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Sam Kerr and other WSL stars talk FIFA 23 at EA Sports Women’s Football Summit

Women's soccer is starting to be put on the same level as the men's, so we spoke to several WSL stars about their role in this change.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Manufactured rivalries don’t work: LA’s El Tráfico is an exception

The two Los Angeles teams meet on Thursday night in the MLS playoffs. And the passion and excitement around the game is a highlight of the league

The Guardian - US

Soccer greats Joey Peters, Craig Johnston to be inducted into Sport NSW Hall of Champions

They are among six being inducted on November 28.

Newcastle Herald

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Cuba seeks World Cup qualification after nearly a century

Soccer coaches across Cuba are training hundreds of players as part of a new program to elevate the sport’s profile and status in a country that last qualified for the World Cup in 1938

The Independent UK

'Nobody said anything because they feared being benched' – how abuse is baked into American sports

As someone who has been researching, writing and teaching about women’s and girls sports for the past 15 years, I wasn’t surprised by the recent revelations of sexual and verbal abuse by National Women’s Soccer League coaches.

The Conversation

FIFA vows to improve Indonesian soccer safety after tragedy

The president of soccer’s world governing body has met with Indonesia’s president and pledged to help improve stadium safety to prevent a repeat of a tragedy in which police fired tear gas at a match, causing a crush that killed 132 people

The Independent UK

Higuain’s ‘Dream Is Over’ as Argentine Brings Curtain Down on Career

Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuain said his "dream is over" after he brought the curtain down on his trophy-laden career following Inter Miami's 3-0 defeat to New York City FC in the Major League Soccer playoffs. Higuain, who announced his decision to retire earlier this month, was unable to sign off…

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Pro-IRA chanting at Dublin Airport condemned days after Ireland football team controversy

The Ireland women’s soccer team were forced to apologise after they were filmed singing it in their dressing room following their World Cup play-off win over Scotland last week

Dublin Live

Iran's celebrities face reprisals for supporting protests

Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support for the massive anti-government protests shaking their country

The Independent UK

MLS shatters four records going into play-offs ahead of astronomical deal worth £220m

Fans have tuned in to watch Major League Soccer more regular during 2022, and Apple will be hoping to continue that trend as they take on the broadcasting rights from next season

Daily Mirror

Soccer Saturday's Jeff Stelling threatens to 'walk off' show as fans raise concerns

Soccer Saturday host Jeff Stelling said he wanted to leave early as viewers at home raised concerns about the host

Chronicle Live

Tom Krasovic: Alex Morgan, Wave react to NWSL-abuse report on cusp of playoff match this weekend

SAN DIEGO — Between the Wave's season finale Sept. 30 and the upcoming playoff game Sunday night in Mission Valley, a bombshell report was released that chronicled alleged abusive behavior, sexual misconduct and predation in the National Women's Soccer League before the San Diego team's arrival.

Tribune News Service

Soccer-French soccer chiefs to check migrant workers' conditions in Qatar

The French Football Federation (FFF) said on Friday it will send a delegation to Qatar to carry out checks on the working conditions of migrant workers after a documentary revealed poor living conditions at the team's World Cup base in Doha.

Reuters

Indonesia's fatal soccer stampede caused by tear gas, say investigators

A fact-finding team tasked with investigating a deadly soccer stampede in Indonesia has concluded that tear gas was the main cause of death in one of the world's worst stadium disasters, the country's security minister said on Friday.

Reuters

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Soccer-Ex-Venezuela soccer chief handed five-year ban after corruption charges

A former president of Venezuela's soccer federation (FVF) has been banned by FIFA for five years and fined more than $410,000 after being found guilty of financial corruption, world soccer's governing body said on Thursday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Joanna Lohman ‘was fooled by Paul Riley’ in Philadelphia, where he allegedly coerced her teammates

PHILADELPHIA — In the vast swirl of emotions that followed U.S. Soccer’s investigation of alleged abuse in the NWSL, two similar forms flowed next to each other.

ABC News

Junior soccer club for struggling families denied participation in Adelaide competition

A new club trying to make soccer more affordable families is told by Football SA that there is no room for them in a local competition.

The Independent UK

Maradona 'Hand of God' World Cup ball to be auctioned

The ball used when Diego Maradona scored his “Hand of God” goal in the 1986 World Cup against England has been put up for auction by the Tunisian referee who missed soccer’s most famous handball

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The Guardian - UK

Austerity architect George Osborne is in no position to lecture Liz Truss

Brief letters: Economic harm | Size of a soccer pitch | Save the coronation date | Teacher exhortations | Humble pie

Reuters

Soccer-World Cup has helped Qatar strengthen worker rights, says organiser

Qatar acknowledges there are gaps in its labour system but the World Cup has allowed the country to make progress on issues related to worker rights, Mahmoud Qutub, a member of the tournament's organising committee, said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Alexis Ohanian gets sports award, calls for reforms in NWSL

Angel City FC founding investor Alexis Ohanian says there needs to be a safe work environment in the National Women’s Soccer League

Sports Illustrated

Jeff Luhnow’s Next Act: Soccer

The scandal-marked former Astros GM says he has nothing to apologize for.

Tribune News Service

USWNT legend Brandi Chastain talks coaching high school soccer, NWSL abuse, Title IX

DALLAS — Since scoring the game-winning penalty against China in the 1999 World Cup Finals, USWNT legend Brandi Chastain has gone on to coach, commentate and advocate for women’s leadership in sports.

Reuters

FIFA, Indonesian football body form taskforce after fatal stampede

The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) and world soccer governing body FIFA will form a joint taskforce in a bid to improve crowd control and safety measures after a deadly soccer stampede earlier this month, officials said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Man Utd’s Marc Skinner calls on women’s game to ‘change, adapt and evolve’ in wake of abuse report

US Soccer last week said it would move immediately to implement reform after abuse and misconduct were found to have ‘become systemic’ in the NWSL

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