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.
Aug 21st, 2008 · The U.S. women's softball team lost in the gold medal match to Japan 3-1 that they were widely favored to win. The U.S. women's soccer team won 1-0 against rival Brazil.
Jul 10th, 2008 · International sports fans are looking forward to the upcoming Summer Olympics in August, but another global sporting event is also stirring its fair share of anticipation. The World Cup of soccer isn't until 2010, but countries are already competing to participate. Author Franklin Foer talks about what many describe as the World Cup fever.
Jun 30th, 2008 · Spain's soccer team beat Germany 1-0 to win the Euro 2008 championship. It's the team's first major title in more than 40 years.
Jun 28th, 2008 · Germany faces Spain in the finals of the Euro 2008 soccer tournament in Vienna on Sunday. Eric Goetz of Lebanon, N.H., talks about what it's like living in a soccer-indifferent country during this tournament.
Jun 17th, 2008 · Republican John McCain is courting the suburban women who voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton during the primaries. McCain has made campaign stops in the Clinton territories of New York and New Jersey, talking up the fear of terrorism with these soccer moms.