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NJ governor bought a women’s soccer team to inspire his daughter, but ran it...

About a decade ago, Phil Murphy — then a former Goldman Sachs executive — became the majority owner of Sky Blue FC, a professional women’s soccer club in New Jersey. He has remained one of the team’s...

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Why the proposal to host a Spanish soccer league match in Miami is an...

The signs are everywhere that soccer is on the rise in the U.S. In August, FIFA announced that the 2026 World Cup would be held partly in the U.S., by which time soccer is expected to be more popular...

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The rape allegation against Cristiano Ronaldo will test the limits of the...

On Wednesday afternoon, Leslie Stovall — the attorney representing Kathryn Mayorga, the woman suing soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for allegedly raping her in 2009 — stood in front of a room full...

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How a soccer rivalry turned into a national humiliation for Argentina

It was supposed to be the Final to End All Finals. On Saturday, Argentina’s two biggest soccer clubs were supposed to meet in the final of South America’s biggest soccer competition. The rivalry...

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Female soccer star is asked to ‘twerk’ immediately after being named best...

Ever since 1956, France Football has presented the Ballon d’Or trophy to the world’s best men’s football player for that particular year. On Monday — this Monday, in the year 2018 Anno Domini — Ada...

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After allegations of sexual abuse, Afghanistan women’s soccer team fights for...

Detailed allegations surfaced months ago that officials from the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) were sexually assaulting members of the women’s football team. Now the players, many of whom were...

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Women’s national team escalates dispute with U.S. Soccer, filing gender...

The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team took a big step in its ongoing wage dispute with the U.S. Soccer Federation on Friday — which, not coincidentally, was International Women’s Day — when it filed a...

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The Reggae Girlz Foundation aims to turn Jamaica’s World Cup history into...

The story is so cinematic, it’s begging to be made into a Hollywood movie: In 2008, after the Jamaican women’s national football team — best known as the Reggae Girlz — failed to qualify for the...

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This Women’s World Cup is a win for collective bargaining

The 2019 Women’s World Cup in France is already on its way to being the most successful edition of the event ever. Though the tournament is still in the group stages, it is already breaking viewership...

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The tragedy of the Women’s World Cup

This year’s Women’s World Cup has broken television records all around the world. The Round of 16 match between France and Brazil was viewed by more than 35 million people in Brazil and 10.6 million...

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