Soccer

Soccer

Australia's Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke poses with Iranian women's soccer team support worker Zahra Soltan Meshkeh Kar and team player Mohaddeseh Zolfi, who were granted asylum overnight, in Australia, March 10, 2026. Photo: Reuters

3 Iranian women soccer players to return home after seeking asylum in Australia

Australia granted humanitarian visas to seven Iranian footballers last week after they sought asylum, saying they feared persecution if they returned home after they failed to sing the national...

Women's Asian Cup qualifiers postponed, relocated due to Israel-Iran conflict

Women's Asian Cup qualifiers postponed, relocated due to Israel-Iran conflict

France's Karim Benzema during the warm up before the match. Photo: Reuters

French football star Benzema gets one-year suspended jail term

Bukayo Saka failed to score a penalty during the shootout between England and Italy at Wembley. Photo: Collected

How a missed penalty opened up the ugly world of racism

Why do Americans call football ‘soccer’?

Why do Americans call football ‘soccer’?

A relative of Jorge Mora, a follower of Colo Colo soccer team who died after he was ran over by a police truck, attends his wake in Santiago, Chile, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Violence erupts again in Santiago after soccer fan run over by police

UN tweet says women are discriminated in sports

UN tweet says women are discriminated in sports