World Cup

The United States will play a World Cup qualifier in Texas for the first time, hosting Jamaica on Oct. 7 at Q2 Stadium in Austin.

US cities, including Dallas-Fort Worth, will submit their bids to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Prosecutors revealed new details of alleged bribes paid to FIFA executive committee members to gain their votes for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup

Former U.S. national team goalkeeper Hope Solo is among the first-time eligible players on the ballot for the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame.

North Texas is about to ramp up efforts in a major way to land the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the hundreds of millions of dollars that could come with it. AT&T Stadium is a finalist location which would put North Texas in the heart of the action. The selection committee is set to start visiting host city hopefuls...

Soccer star Alex Morgan has a lot to celebrate—and we’re not talking about the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s win from earlier this year (aka the Women’s World Cup). On Wednesday, she and her husband, Servando Carrasco, announced the sweet and special news that they’re expecting their first child together.

A fire raced through a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, forcing staff to wheel patients into the streets on stretchers or in wheelchairs and killing at least 11 people, many of them elderly. Four firefighters were hospitalized after battling the overnight blaze at Badim Hospital and about 90 patients were transferred to other hospitals, the fire department said. A rope...

The Pennsylvania teen who won $3 million as the first Fortnite World Cup solo champion had armed police show up at his house. Kyle Giersdorf was livestreaming on Saturday when he was “swatted,” a prank that aims to prompt police and SWAT teams to respond to fake emergencies.

Fortnite superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has left Twitch and is taking his video game live streams to Microsoft’s Mixer platform, a stunning switch that could have wide-ranging consequences for the rapidly growing industry. Blevins announced his move Thursday , ending a hugely profitable partnership with Twitch, a live streaming giant owned by Amazon. “I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunities Twitch...

Kyle Giersdorf, a 16-year-old who goes by the name “Bugha,” took home the title of Fortnite world champion at the first-ever Fortnite World Cup Solo Final in New York over the weekend.

The U.S. women’s national soccer team celebrated its Women’s World Cup victory on both coasts Wednesday, honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City before jetting to the West Coast and collecting trophies at The ESPYS in the evening. Alex Morgan won female athlete of the year and shared the best team award with her soccer mates. “Sorry, but...

The U.S. Women’s soccer team were greeted by thousands of adoring fans as they made their way down the Canyon of Heroes in New York Wednesday for the ticker-tape parade celebrating their win at the 2019 Women’s World Cup.

Soccer fans gathered at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Frisco to cheer on the U.S. Women’s National Team in the World Cup final Sunday morning.

Yifei Liu is playing the title character in the movie, which hits theaters in March 2020.

No longer a sideshow, women’s soccer has stepped into the spotlight. The sport will hope to further establish its growing appeal on Sunday as millions prepare to watch the reigning world champions, the United States, take on the reigning European champions, the Netherlands, in the World Cup final. This World Cup has been widely popular with fans and nonfans alike,...

No longer a sideshow, women’s soccer has stepped into the spotlight. The sport will hope to further establish its growing appeal on Sunday as millions prepare to watch the reigning world champions, the United States, take on the reigning European champions, the Netherlands, in the World Cup final. This World Cup has been widely popular with fans and nonfans alike,...

Stina Blackstenius scored the go-ahead goal just minutes into the second half and Sweden surprised Germany with a 2-1 quarterfinal victory Saturday night at the Women’s World Cup. The second-ranked Germans, who won back-to-back World Cup titles in 2003 and 2007, were the presumptive favorites on their side of the bracket. Instead, they’ll head home. Ninth-ranked Sweden goes on to...

Vivianne Miedema and Stefanie van der Gragt headed in free kicks to send the Netherlands into its first Women’s World Cup semifinal with a 2-0 victory over Italy on Saturday. In the sweltering heat of the northeast French city of Valenciennes, the set-piece specialists of the tournament made the most of Sherida Spitse’s deliveries to secure victory for the European...

As the United States Women’s Soccer Team continues to advance in the World Cup, a local surgeon plans to also travel to France to continue chasing her soccer dreams.

