Soccer

Middle East 08/20/21, 04:55

Fearing what the Taliban have done and will do to women, the former leader of the Afghan women's soccer team has urged players to erase social media, remove public profiles, and burn their national team uniforms. Khalida Popal, who now lives in Copenhagen, said she had always encouraged young women to ...

Soccer 08/06/21, 17:55

Donald Trump chastised the U.S. Women's Soccer Squad on Aug. 5. The former president blamed the team's "woke" politics for only winning bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. "If our soccer team, headed by a radical group of leftist maniacs, was not woke they would have won the gold medal instead of ...

News 07/08/21, 21:16

According to European health officials, around 2,500 COVID-19 infections have been related to participation in the European Championship soccer tournament.The European Centers for Disease Prevention and Control's weekly disease threat report showed that as of July 1, seven countries had reported a total of 2,472 infections associated with the matches. ...

Soccer 07/06/21, 16:05

Several U.S. soccer players had caused controversy when seen on video turning away from the whole team when a World War II veteran played the national anthem ahead of the Olympic send-off match versus Mexico on Monday, July 5. ESPN shared the video on Twitter, showing 98-year-old veteran Pete DuPré playing ...

Inspired Stories 06/24/21, 18:33

Sadio Mané is a Senegalese footballer who now plays as a winger for Liverpool in the Premier League and for the Senegalese national team. In a match between Southampton and Aston Villa in 2015, Sadio Mane scored the fastest hat trick in Premier League history in less than 3 minutes, establishing ...

Soccer 06/15/21, 16:56

Brexit leader Nigel Farage during an interview on Monday, June 14, issued harsh words for the English national soccer team's kneeling for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement during the belated UEFA 2020 European Football Championship. He further warned that the BLM movement aims to eradicate Western civilization in the ...

Soccer 02/20/21, 17:05

Nottingham Forest soccer player Lyle Taylor has spoken out against the new custom imposed by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, in which some professional players kneel before the playing of national anthem, rejecting the tradition and supporting the BLM movement and its leftist ideology. Taylor, during an interview on Friday, ...

Football 06/15/20, 04:52

National pastimes will lose the president's spectatorship, if activist players are allowed to protest against police brutality and prejudice against those belonging to another race during games. The Trump administration is tired of demonstrators using competitive sports, such as U.S. Soccer and the NFL, as a platform to express disapproval of ...

Soccer 08/03/19, 09:59

Faced with the debate in the United States over the apparent wage inequality between men and women in soccer, Carlos Cordeiro, president of the United States Soccer Federation, published a letter clarifying the figures on July 29. According to the data, the federation paid $34.1 million in salaries and bonuses to ...

Soccer 07/27/19, 10:14

Ashlyn Harris, the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team goalkeeper, called professional soccer player Jaelene Hinkle "homophobic" because she did not join the team in 2017, guided by her Christian faith. Harris shared a tweet in which she expresses her opinion regarding Hinkle's decision. "Hinkle, our team is about inclusion. Your religion was ...

Soccer 07/08/19, 03:55

The U.S. women's soccer team won the World Cup title on Sunday, July 7, after beating the Netherlands 2-0 in the final match in Lyon, France. This has been the fourth title for the United States and the second title in a row, making the U.S. team have the best ...

Soccer 07/04/19, 04:05

President Trump announced on Wednesday, July3, that the United States will send a presidential delegation to attend the final match of Women’s World Cup in France. After victory against English the 2-1 on Tuesday, the U.S. team is now heading to the Women’s World Cup final match, which will be hosted ...

Soccer 06/27/19, 04:43

U.S. president Donald Trump on Wednesday, June 26, criticized the co-captain of the U.S. women's soccer team Megan Rapinoe after she made a controversial comment during Women’s World Cup Tournament in France. The president said in a tweet,  “Megan should WIN first before she TALKS” He also offered to invite the ...

Soccer 05/30/19, 13:44

Argentina striker Sergio Aguero says he has never been in better physical shape heading into a major international tournament.The Manchester City forward has joined up with the Argentina squad as it prepares for the Copa America, which starts next month in Brazil."Of all the tournaments (with Argentina), this is the ...

Soccer 05/30/19, 10:38

Familiar territory for Liverpool. So very unfamiliar for Tottenham.The second all-English Champions League final in history pits one of Europe's most successful clubs against a side unexpectedly gatecrashing the continent's elite.After losing last year's final to Real Madrid, Juergen Klopp's Liverpool has another shot at lifting the European Cup for ...

Soccer 05/30/19, 07:57

After years of mismanagement, Hamburger SV is hoping experienced coach Dieter Hecking can lead the club back to the Bundesliga - and keep it there.Hecking, respected across the league for his work at Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wolfsburg and Nuremberg, signed a one-year deal with Hamburg this week, though both sides hope ...