(Deadspin) – Good news broke today, and that news is that Switzerland has opened a criminal investigation against Sepp Blatter, the current FIFA president who just...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Five members of the women’s soccer team at a private Christian university in Washington state were suspended for one match Wednesday after...
(BBC) – Australian Football League (AFL) star Adam Goodes says he is taking time off, as a row over racism in the game shows no sign...
EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A group of scientists checked a decade’s worth of data about what causes concussions in high school...
ANNE M. PETERSON, AP Sports Writer MONTREAL (AP) — Julie Johnston thought she had blown it. Handed a yellow card for a foul in the box...
(CBS News) – The U.S. women’s soccer team is in a rare position as they prepare to face Germany, the wold’s top-ranked team, Tuesday night....
(CNN) – FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said Wednesday that FIFA would “postpone” the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup, as investigations continue into allegations...
(BBC) – Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has said in a TV address that he will reveal all he knows about corruption at world football’s governing...
ROB HARRIS, AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Sepp Blatter and his mentor Joao Havelange have run global soccer’s governing body since 1974, handing out power...
GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer FIFA President Sepp Blatter will resign from soccer’s governing body amid a widening corruption scandal and promised Tuesday to call for...
GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer ZURICH (AP) — Sepp Blatter was re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term on Friday, chosen to lead world soccer...
(BBC) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has told an emergency meeting of football’s governing body he will not quit, amid growing political pressure over a corruption scandal....
The Associated Press The indictment of soccer officials and marketing and TV executives Wednesday alleges 12 schemes: SCHEME A — 1993, 1995 AND 1997 COPA AMERICAS...
(Politico) – For almost six months, Loretta Lynch was known mostly as the woman who couldn’t get an up-or-down vote on her nomination as attorney...
(BBC) – Former Zimbabwe international Bruce Grobbelaar believes players will leave the country as a result of the team’s expulsion from the 2018 World Cup. The...
(BBC) – The head of Fifa’s anti-racism task force says racism in English football is “right in front of your face”. Jeffrey Webb said discrimination was...
JEROME PUGMIRE, AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — With a racist song ringing in his ears, a black man trying to board a subway train in...
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Football Union banned a club player for three matches on Friday for showing an offensive gesture to fans who racially...
TALES AZZONI, AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian great Pele says he is not seriously ill, easing fears Thursday that his health deteriorated even...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Black Venezuelan football player Emilio Renteria says racist chants against him have been so ferocious that he is considering leaving his...
(The Mirror) – Ivory Coast sealed their place in the Africa Cup of Nations with a 0-0 draw with Cameroon on Wednesday night – but the...
GERALD IMRAY, AP Sports Writer Morocco was thrown out of the 2015 African Cup of Nations and dumped as the host Tuesday after refusing to commit...
(BBC) – Women’s football may be the fastest growing sport in the world but it faces huge challenges in Africa. More than 20 years after coming...