Soccer in the summer is not just for World Cup players. FC Dallas welcomes students to come and hone their skills throughout the summer — but when not on the pitch, the team wants players to pick up a book and not a tablet.

France survived a tense extra-time knockout match against Brazil and advanced to the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals when captain Amandine Henry redirected Amel Majri’s free kick for a tiebreaking goal in the 107th minute of a 2-1 victory on Sunday night at Le Havre. The World Cup hosts, in the quarterfinals for the third straight time, will play the defending...

U.S. Soccer and players for the women’s national team have tentatively agreed to mediate a lawsuit that accuses the federation of gender discrimination and seeks equitable pay. The federation and representatives for the players confirmed the agreement, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, to pursue mediation following the Women’s World Cup. “Here to win a World Cup, lawyers are...

The Americans’ 3-0 win over Chile set a record for the most-watched group-stage Women’s World Cup match on U.S. English-language television. Fox drew 5,324,000 viewers for Sunday’s game, topping 4,492,000 for the Americans’ 0-0 group-stage draw against Sweden in 2015. The game was the most-watched English-language soccer telecast in the country since last year’s men’s World Cup final. In addition,...

Germany won its Women’s World Cup group for the fifth consecutive time and avoided an immediate matchup with the United States by routing South Africa 4-0 on Monday. Germany topped Group B with a 3-0 record and will play a third place team in the round of 16 on Saturday at Grenoble. After Germany grinded out 1-0 wins over China...

Thailand finally found something to celebrate after a humiliating start to the Women’s World Cup. It was just a single goal, and it came in a 5-1 loss to Sweden on Sunday, but it was enough to briefly allow the Thai squad to celebrate. Thailand was routed 13-0 by the United States in its opener. Sweden, which advanced into the...

Ellen White got England off to a winning start at the Women’s World Cup, curling in a shot to give the 2015 semifinalists a 2-1 victory against tournament newcomers Scotland. In a dominant first half, Nikita Parris netted a penalty in the 14th minute before White struck in the 40th on the French Riviera. But there was no repeat of...

Cristiane scored all three goals and Brazil spoiled Jamaica’s first-ever Women’s World Cup match with a 3-0 victory on Sunday. The veteran forward’s goal in the 64th minute for the hat trick came on a free kick that curled just under the crossbar. She also scored in the 15th and 50th minutes for the Brazilians, who were playing without star...

Barbara Bonansea scored twice, including the game-winner in stoppage time, as Italy upset Australia 2-1 in the Women’s World Cup on Sunday. Bonansea got past Australian captain Sam Kerr with a header that caught goalkeeper Lydia Williams off guard in the fifth minute of stoppage time. The Juventus player also had the equalizer in the 56th minute for the 15th-ranked...

The U.S. Soccer Federation has formally denied allegations of gender discrimination made by players of the U.S. women’s national team. Twenty-eight members of the current women’s player pool filed the lawsuit March 8 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, alleging “institutionalized gender discrimination” that includes unequal...

Sportswear maker Adidas says it will give the same bonus to any of its sponsored players on the Women’s World Cup-winning soccer team as their male counterparts. Adidas says on Twitter that it believes “in inspiring and enabling the next generation of female athletes, creators and leaders through breaking barriers.” On Friday — International Women’s Day — American players filed...

Lindsey Vonn says she will retire from ski racing after this month’s world championships in Sweden.

Liz Cambage is looking to play elsewhere next season.

World and Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles will make her 2019 debut at a World Cup meet in Germany in March.

Matt Antoine won his last race, one that came earlier than anyone around USA Skeleton anticipated. The 2014 Olympic bronze medalist announced his retirement Friday, moments after taking his final run at the team trials for the coming season. Antoine would have been USA-1 on the World Cup circuit again this year after winning those trials, but he hopped off...

Rose Lavelle and Alex Morgan each scored and the U.S. women beat rival Canada 2-0 on Wednesday night in the championship match of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying tournament.

Crowds of tourists clog the entrances to the ancient walled city of Dubrovnik, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as huge cruise ships unload thousands more daily.

