DUBLIN — Ireland has given up hope of a World Cup playoff replay against France because of Thierry Henry's hand ball. Henry's deliberate handli...
Posted 11.21.2009 | World
(AP) CAIRO — Egyptian soccer fans burned Algerian flags and rioted outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo, smashing cars and shop windows, in an ...
AP | Posted 11.20.2009 | Sports
PARIS — France coach Raymond Domenech says he and his players see no reason to apologize for the Thierry Henry handball against Ireland that put...
AP | Posted 11.20.2009 | Sports
LONDON — Thierry Henry denied Friday that he was a cheat but said the "fairest solution" would be to replay the France-Ireland World Cup playoff...
AP | STUART CONDIE | Posted 11.20.2009 | Sports
LONDON — There will be no rematch. Ireland's hopes for a replay of its World Cup qualifier against France ended Friday after both FIFA and the ...
Gregory M. White | Posted 11.20.2009 | Sports
Thierry Henry's career has been a remarkable one. He's won titles in France, England and Spain, as well as the World Cup. But with two touches, he turned a world of admirers into enemies.
AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 11.19.2009 | World
DUBLIN — Soccer-mad Ireland is fighting mad – and demanding justice for a disputed goal that had fans here crying "Oui were robbed." A bl...
Alan Black | Posted 11.19.2009 | Sports
Soccer is struggling to shake off the curse of flopping -- when a player dives through the air to win his team a penalty. Here's a list of the top soccer floppers.
Posted 11.19.2009 | Sports
Today is the 40th anniversary of soccer legend Pelé's 1,000th goal. To commemorate the occasion, LIFE.com has unveiled two new galleries, one of whic...
Posted 11.20.2009 | Sports
UPDATE, 10:18 AM: Henry says that a replay would be "the fairest solution." More from his statement: I am not a cheat and never have been. It was a...
AP | JOHN LEICESTER | Posted 11.18.2009 | Sports
PARIS — The first rock was thrown with such force that it traveled through the bus, smashing windows on its way in and out, Michel Gaillaud, a F...
David Berri | Posted 11.18.2009 | Sports
Soccernomics explains how the lessons of Moneyball (sports teams are not completely rational) applies to the world's favorite sport.
Jessica Alba | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact
Education is the most effective way to fight poverty. Every year a child is out of school is a year they lose in literacy, in health, in opportunity. 2010 is the year for a breakthrough on global education.
Saul Garlick | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
A South Africa that is inspired by Mandela will be no different from a South Africa with a living Mandela.
Ken Gude | Posted 11.12.2009 | Sports
It is the more significant developments happening off the field that are providing the foundation underlying the growth of the game and making 2009 the year we can finally say soccer is here to stay in America.
Posted 11.11.2009 | World
By Daniel Howden, The Independent An ugly race row has left South Africa's national power company leaderless and is threatening to turn the lights ou...
AP | MALIN RISING | Posted 11.11.2009 | Sports
STOCKHOLM — Sporting a beard and an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps finished third in the 100-meter medley at a World Cup short-course meet a...
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.29.2009 | Entertainment
In our country, hate sells. Even the idealists among us must be wondering if the idea of brotherhood can compete against it. Well, it can. It did in South Africa.
Len Berman | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York
You can put to rest the idea that A-Rod's an October bust. He only hit the biggest home run he's ever hit in pinstripes to tie the game in the 11th inning.
AP | Jeffrey Marcus | Posted 10.13.2009 | Sports
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP)- U.S. national team forward Charlie Davies was injured in a one-car accident in which another person was killed early Tuesday in t...
Daniel Altschuler | Posted 10.13.2009 | World
Hondurans had high hopes for two things last week: qualifying for the World Cup and settling the political crisis. Unfortunately for the Hondurans, they came up short in both.
AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 10.11.2009 | Home
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — American players danced in the locker room and swigged some bubbly. With a thrilling victory on a hot and humid night...
Eric Ehrmann | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment
In a nation where sports and politics cooperate to form a sense of national identity, the Argentine Football Association selected Maradona, who has been out of the game for a decade, over a group of more qualified candidates.
Harut Sassounian | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
For more than a year, many Armenians, both in Armenia and the Diaspora, have vigorously complained to the government about the wisdom of negotiating an agreement with Turkey.
Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.08.2009 | Style
Ultimately, those who embraced green in clothing or fashion accessories were rejecting the status quo. Fashion sometimes has a way of getting under the skin.
AP | Posted 11.21.2009 | Sports