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Argentine goalkeeper Leandro Requena appears to be set to have made the longest goal in soccer history after Saturday’s game in Chile.

An enraged soccer fan rushed out onto the field and took a swipe at Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrović in an act that shocked the stadium.

A soccer referee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) found himself under attack over the weekend after more than a dozen members of a women’s soccer team chased and beat him following a controversial call.

Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, has died in the earthquake in Turkey. He was 31.

Woke U.S. women’s soccer star Alex Morgan has now threatened to boycott states that ban biological males from competing alongside women. 

Belgian soccer goalie Arne Espeel collapsed on the field Saturday and died after stopping a penalty kick. He was only 25.

Reports circulating this week that Visit Saudi, the official tourism board of Saudi Arabia, would sponsor the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup prompted an eruption of outrage in the soccer world and a loud protest on Wednesday by host nations Australia and New Zealand that they were not involved in the approval process.

An Australian A-League soccer game erupted in chaos when fans flooded the field and attacked players with a metal bucket and road flares.

The international soccer organization FIFA confirmed on Thursday that it had launched an investigation into Turkish celebrity chef Nusret Gökçe, popularly known as “Salt Bae.”

A woman convicted of sexual assault against a man at a football match has avoided being jailed despite her victim requesting she be given equal treatment.

World Cup celebrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Tuesday attracted millions of people and left “unimaginable” damage in their wake, government officials said.

Following the French loss in the World Cup on Sunday, riots broke out across parts of the country, leading to 227 arrests. 

Video went viral on Sunday showing French soccer star Kylian Mbappe appearing to ignore President Emmanuel Macron.

Football Australia has vowed to take strong and swift action with harsh punishments after an A-League soccer match between rivals Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory was abandoned Saturday after fans invaded the field and attacked City goalkeeper Tom Glover.

A teenage boy was killed after being run over by a car as riots broke out following France’s victory over Morocco in the World Cup.

So many journalists have died at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar that the global soccer organization announced on Tuesday it had reserved areas in its media centers for condolence books to honor the dead.

FIFPRO responded with outrage upon learning that Iranian player Amir Nasr-Azadani faces a possible death sentence.

The embassy of Poland in France has warned Polish nationals to avoid large crowds in urban areas during the evening of the upcoming World Cup match between France and Morocco due to safety concerns. The Polish embassy released a statement

Moroccans rioted on the streets of Paris in the wake of their country’s win over Portugal in Qatar at the World Cup.

A vice president of the European Parliament was arrested in connection to a corruption case involving the Islamist government of Qatar.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited Qatar on Monday, meeting with the nation’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and congratulating the country on hosting the FIFA World Cup, the world’s most prestigious soccer tournament.

Like all good pageant contestants, Nazaa’a displayed not only dazzling beauty but also poise and grace. Nazaa’a, mind you, is a camel.

Presenters on a Qatari sports network mocked Germany’s early exit from the World Cup by covering their mouths and waving goodbye.

The international soccer organization FIFA claimed in a statement on Wednesday that it had intervened to prevent officials in Qatar from seizing “permitted items” from fans entering stadiums, a message interpreted to mean that fans will now be allowed to bring LGBT messages and anti-Iran banners into the games.

Iranians took to the streets to celebrate the United States beating their country in the World Cup tournament on Tuesday.

Socialist regional Venezuelan Gov. Rafael Lacava published an outlandish video this weekend depicting a CGI soccer match pitting himself and socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro against “angelic” depictions of former socialist dictator Hugo Chávez and Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona, both of whom are dead.

The head of a top Qatari government agency admitted this week to “between 400 and 500” worker deaths during the construction of facilities for the FIFA World Cup — a much larger figure than the 40 the Islamist regime had admitted to in the past.

The captain of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team (USMNT) had a perfectly classy response to a troll Iranian reporter.

Arab soccer fans in Qatar are ensuring their Israeli counterparts know their place at the first World Cup in the Middle East, by refusing to interview with Israeli journalists, heckling, and in some cases, even resorting to violence.

Iranian media confirmed the arrest on Thursday of one of the country’s most prominent soccer stars, the ethnic Kurdish player Voria Ghafouri, for supporting the ongoing anti-regime protests across the country.

Louis van Gaal, head coach of the Netherlands national soccer team, made a sweet proposition to his wife, Truus, on the practice field Tuesday, which was caught on camera by reporters.

Pro-regime publications in Iran excused the poor performance of its soccer team in its FIFA World Cup debut with multiple articles on Tuesday blaming the anti-Islamist protest movement that has rallied unabated for months for waging “psychological warfare” against the players.

A bizarre scene unfolded in Kerala, India, as mobs of fanatics of the Argentine and Brazilian soccer teams brawled with sticks and iron bars in a cemetery near a FIFA World Cup event, reports detailed on Monday.

The head of Israel’s Military Intelligence on Monday said Iran was considering an attack on the World Cup in Qatar, as it grows desperate in the face of a “civilian rebellion” at home.

The Iranian national soccer team defied its theocratic rulers on Monday by refusing to sing the “national anthem” at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland have backed down on wearing LGBT armbands at the Qatar World Cup.