Russian news reports say a member of Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot has been hospitalized in grave condition for what could be a possible poisoning. Ekho Moskvy radio and online news portal Meduza reported Wednesday that Pyotr Verzilov has been in emergency care since late Tuesday. They quoted a fellow Pussy Riot member, Veronika Nikulshina, as saying Verzilov’s symptoms...

Former U.S. national team captain and Seattle Sounders striker Clint Dempsey announced his retirement on Wednesday, effective immediately.

Klyde Warren Park in Dallas hosted a World Cup final watch party Sunday, complete with food trucks, tailgate games, and a giant TV screen to broadcast the action-packed match.

Taking turns sliding across the rain-soaked turf holding the World Cup trophy tight, teenager Kylian Mbappe and the rest of France’s players acted like the youthful bunch they are. Nothing, not a Pussy Riot protest nor a postgame downpour that soaked Russian President Vladimir Putin, was going to stop the party. It carried on long after a thrilling 4-2 win...

Hundreds of thousands of foreign men have flooded into Russia for the monthlong World Cup, setting off a fierce debate in the host nation about the roles and rights of women. Russian women who have dated the soccer fans have been shamed by some Russian commentators, denounced for allegedly undermining the country’s morals and gene pool. The widespread, vehement criticism...

The lack of a U.S. team caused a big viewership drop for World Cup telecasts. The 48 group stage broadcasts on Fox and FS1 averaged 2,069,000 viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. That is down 42 percent from the 3.54 million average on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC four years ago and down 15 percent from the 2,429,000 average on ESPN,...

It’s the biggest sporting event of its kind in the world. Among the billions of World Cup viewers, is a family of rivals living in one Garland household.

Law enforcement agents in Texas have seized nearly $114,000 in counterfeit World Cup jerseys labeled to represent Mexico, Germany and Brazil.

Andres Iniesta, the elegant midfielder who was a symbol of Spain’s golden generation, retired from international soccer following the team’s loss to Russia in a penalty shootout at the World Cup on Sunday. With his precise passes and clever playmaking, Iniesta was a key piece of the Spanish team that dominated soccer not so long ago. But his skills couldn’t...

Kearny, Harrison, and surrounding New Jersey towns have completely transformed with excitement for the 2018 World Cup. This soccer obsession can be traced back through the area’s history to the immigrants who have settled there and brought their love of the sport with them.

Wallace de Oliveira Rocha dreamed of owning an official Brazil national team jersey ahead of the 2018 World Cup. But at $250 Reals ($66 USD), the 12-year-old from Vila Cruzeiro, a favela north of Rio de Janeiro, knew it was a long shot for his poverty-stricken family to afford. Hours before the Brazilian team stepped on the field at Rostov...

A video replay in injury time gave Spain the goal it needed to win Group B at the World Cup. Spain substitute Iago Aspas scored the late equalizer Monday in a 2-2 draw with Morocco. His clever deflection off a cross from Dani Carvajal was initially disallowed for offside, but the video assistant referee overruled the call at Kaliningrad Stadium.

Burger King has apologized for offering a lifetime supply of Whoppers to Russian women who get pregnant by World Cup players. Critics assailed the offer, announced on Russian social media, as sexist and demeaning. The announcement was removed Tuesday from Burger King’s social media accounts but was still circulating among Russian social network users. It promised a reward of free...

Twice wrestled to the ground during the match, England captain Harry Kane finally evaded the Tunisian defense just as time was running out. Kane found an open area of space at the far post and used his head to meet Harry Maguire’s flick-on, scoring the winning goal Monday in a 2-1 victory at the World Cup.

Twice wrestled to the ground during the match, England captain Harry Kane finally evaded the Tunisian defense just as time was running out. Kane found an open area of space at the far post and used his head to meet Harry Maguire’s flick-on, scoring the winning goal Monday in a 2-1 victory at the World Cup.

While the United States is missing from soccer’s showcase for the first time since 1986, it is the only nation with two referees working the tournament.

Maybe he was just trying to say World Cup is number 1? Performing in front of a raucous Russian crowd Thursday morning, English pop singer Robbie Williams got the World Cup coverage off to a dubious start by flipping the bird on live TV.

Maybe he was just trying to say World Cup is number 1? Performing in front of a raucous Russian crowd Thursday morning, English pop singer Robbie Williams got the World Cup coverage off to a dubious start by flipping the bird on live TV.

