“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare had no idea that those same words would apply to one of today’s ongoing terminology rivalries stretching across the Atlantic – the ...

Blind soccer often produces some of the most memorable moments at the Paralympics. Remarkable videos of players showing incredible coordination and skill, slaloming through entire teams and scoring ...

WREXHAM, Wales, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Hollywood-backed Wrexham kept up their hopes of a fairytale run in the FA Cup with a 1-0 ...

Barcelona have been unanimously re-admitted as a member of the European Football Clubs (EFC) organisation after formally breaking ties with the controversial European Super League project, the LaLiga ...

Amid the age-old debate whether the sport should be called "football" or "soccer", the latter actually originates from Britain itself. "It's called soccer!" - So rang out the chant from United States ...

The 2014 Brazil World Cup, likely to be the "most watched sporting event ever," is currently taking the world by storm. Though soccer has long been the world's favorite sport, its popularity has been ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The number of teams playing at Africa Cup of Nations finals could be increased to 28, ...

Football is a sport played around the globe. It has evolved from its roots in England and now is played in over 200 countries, becoming the most popular sport in the world. In the United States alone, ...

The word ‘soccer’ remains at the heart of one of the most enduring, if comparatively low-key and petty fronts of the culture war. At its most basic level, it’s a transatlantic disagreement over ...

England beat Senegal 3-0 to set up a quarterfinal matchup with France. Of course the irony is the term originated in England. Soccer. A word that in the UK conjures up images of Americans playing ...

Every four years during the World Cup, it becomes a much bigger debate: Why do Americans call it soccer instead of football? You might be surprised to learn where "soccer" gets its roots. I'm Michel ...