Football

European soccer body UEFA has lashed out at FIFA's decision to suspend U.S. striker Folarin Balogun's red-card ban ​in the World Cup, after U.S. President Donald Trump called ‌FIFA to ask it to review the case, saying wo...

Neymar suggested he may have played his final match for Brazil ​after scoring in their defeat by Norway in ‌the World Cup round of 16 on Sunday. The forward converted a stoppage-time penalty in Brazil's 2-1 loss, a result that elimina...

Norway coach Stale Solbakken has reminded his players against being overwhelmed by the occasion of playing against five-time champion Brazil in Sunday's World Cup round of 16 game. "We need to play the match, not the circumstances," he tol...

Cape Verde coach Bubista felt huge pride in his team after they took three-times world champions Argentina to the wire before losing a thrilling last-32 clash at ​the World Cup on Friday.   The 67th-ranked African...

As the World Cup craze has spread like wildfire all across Bangladesh, the joy is discriminatory. Every four years, the streets of Bangladesh are draped in flags of World Cup countries, tea stalls buzz with debates about the matches, and fr...

France will go into Friday's Group I finale against Norway in Foxborough, Mass., knowing a draw will be enough to top the group, but without the man who has been in charge for more than a decade. Manager Didier Deschamps has taken leave fr...

Spain's teenage winger Lamine Yamal says he has plenty of improvement left in his fledgling career with fans not yet having seen the best. "I see myself as much better than people see me. I know the road ahead is very long and that I have...

Curaçao appeared on the football's biggest stage, the FIFA World Cup, with a goal against the mighty Germans. The island nation officially began playing football in 2011, meaning it has reached the World Cup in just 15 years. An achi...