North Texas is one of the 23 host cities offered in the bid, which means the Dallas-Fort Worth area could play a major role in the biggest sporting event in the world.

Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales, who made the announcement on Wednesday in Krasnodar, later said Fernando Hierro would replace Lopetegui as coach for Spain’s match against Portugal in Sochi on Friday....
Rubiales, who took over as president last month, said Lopetegui disrespected the federation’s values and it was the only decision he could make....
The 50-year-old Hierro, a former national team...

Cheapest seats at the July 15 final in Moscow for visitors to Russia cost $455.

Twice is nice for Kjeld Nuis. The Dutchman became the first speedskater to win two gold medals at the 2018 Winter Games by beating the field in the men’s 100 meters Friday at the Gangneung Oval. He had already won the 1500m in Pyeongchang, and is the 2017 world champion in the 1000m.

Carrying his country’s flag in one hand, Johannes Rydzek capped a dominating performance to give Germany more Olympic gold. Rydzek crossed the finish line with an overwhelming 52.7-second advantage as the Germans won the Nordic combined team event Thursday at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Team USA struggled, finishing in last place.

All eyes will be on Lindsay Vonn Wednesday (Tuesday night in the U.S.) as the alpine skier takes to the slope seeking her second Olympic downhill gold. But while many will be rooting for Vonn, who has 81 World Cup victories under her belt, a vocal group will also be watching hoping for an epic fail.

France’s Jean Frederic Chapuis won’t defend his Sochi gold in the men’s freestyle ski cross Wednesday, (Tuesday night in the U.S.) after being knocked out in the quarterfinal round.

The 500m short track speedskating event is unpredictable, just five laps at full speed, barely allowing any time for passing. Three Americans entered Tuesday’s heats hoping to advance, including John-Henry Krueger, the silver medalist in the 1000m.

Marcel Hirscher has turned his domination in the giant slalom into a second gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The 28-year-old Austrian star extended his first-run lead to win by a huge margin of 1.27 seconds over hard-charging Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway. Kristoffersen rose from 10th-fastest in the morning with the quickest time in the second run. Alexis Pinturault of...

In a surprising finish that shocked even Ester Ledecka herself, the Czech snowboarder and Alpine skier claimed the top spot in the Pyeongchang Olympic super-G. Ledecka was the 26th racer down the hill and made a stunning run from back in the pack, blazing through the course in a time of 1 minute, 21.11 seconds. “How did that happen?” Ledecka...

Strong winds have forced the closure of the Olympic Park in Gangneung. The local Olympic organizing committee announced the closure at about 5 p.m., though they were taking place well before that. Officials began evacuating the Olympic Park at about 3 p.m., with public-address announcements in Korean and English urging spectators to go indoors because of the wind.

American Erin Hamlin finished the last run of her luge career on Tuesday and knew she’d need help if she wanted to add to her medal collection. But other competitors at the Pyeongchang Olympics didn’t oblige, leaving the defending bronze medalist in sixth place, while leader Natalie Geisenberger of Germany, defending her own gold, cruised to a repeat...

Nearly a year ago , Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris broke his arm, pelvis, jaw and ribs after a fall while filming in a remote area of British Columbia. His spleen also ruptured and his lung collapsed....
And yet there he was in the final of the Pyeongchang Games, right in the mix during a back-and-forth contest won by American teenager Red...

Known for her hard-charging style on skis, Lindsey Vonn is not taking any chances off the slopes. The black gloves she wore to a pre-Olympics news conference Friday made that clear. After waiting eight years — “a very long time,” she called it — to return to a Winter Games for the fourth — and, she left no doubt, final...

All Marit Bjorgen needed was one event. One race to make history.
Bjorgen on Saturday became the most decorated female Winter Olympian by picking up the silver medal in the women’s 15km skiathlon at the Alpensia Cross-Country Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Alpine skier Tricia Mangan has been added to the U.S. Olympic team. Mangan is a 20-year-old from New York who finished 19th in a World Cup combined event at Lenzerheide, Switzerland, this month.

