Nov 21st, 2008 · Sunday's Major League Soccer championship game matches the Columbus Crew and the New York Red Bulls. Is pro soccer finally gaining a foothold with U.S. sports fans? And how is the sports business dealing with a reeling economy?
Oct 30th, 2008 · Yesterday, rebels called a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict in the Congo. Also, a 23-year-old woman was recently stoned to death in front of spectators at a soccer field in Somalia. Jeffrey Gettleman, East Africa Bureau chief gives an update on news from Somalia and the Congo.
Oct 28th, 2008 · The Barra Brava are a group of fans who bring a different style of cheering and excitement to pro soccer games in the U.S.. They're derived from Latin American fan clubs. But in Washington D.C., most of the members aren't Latino, even though the cheers are in Spanish.
Sep 30th, 2008 · On today's Africa update, we recap the Clinton Global Initiative. Plus, South Africa swears in a new president and Nigerians make a bid to buy an English soccer team. For analysis, Farai Chideya talks with Bill Fletcher, Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies.
Sep 25th, 2008 · Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin became famous as a hockey mom who knew how to shoot. She could probably trade stories with a woman in Lebanon, Pa., Meleanie Hain had a permit to carry a concealed weapon. But she allegedly had it in plain sight at her daughter's soccer games. Other parents complained, and officials revoked her permit. We do not have word if the referees at her daughter's games were especially careful.
Sep 16th, 2008 · A type of small soccer goal is being recalled, after its maker, Regent Sports Corp., received two reports of children getting tangled in the net. In one case, a toddler died after getting his head caught. The goals were manufactured in China.
Aug 27th, 2008 · Street life in the neighborhoods is picking up, with vendors, hawkers and street games of table soccer resurfacing. Residents of Sadr City credit the area's radical Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr for the quiet in their impoverished neighborhood.
Aug 24th, 2008 · It was a sight some thought they'd never see again: an estimated crowd of 100,000 Iraqis on Sunday in Baghdad — to watch a soccer match. It's the first time since the U.S. invasion that a group that large has been able to gather peacefully in the war-torn capital.