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Lionel Messi, one of the world’s most celebrated footballers, arrived in Egypt this week as part of a government campaign to resurrect the medical tourism industry, a vital source of revenue that has dwindled since the 2011 Arab Spring revolution and the political instability that ensued.

A group of 46 soccer players has been cautioned after sporting “unethical hair” as determined under United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA) guidelines. Some Islamic teachings ban ‘Qaza’ hairstyles, where only part of the head is shaved, and the UAE is determined players in its leagues should follow strictly-enforced hairstyling guidelines.

Egypt has added Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the most successful African soccer players of his generation, to its terror watch list on suspicions he financed the banned Muslim Brotherhood, his lawyer said Tuesday.

The Rwandan soccer federation has banned witchcraft in soccer matches following a crazy incident in a match earlier this month between Mukura Victory Sports and Rayon Sport. Rayon Sport striker Moussa Camara, whose team was losing 1-0, is seen in the

The four British soccer federations were fined Monday by FIFA for displaying poppies at World Cup qualifying matches in November to honor their war dead.

JERUSALEM – An Israel-Spain World Cup qualifying match will be played in the northern Spanish city of Gijon, prompting outrage among Israeli officials because of city’s blanket boycott of Israel.

Fifa has opened disciplinary proceedings against England and Scotland for displaying poppies on their kits during a World Cup qualifier on Armistice Day.

British soccer team Liverpool Football Club, one of the most prestigious teams in the world, has suggested that Israel sign a sponsorship package which will see an Israeli logo featured on giant billboards in the stadium of Anfield as well as on the sleeves of the shirts worn by the players.

Four people were arrested in Albania on suspicion of plotting to place bombs at a soccer match between the Israeli and Albanian national teams, scheduled for the weekend.

The Egypt Football Association uncovered a plan by extremist local fans to attack Ghana national soccer team’s Israeli coach Avram Grant during a November 13 FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Egypt.

People will say we simply have to accept that the worlds of politics and sports are forever entwined. Though, this might take that a bit too far.

Israel Police on Sunday arrested the coach of the eastern Jerusalem-based Hilal Al-Quds soccer team, which last week honored terrorist Mesbah Abu Sabih, who murdered two Israelis in a terrorist attack at the Ammunition Hill light rail station in Jerusalem.

A Palestinian soccer team’s players have posed for a photograph with a banner praising the Palestinian attacker behind this week’s deadly shooting in Jerusalem and calling him a “martyr” and a “hero.”

Bayer 04 Leverkusen is an established force in German soccer that sees a strong future not just in Europe but increasingly in the crowded U.S. sports market.

British soccer player Andre Gray has been suspended and fined after an investigation into “abusive and insulting” as well as homophobic tweets he posted in 2012.

According to a report from Iraqi News, the Islamic State staged the public execution of six youths from a “resistance faction” in Mosul by handcuffing them and then killing them with a welding machine, before a large crowd of onlookers.

Israeli fans who traveled to Italy to watch soccer team Hapoel Beersheba play in the UEFA cup against Italian powerhouse Inter Milan were blocked from entering the stadium by a pro-Palestinian protest on Thursday.

After much talk over the high security risks at Thursday nights Europa League soccer match between St. Etienne and Beitar Jerusalem in France Beitar supporters arrived to the stadium to find they were not allowed to enter with Israeli flags, Israeli sports news website One reported.

The first openly gay player in Major League Soccer alleges that an opponent hurled anti-homosexual slurs at him on the field.

JAFFA, Israel – The Scottish football team Celtic Glasgow has won praise after its fans flew Palestinian flags during a Champions League match against Israel’s Hapoel Beersheba on Wednesday, in which the Israeli team was defeated 5 to 2. Hamas

Celtic are facing disciplinary action after fans defied the club by unfurling Palestinian flags when the team took on an Israeli team in the Champions League.

Malaysia has relinquished the rights to host the 2017 FIFA Congress, a sports official said Monday after the predominantly Muslim country refused to issue visas to Israeli delegates.

When Celtic play Hapoel Beer-Sheva of Israel in the playoff round for the Champions League group stages, it will in the most southernly stadium in UEFA’s history.

A North African football team has been sent home from the Gothia World Youth Cup tournament in Sweden after members sexually assaulted three teenagers at the event’s opening ceremony.

For the first time in five years, an NFL franchise is more valuable than the usual soccer juggernauts of Europe. The Dallas Cowboys now lead the world with an overall value of $4 billion despite their championship drought. Forbes’ annual

TEL AVIV – As Qatar gears up to host the World Cup 2022, the Egyptian Al-Watan daily has accused the Gulf country of hatching a “wicked plot” together with the Muslim Brotherhood to destroy Egypt’s soccer teams.

Monday on ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption,” co-host Mike Wilbon reacted to England’s national soccer team losing 2-1 to underdog Iceland, calling it the country’s “worst day since Brexit.” “Let me spend a few seconds instead of piling on England more,

The Premier League season of 2016/17 promises to be gripping, enthralling, and well-played from beginning to end. In short, it will be everything 2015/16 was not.

A top Russian soccer official in Moscow praised the hundreds of Russian soccer fans who rampaged through the streets in two French towns wrecking havoc and attacking fans of rival teams. The official complimented the rowdy fans for “defending the honor” of Mother Russia.

An internationally known Iranian goalkeeper was banned for six months from Iran’s national soccer team, the Tehran-based Persepolis Football Club, after an image surfaced of him wearing a pair of yellow “SpongeBob SquarePants” trousers, inspired by the American animated TV series of the same name.

The investigation into corruption at the top of FIFA, the governing body of international soccer, alleges that officials entered into a “coordinated effort to enrich themselves through annual salary increases” to the tune of upwards to $80 million over the last five years they held their positions.

Australia’s national women’s soccer team – hotly tipped for a medal at the Rio Olympics – has  been thrashed 7-0 by a team of under-15-year-old boys. Students at Yale University have petitioned their English Department for a change of curriculum. They

(AFP) – English football’s financial might was demonstrated anew on Thursday as business analysts Deloitte revealed that England’s 92 professional clubs generated record £4 billion ($5.8 billion, 5.2 billion euros) revenues in 2014-15. Fired by the all-powerful Premier League, which

(AFP) – Looming strikes on trains and planes are threatening to bring chaos to France less than two weeks before Euro 2016 kicks off, with unions standing firm Monday in demanding that controversial labour reforms are scrapped. As the head

New York sports radio talker Mike Francesa is admittedly no fan of the sport of soccer, and he didn’t let that disdain temper his criticism of Sports Illustrated for spending too many pages covering soccer’s Copa América tournament.

A video game created by students at Champlain College in 2010 is now being played around the world to teach children about healthy attitudes towards girls and women.