Soccer

The team that signed Bruno Fernandes de Souza says he "deserves a new opportunity." Souza, sentenced to 22 years in prison for ordering the 2010 murder, was recently released on a technicality.

While a large number of the concussions in soccer come from players knocking skulls, heading the ball poses its own threat, a study finds.

For the first time in decades, the struggling U.S. team may not qualify for next year's World Cup. But the return of Bruce Arena, who led the team to two World Cups, brings hopes of a turnaround.

After a former pro player went public with allegations he had been sexually abused as a child by a well-regarded coach, a wave of similar reports emerged. One player says he was paid for his silence.

Hanan Abu Qassem is one of a handful of female emergency medical technicians working at Palestinian soccer games. Stares and jeers don't faze her. "I'm anxious to be a very famous EMT," she says.

What happens when two talented 36-year-olds face off against 30 8-year-olds on a soccer field?

A tense tone dominated with both offenses repeatedly getting the ball into the penalty area. All shots were turned away but one, by American Carli Lloyd.

"This is done! This is done! We are never going home!" a commentator on Icelandic TV said. He added, "Live the way you want England. ... You can go home! You can go out of Europe!

Just three minutes after entering the game, Jhasmani Campos arced a free kick over the wall and into the net, setting off cheers in Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

The three-day auction of more than 2,000 items started Tuesday in London. The soccer star says he will donate a portion of the proceeds to a children's hospital in Brazil.

Soccer Without Borders, which won a $250,000 grant this month, helps kids overcome past trauma by kicking it and flicking it.