French emergency services carried out terrorist attack simulation exercises on Monday at selected fan zones and venues two months ahead of the 2016 European Championships. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and Health Minister Marisol Touraine both assisted at the exercise at
On Thursday, five top players on the U.S. women’s soccer team filed a wage discrimination lawsuit against the team saying they are not being paid what they are worth. Now team officials have fired back a response strongly refuting the charges.
Five members of the World Cup and Olympic champion U.S. women’s soccer team have filed a wage discrimination lawsuit against team officials, according to court documents.
After President Obama let slip that his daughters were hoping to meet soccer star Lionel Messi, the player said even though the meeting didn’t work out he’d be “proud” to meet Obama and his family.
A group of men who appear to be organizers of today’s massive Anti-Donald Trump rally in New York City are thrilled they were captured saying they believed CNN’s coverage of the event was “great” because it made the chaotic protest that lead to dozens of clashes with the police out to be “nonviolent.”
The former head of international soccer’s governing body has filed an appeal to have his six-year suspension from the sport reversed.
A so-called “antifascist” group that supports illegal immigration is planning a rally against GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump this Saturday in New York City, the same day that a Black Lives Matter affiliated group that also supports illegal immigration is planning a rally in Phoenix, Arizona.
Danish sportswear company Hummel has designed a soccer jersey with a hijab for the Afghan women’s team so they can play the game while observing their faith.
A FIFA official has pleaded guilty to taking bribes, money laundering, and wire fraud in a far-reaching investigation that has resulted in indictments for 40 soccer officials.
Despite his candidate not receiving the final nod, U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati praised the newly elected FIFA president as a man “committed to reform.”
The pro European Union (EU) political elite are being very quiet about what might happen to national identity, as they really do not want anger sports fans. But just as they’re keeping quiet about forthcoming regulation, and just as there was
European football’s governing body is set to penalise a Lokomotiv Moscow football player after he revealed a t-shirt depicting Vladimir Putin during a match in Turkey. Dmitri Tarasov caused considerable anger in Turkey after revealing the t-shirt, which shows a
U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo said the Zika outbreak in Brazil could keep her out of the Summer Olympics in August.
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s Sydney Leroux has announced that an unexpected, but blessed, event will keep her off the field during the upcoming 2016 Olympics in Rio.
The Raiders football organization is at a crossroads, and one influential radio host is suggesting that the team move from its home in Oakland to California’s capital city, Sacramento.
CNN released an interview on its YouTube page Friday with retired United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) star Abby Wambach conducted by network host Poppy Harlow. Wambach, the leading scorer in the history of international soccer, retired at the end of 2015
the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League filed a lawsuit against the city to stop the NFL from turning the lush, green fields next to Levi’s Stadium into a media base for Super Bowl 50.
While the rest of Europe hibernates over the Christmas holiday period, England indulges in an orgy of football, with Boxing Day the highlight of this secular and often maligned tradition. With barely any time to digest the Christmas turkey, teams
United States men’s national team midfielder Mix Diskerud, a Norwegian native, is striking back at famed soccer star Abby Wambach’s criticism that U.S. soccer has too many “foreign guys” imported into the sport.
Abby Wambach, one of America’s biggest soccer stars, retired from the American national team with a bang on Wednesday, slamming U.S. men’s coach Jurgen Klinsmann for for bringing too many “foreign guys” into American soccer. On the field, she left with more of a whimper in a 1-0 loss to China in the Superdome.
US authorities are investigating evidence indicating FIFA’s suspended president Sepp Blatter knew about $100 million (92 million euros) in bribes paid to former members of the football body, a BBC report said Sunday. The BBC investigation alleges that sports marketing
The Swiss government announced that two FIFA officials were detained in Zurich Thursday, confirming reports of new arrests in the broadening FIFA scandal, and said the pair were suspected of taking millions of dollars in bribes. “The high-ranking FIFA officials
English football fans took to the streets of London over the weekend to celebrate the ‘evaporation’ of ISIS’s chief executioner, Mohammed Emwazi, widely known as Jihadi John. “Jihadi John he’s f*cking dead, he had a bomb dropped on his head”,
The president of the Chilean soccer federation abruptly took a “medical leave” this week and flew to the U.S. to serve as an FBI informant into FIFA corruption, sources say.
Fans of Turkey’s national soccer team booed during the one minute of silence for the victims of the Paris attacks at the beginning of a match against Greece on Tuesday. The minute of silence was observed throughout European leagues to
On Tuesday Police evacuated the soccer stadium in Hanover hosting a contest between Holland and Germany because a “suspicious object was found inside” reported the Guardian.
The Britain-based Premier League is revamping its security measures as a result of the attacks at the Stade de France that was part of a series of attacks that killed over 100 in Paris.
Reports are coming in from Paris on Friday afternoon of a shootout at a restaurant, and an explosion in a bar near the Stade de France stadium, where a soccer game between France and Germany was in progress. Multiple fatalities have been reported at the restaurant.
The New England Revolution’s all-time leading goal scorer red-carded three University of Massachusetts-Boston players who ridiculed him on Twitter for embracing litigation-forced rule changes to youth soccer that eliminate heading for under tens and limit them for older players.
NEW YORK (AP) — A Brazilian FIFA official who was a key organizer of the 2014 World Cup in his home country pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to U.S. charges stemming from a sprawling bribery case that has scandalized the soccer world.
While addressing the reigning Women’s Gold Cup winners at the White House Tuesday, President Barack Obama praised the United States Women’s National Team for their victory, as well as for being the most ever watched soccer match, men’s or women’s, in
Milan (AFP) – A former Serie B player with links to a “gypsy gang” that placed illegal bets on Asian betting networks has revealed how he corrupted up to 60 professional players before being snared by police wire taps. Carlo
Police arrested 34 people Saturday evening after Mexico’s soccer team defeated the United States 3-2 at the Rose Bowl, earning a spot in the 2017 Confederations Cup.
One would not normally think of Iran as a leader in trans-gendered progressive ideology, but when officials began poking around beneath the Islamic head scarves and long-sleeved jerseys worn by players on the Iranian women’s soccer team, they were surprised to discover that most of the players were – to use the hetero-normative language of the obsolete patriarchy – men.
Fox Sports’ soccer account tweeted out a video Friday hyping up the October 10 matchup between the United States Men’s National Team and Mexico’s National team. The video uses some of GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s nicer comments regarding Mexicans as
One question remains about President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran now that congressional members of his party refused to vote down a terrible agreement: Will Tehran honor it?
Brazilian referee Gabriel Murta was officiating an amateur soccer match between Brumadinho and Amantes da Bola when he whipped out a handgun after being allegedly kicked and punched by a player. The referee, also a policeman, must go through a psychological assessment before he
Upsetting millions of Brazilians two years ago, soccer star Neymar jumped from Brazil to Spain to play for Barcelona. Now a Brazilian court is taking a shot of its own by charging that Neymar didn’t declare all his businesses, income, and assets and owes the nation of his birth millions in taxes.
China has the fastest growing economy in the world, standing second only to the US as a financial powerhouse. Its wealth is building exponentially and the Asian giant is sufficiently advanced to have a space exploration program of its own. Still,
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s regressive culture is on display again as one of the country’s best female soccer players has been forced by her husband to stay in the country.
