Women Seek $66 Million From US Soccer
Players on the U.S. women’s national team are seeking more than $66 million in damages in their gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
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Swiss Prosecutors Charge Al-Khelaifi in FIFA Bribery Case
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi was charged Thursday by Swiss federal prosecutors in connection with a wider bribery investigation linked to FIFA and World Cup television rights.
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Transgender Woman Poised to Make Argentine Soccer History
Dozens of trophies, balls and cups sit on two worn, wooden shelves in the small home in a Buenos Aires suburb of Mara Gómez, who is poised to become the first transgender woman to play professional soccer in Argentina.
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Soccer Clubs Lose Case to Force Promotion-Relegation on MLS
A long-running lawsuit looking to force promotion and relegation on to Major League Soccer has failed.
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US Judge: Claim Against Ronaldo Belongs in Arbitration
A legal fight by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo against a Nevada woman who wants more than the $375,000 she received in a rape case hush-money settlement in 2010 should be decided by an arbitrator, not in a courtroom, a U.S. magistrate judge said Tuesday.
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California Settles With Soccer Fan Over ‘Come On You Whites’ Vanity Plate
A constitutional law professor who was barred from personalizing his license plate to honor his favorite soccer club scored a victory against the DMV on Tuesday after California officials agreed to settle his free speech lawsuit.
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Colombian Soccer Star Seeks Answers on Disappeared Father
The newly appointed chief of Colombia’s army says he is willing to meet with soccer star Juan Fernando Quintero to discuss his father’s disappearance more than 20 years ago.
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Uganda: 7 Eritrean Soccer Players Disappear After Tournament
A Ugandan official says seven Eritrean soccer players have disappeared at the end of a regional tournament.
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Premier League Not Following FIFA Advice for Handling Racism
When FIFA asked every competition to enforce a three-step procedure in response to racism at matches, the English Premier League did not follow the advice.
Read moreGig Economy
A class action in superior court claims Carlsbad United FC dba LA Galaxy San Diego hires coaches for youth soccer clubs, “willfully misclassifies” them as independent contractors to duck expenses such as payroll taxes, and fired at least one of them for doing independent training and coaching, in violation of the California Labor Code.
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Sensitive China Blacks Out Soccer Match Due to Gibe
Chinese television pulled coverage of Arsenal’s Premier League match against Manchester City on Sunday after Mesut Ozil, a forward for the London club, criticized Beijing’s brutal mass crackdown on ethnic Muslims in Xinjiang.
Read moreCourt Orders Dolce & Gabbana to Pay Maradona for Illegal Use of Name
A court has ordered luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana to pay damages to soccer great Diego Maradona for using his name during a fashion show, his lawyer told AFP on Wednesday.
Read moreSpanish League Loses Court Battle, Won’t Play Match in US
The Spanish league lost another battle against the Spanish soccer federation on Friday and won’t be allowed to take a regular-season match to the United States, at least not for now.
Read moreUS Women’s Soccer Team Secures Class Status in Equal Pay Spat
The U.S. women’s soccer team secured a key ruling Friday when a federal judge in Los Angeles granted class certification in their equal pay lawsuit against the sport’s national governing body.
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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.
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