He corralled the ball again with nothing but a few feet of grass between him and the goal, walking the ball into the net to ...

This is the first in a new series on The Athletic looking back at the winners of each World Cup ... use their own ball throughout the tournament, and therefore ahead of the final there was ...

A transformation of women’s soccer in Europe is well under way. The elite, big-money clubs already established in the men’s ...

From Newcastle ending their nearly six-decade trophy drought to Barcelona's comeback for the ages at Atletico Madrid, it was ...

Barnes replaced the suspended Anthony Gordon in what proved to be a successful audition for Sunday’s final. The winger not ...

El Salvador sealed a return to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup by outlasting USA in a sudden-death penalty shootout in the Concacaf semi-finals.

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There are 100 days until FIFA’s revamped Club World Cup begins ... high-speed ball impact tests to look at how the ball will bounce. So, if you think of playing a soccer match and you drop ...

The biggest surprises of the Men’s Rugby Europe Championship 2025 were saved for the final weekend, as Belgium knocked out the ...

USA's rising star Ally Sentnor speaks to FIFA about her "jaw-dropping" goal against Colombia and Women's World Cup aspirations.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed that the 2026 men’s World Cup final, hosted in the United States, will include a halftime show for the very first time. The US, Canada and Mexico ...

The baseball from the final pitch of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 2024 World Series victory will be ... those affected by recent wildfires. The ball was thrown by starting pitcher Walker Buehler ...