Soccer match between Cuban, NYC teams fosters détente

A rain-soaked game between the New York Cosmos and the Cuban national team could help further warming relations with the U.S.

• Jun 2, 2015

Former FIFA exec slams U.S. over fake news article

Jack Warner, who faces corruption charges linked to soccer's governing body, apparently misses the point of The Onion when lambasting his critics

• May 31, 2015

FIFA president Sepp Blatter blasts critics

Blatter claims indictments and arrests were attempt to interfere with FIFA elections: "I am not certain... but it doesn't smell good"

• May 30, 2015

Blatter wins re-election as FIFA chief amid corruption scandal

Challenger's promise of a clean break from FIFA's tarnished recent history rejected despite U.S. probe

• May 29, 2015

Will Prince William take George to his first soccer match?

Duke of Cambridge says he's excited to take his 22-month-old son to sporting events, but will have to run it by "the missus" first

• May 29, 2015

FIFA chief speaks out after soccer officials arrested

Sepp Blatter says U.S. racketeering case has "cast a long shadow over football"

• May 28, 2015

FIFA arrests shine new light on Qatar World Cup deaths

Migrant worker deaths following Middle East country's winning bid has been estimated at more than 1,000

• May 28, 2015

Corporate sponsors pressure FIFA to clean up its act

FIFA's corporate partners are distancing themselves from the bribery scandal engulfing soccer's governing body

• May 28, 2015

Roger Bennett: FIFA is "a rotten culture to the core"

"Men in Blazers" co-host offers his take on scandal embroiling soccer's governing body and its president, Sepp Blatter

• May 28, 2015

U.S. women's soccer stars preview 2015 World Cup

For standouts like Hope Solo, the tournament in Canada could be a time of redemption; for Abby Wambach, it's a last chance to make history

• May 28, 2015

FIFA under fire after arrests in corruption probe

More than a dozen people expected to face charges of racketeering and bribery in what one U.S. official called "the World Cup of fraud"

• May 27, 2015

A recent history of FIFA scandals

Soccer's world governing body has a long trail of bad behavior behind it

• May 27, 2015

Athletes who served

You might be surprised to know that, before they turned their attention to sports, some of the world's top athletes served in the military

• Apr 29, 2015
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Epic cheating scandals

FIFA and Ashley Madison are only the latest episodes in a long list of Herculean deceptions; many involving schemes to gain unfair advantages in the world of professional sports

• Apr 6, 2015
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Widow to killer: Give me $1M for each year my husband could have lived

Wife of Michigan soccer referee files $51 million lawsuit against player who threw punch that killed her husband during a game

• Apr 3, 2015

Soccer player gets 8 yrs for punch that killed ref

Bassel Saad pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, admitting he punched John Bieniewicz during a July 2014 soccer game

• Mar 13, 2015