members of the current U.S. women’s soccer team sued their national governing body Friday – International Women’s Day – claiming years of gender discrimination and inequitable pay.
Read moreEU Court Nixes Tax Ruling Against Spanish Soccer Clubs
Considered the best soccer club in the world, F.C. Barcelona persuaded the European General Court on Tuesday to annul a finding that Spain’s tax scheme benefitted it unfairly.
Read moreFIFA Bans Chelsea From Signing Players Through Next Season
Chelsea was banned by FIFA on Friday from signing players until the 2020 offseason transfer window for breaching rules covering youngsters.
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