So much still frustrates the man at the forefront of eradicating discrimination from English soccer. While teams are more diverse, there remains a distinct lack of black and ethnic minority coaches and executives in positions of power.
Read moreEgypt goalkeeper Essam El Hadary is retiring from the national team after becoming the oldest man to play in a World Cup match.
Read moreIn his latest dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief reports (rants) from his couch about soccer and geopolitics at the World Cup.
Read moreThe 12 boys and their soccer coach who were rescued from a cave in northern Thailand have appeared at a news conference, entering to applause from the media and classmates.
Read moreIn a stadium packed with presidents watching the World Cup final, no one had as much fun as Emmanuel Macron.
Read moreWith finalists for the 2018 World Cup ready to face off this weekend, a new study released Wednesday sheds light on the cumulative impacts “heading” the soccer ball has on the neurological functions of players.
Read moreRescuers punched a hole into the side of a mountain on Thursday in a desperate attempt to drain rising water from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been missing for five days.
Read moreRussian women and visiting World Cup soccer fans: be fruitful and multiply.
After a lawmaker caused a backlash on social media by advising Russian women against getting involved with foreign soccer fans, one of her colleagues is urging love and procreation during the tournament.
Read moreNorth America will host the 2026 World Cup after FIFA voters overwhelmingly opted for the financial and logistical certainty of a United States-led bid over a risky Moroccan proposal for the first 48-team tournament.
Read morePeru captain Paolo Guerrero was cleared Thursday by a Swiss supreme court judge to play at the World Cup despite a doping ban.
Read moreAn Ohio judge gave Columbus Crew fans hope Tuesday that they can keep the soccer team in their city by issuing a 90-day hold on legal proceedings against the team’s owners, opening the door for investors interested in buying the team to submit offers under seal.
Read moreFIFA’s ethics committee has banned top Brazilian soccer official Marco Polo del Nero for life for bribery and corruption.
Read moreReinstating a trademark for Lionel Messi, the European General Court found Thursday that the soccer star is famous enough that his name wouldn’t be confused with a similar-sounding brand.
Read moreA court in Switzerland has sentenced a 34-year-old youth soccer coach to life in prison for the brutal slayings of four people that shocked the country.
Read moreIn an attempt to keep a Major League Soccer franchise in Columbus, the city and Ohio filed a lawsuit claiming the league and team are subject to a state law imposing restrictions on sports owners who use taxpayer money.
Read moreThough hope remains for a second-half turnaround, the Second Circuit refused Friday to make the U.S. Soccer Federation reinstate a Division II men’s league.
Read moreA men’s soccer league that just lost its Division II sanction hit the president of the U.S. Soccer Federation with civil corruption claims Tuesday.
Read moreLos Angeles is flirting with the idea of hosting the 2026 World Cup soccer tournament, ahead of its hosting duties for the Summer Olympics in 2028.
Read moreFIFA has made no attempt to contact Russian doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov to gain information about “many” footballers embroiled in the widespread conspiracy by the 2018 World Cup host nation, according to his lawyer.
Read moreA federal jury acquitted a Peruvian former soccer official Tuesday morning after deliberating on his case separately, a holiday weekend after it convicted his two co-defendants in the FIFA bribery scandal.
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