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The ByteDance-owned company will have a patch on the MLS Portland Timbers and its sister club, Thorns FC of the National Women’s Soccer League.

Although soccer is referred to as “the beautiful game,” in some places, there is an ugly side to the sport that players are now joining forces to address. News4’s Justin Finch spoke to DC United goalkeeper Bill Hamid about how he’s leading the way for this effort in a special broadcast of “Inequality in America” on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020.

The Champions League game between Paris Saint-Germain and Basaksehir was postponed when players walked off the field on Tuesday after alleging that fourth official Sebastian Coltescu of Romania used a racist remark when identifying a Black assistant coach.

U.S. Soccer and the women’s national team have settled the players’ legal claim over inequitable working conditions, putting to rest a part of the team’s gender discrimination lawsuit

Soccer superstar Diego Maradona has been buried in a private ceremony attended by only two dozen people

Argentinian soccer great Diego Maradona has died after undergoing surgery for a subdural hematoma earlier this month. He was 60 years old.

NBCSN Premier League Analyst Tim Howard talks to News4 about the future of USMNT and how Christian Pulisic is stepping up for team.

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

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

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.