soccer

New research finds that heading the soccer ball may be riskier for women than men

November 26, 2017Health

They “found that women tended to have damage to a greater part of their brain and to more discrete areas of the brain than the men who headed the ball the same amount.”

Executive Committee member Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (R) congratulates FIFA President Sepp Blatter after he was re-elected at the FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland, May 29, 2015.

The men who want to clean up world soccer all have mud on their shoes

November 12, 2015Sports

Baltimore police officers stand outside of Oriole Park at Camden Yards prior to the cancellation of a game between the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles on April 27, 2015.

The Baltimore Orioles are just the latest team to play in an empty stadium

April 29, 2015Sports

Ben Swift, commonly known as East End Shedman, poses from his viewing spot at the east end of Bristol's Ashton Gate stadium.

This English soccer fan has the best spot to watch a game — on top of his garden shed

December 16, 2014Sports

Kevin Walker performing on Idol Sverige 2013

The winner of last year’s Sweden’s Idol just earned a spot on one of Sweden’s top soccer teams

December 2, 2014Sports

Goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa of South Africa's Orlando Pirates is beaten by a shot from Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt's Al Ahli at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on November 2, 2013.

The killing of a South African soccer star highlights the nation’s rising murder rate

October 27, 2014Sports

South African soccer star Senzo Meyiwa was known for his incredible skills in goal, recently earning the starting spot on his country’s national team. But he died on Sunday during a robbery at his girlfriend’s house, stunning South Africans and bringing even more attention to gun violence there.

A fan of the Ivory Coast holds a sign with a message against Ebola during a 2015 African Nations Cup qualifier between Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone in Abidjan, the Ivorian capital.

Ebola makes Sierra Leone’s soccer team ‘the ultimate outcast’

October 14, 2014Sports

Soccer fans chants “Ebola, Ebola” at them; teams forfeit matches so they don’t have to be near them; they’re quarantined everywhere they play. That’s what it’s like to be on Sierra Leone’s national soccer team right now.

The man who made soccer scores sound like music dies at 78

August 19, 2014Sports

Each weekend for four decades, soccer fans in the United Kingdom tuned into the radio to listen for the latest scores. What they heard was the voice of John Alexander Gordon, who could made music out of the numbers. Gordon died this week at age 78.

Pakistani soccer fans celebrate a Brazil victory in Lyari, one of the oldest and most densely populated parts of the city, plagued by street crime, drugs, and unemployment.

Some of Brazil’s most fanatic soccer fans are in a Pakistani slum

July 1, 2014Sports

Cricket is king in Pakistan, but one downtrodden neighborhood is mad for soccer — and the Brazilian national team. Lyari has produced some of Pakistan’s biggest soccer stars, and its residents feel a special kinship with the World Cup host country. Cricket is king in Pakistan, but one downtrodden neighborhood is mad for soccer — and the Brazilian national team. Lyari has produced some of Pakistan’s biggest soccer stars, and its residents feel a special kinship with the World Cup host country.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter announces that Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup. The choice has come under growing fire as corruption and labor abuse allegations have mounted.

The fight against Qatar as a World Cup host reaches the halls of Congress

June 25, 2014Sports

The choice of Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup was controversial from the start, but calls to move the tournaments are growing. Now members of Congress have joined the effort. But is it a principled stand against corruption and labor abuse, or an excuse to win hosting rights for the US?