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The Portuguese soccer federation says Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for the coronavirus

NBC has moved eight of this weekend’s 10 Premier League matches to its online streaming service Peacock behind a pay wall

Lionel Messi says he will stay with Barcelona for the upcoming season

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association released new sport-by-sport guidance Friday on fall school athletics. The MIAA’s fall season will officially start on Sept. 18. Activities approved by the agency’s board of directors for the fall season include soccer, gymnastics, cross country, field hockey, girls’ volleyball, swim and dive, golf and dance. However, there will be no competitive school football,...

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been found guilty of assault at a trial and handed a 21-month suspended sentence following his arrest after a brawl last week on the island of Mykonos, court officials in Greece said

Lionel Messi’s spectacular career with the Catalan club could be coming to an abrupt end

The group that oversees high school sports in Massachusetts has determined that higher-risk sports like football will not be played in the fall.

Author and photographer Kate T. Parker calls her latest book “Play Like a Girl: Life Lessons from the Soccer Field” a “love letter to the game,” and hopes it will inspire young girls to stand up for themselves and speak their minds.

A criminal case against FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been opened by a Swiss special prosecutor

Former Spain and Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 40-year-old Xavi, now the coach of Qatari club Al-Sadd, said Saturday that he was tested according to the Qatar league protocol and that the latest test showed he had contracted COVID-19. “Fortunately, I’m feeling OK, but I will be isolated until I am given the...

Nearly 200 players took the field for an 8-minute, 46-second moment of silence to protest racial injustice before Major League Soccer’s return to action Wednesday night.

As English soccer fans settle down to watch Manchester City take on Arsenal on Wednesday in the English Premier League’s long-awaited return after coronavirus stopped play in March, it will be clear something has changed.

The U_S_ women’s national team wants the U_S_ Soccer Federation to repeal the anthem policy it instituted after Megan Rapinoe started kneeling during “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

The LA Galaxy will meet with new Serbian winger Aleksandar Katai on Thursday to discuss a series of alarming social media posts by his wife. Tea Katai made the since-deleted posts on her Instagram story this week, the Galaxy confirmed Wednesday night in a statement that called the posts “racist and violent.” The team says its meeting with Katai, who…

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.