Five-time World Cup winner and Olympic gold medalist Eric Frenzel will be aiming to continue his dominance of Nordic combined at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

The U.S. Biathlon team arrives at the Olympic Games in PyeongChang with something unique for a U.S. team – a reigning world champion.

Marcel Hirscher won a World Cup night slalom after his Norwegian rival, Henrik Kristoffersen, had snowballs thrown at him by spectators during his final run on Tuesday. None of the projectiles hit Kristoffersen but the Norwegian seemed furious as he reacted with wild arm gestures after crossing the finish.

Kehri Jones had her sights set on the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. But on Saturday, Team USA announced that the 23-year-old Killeen native did not make the team.

With a historic win on the World Cup circuit this season, double Olympic champion Kamil Stoch is in peak form as he aims to defend his ski jumping titles at the Pyeongchang Games. Stoch won his second straight Four Hills tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria, on Jan. 6 to become only the second ski jumper in the long history of the...

If the World Cup returns to the United States in 2026, the city of Dallas wants to play host to some of its most important matches.

Spain and Portugal, the last two European champions, were drawn Friday to meet in the first round of the World Cup, one day after Russia opens the tournament in one of the easiest groups of the competition.

Texas athlete Sam McGuffie tries not to think about the upcoming 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

Little Elm native Weston McKennie scored in his debut as the U.S. ties Portugal 1-1.

Bruce Arena resigned as coach of the United States men’s national soccer team Friday in the wake of a shock loss to tiny Trinidad and Tobago that left the team outside of contention for next year’s World Cup in Russia.

Both AT&T Stadium and the Cotton Bowl could be in the running to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

After another potent demonstration of his enduring scoring prowess, surely no Real Madrid fan can contemplate criticizing Cristiano Ronaldo now....
Particularly after the world player of the year ensured Madrid pulled off one of soccer’s hardest feats, becoming the first team to successfully defend their Champions League title....
The critics who irritated Ronaldo so much in the buildup to Saturday’s final were...

Crystal Dunn scored twice on the same field where she tied a national team record with five goals in a game last year and the U.S. women rolled to a 4-0 exhibition victory over Russia on Thursday night.

The evolving world of gender and sports is explored in the upcoming documentary ‘TOMBOY’, which features voices of many of the world’s most prominent female athletes, broadcasters and sports executives.

Wambach and Christian mom blogger Glennon Doyle Melton went public with their relationship late last year.

Pope prepares video message for Super Bowl.

While dealing with a green laser shining in Brock Osweiler’s eye and the high elevation unique to a game in Mexico City, the Houston Texans feel like a few questionable spots by the officials on a key fourth-quarter drive made the difference in their loss to Oakland.

During a contentious campaign, the billionaire promised to build a wall on the Mexican border to help stem illegal immigration.

FC Dallas has signed veteran forward Carlos Ruiz for the stretch run in the regular season and the playoffs.

Tyler Seguin is out for Team Canada after an injury he suffered at the World Cup of Hockey.

Germany defeated Sweden 2-1 on Friday to win the women’s soccer gold medal for the first time. Germany opened the scoring with a goal by Dzsenifer Marozsan in the 48th minute and added to the lead with an own goal by Swedish defender Linda Sembrant in the 62nd.

Growing up in New Jersey, the freestyle wrestler Jordan Burroughs was a scrawny kid, “a late bloomber,” he said. Now, he hopes to win his second Olympic gold medal in Rio.

Kim Rhode is the first U.S. athlete to win an Olympic medal on five different continents. She has more than 40 national and international medals to her name and has won more World Cup medals than any other female shotgun shooter in history.

A compilation of the most interesting sports-related videos for the week of July 24 through 30.

Portland police Sgt. Peter Simpson said in a statement Sunday that a sergeant stopped the 35-year-old Saturday night after she reportedly ran a red light in her Range Rover near downtown.

The U.S. will host exhibition games against Ecuador and Bolivia ahead of the Copa America Centenario and scheduled its home World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago in Jacksonville, Florida.

Maribel Dominguez scored three goals and Mexico defeated Puerto Rico 6-0 to open the CONCACAF women’s Olympic qualifying tournament on Wednesday.