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All Spanish league clubs can begin group training sessions this week despite stricter lockdown restrictions remaining in place in parts of Spain because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Erling Haaland scored the Bundesliga’s first goal in more than two months and then celebrated. Alone. The 19-year-old’s Borussia Dortmund teammates stayed away, mindful of the strict hygiene measures amid the coronavirus pandemic, as Germany’s soccer season resumed in unprecedented conditions on Saturday. Dortmund beat Schalke 4-0 in the first Ruhr derby to be played in an empty stadium. Calls and...

A nonprofit that connects kids to role models from the world of college sports has found a way to keep that connection virtually.

During the COVID-19 crisis, people everywhere have found new ways to maintain bonds—including a non-profit that connects kids to role models from the world of college sports. Fourth grader Max White of Richmond, Vermont, just became a member of the UVM men’s soccer team through Team Impact. The group matches children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses with college athletes....

The newly installed president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Soccer Federation used their first news conference to state that settling a lawsuit filed by women’s national team players is a top priority.

The increasingly bitter dispute between American women’s national soccer team and the U.S. Soccer Federation spilled onto the field when players wore their warm-up jerseys inside out in a protest before their 3-1 victory over Japan.

The U.S. Soccer Federation says it has offered the women’s national team equal pay to male counterparts for matches under USSF control but maintains the women want bonuses for tournaments such as the World Cup to match those of the men. The women disputed the USSF account, saying the federation proposed to match rates the men had under their...

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg has died at the age of 87.

The U.S. men’s national team urged the U.S. Soccer Federation to sharply increase pay of the American women and accused the governing body of making low-ball offers in negotiations with the men

The primary jersey that New England Revolution players will wear in the team’s 25th year in Major League Soccer will look a lot like the first jerseys the team wore.

The top five ‘feel-good’ sports stories of the year had one thing in common — karma. Whether they happened on a manicured lawn at the Masters, or turning for home on a dirt strip at the Kentucky Derby, the moments that made you smile hinted somebody up there had a hand in the script.

One of the world’s most-watched soccer matches was played Wednesday night amid heavy security as authorities sought to keep Catalonia’s separatist movement from disrupting the game between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

After becoming the first six-time winner of the Ballon d’Or, Lionel Messi said he’s far from finished. “I hope to continue for a long time,” Messi said on Monday in Paris from behind a row of the trophies which honor the world’s best soccer player. “I realize that I am very lucky, even if, one day, retirement will come....

Medford High School’s varsity boys soccer team took the field Saturday night amid a legal battle over its team roster. Although they lost, the team was lucky to have even played in the playoff game. Earlier this week, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAC) disqualified Medford from the playoffs and told them they had to forfeit the season after learning...

Medford lost 2-1 in Saturday night’s game, which came amid a legal battle over the team’s roster.

The Medford team was originally disqualified from the playoffs for having an ineligible player on its team.

There has been a major turn of events for the varsity boys soccer team at Medford High School in Massachusetts. The team will be allowed to play in Saturday’s playoff game.

After being told by state athletic officials their season was over, soccer players at Medford High School will be able to play in the playoffs.

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.

Players from a girls’ high school varsity soccer team in Vermont received with yellow cards after taking their jerseys off mid-game to display shirts stating,”#Equal Pay”. League rules bar the girls from wearing uniforms with slogans on them in official games, but they’re fine for practices and off-field activities, the team’s coach noted before the Friday game.