This past week, there were three cases where individuals (two players and one coach) were dismissed from the game due to dissent
Footballers from the Tianjin team in China became so enraged during a match that they chased the referee off the pitch.
Tianjin were playing a match against Beijing in China’s National Games.
The drama began after two Tianjin players were sent off, one for a blatant stamp on an opponent who was lying on the ground.
Incensed by [...]
David Beckham was fined $1,000 by Major League Soccer, which said his gestures toward taunting fans suggested that they leave their seats and come on the field.
The fine by MLS commissioner Don Garber on Friday came five days after the English star confronted Los Angeles Galaxy fans in a group called the L.A. Riot Squad. [...]
The United States isn’t conceding the 2018 World Cup to Europe.
Despite the likelihood that FIFA will favor going back to Europe for that tournament, the head of the U.S. bid committee said Thursday it hasn’t given up hope of hosting in 2018. The United States is one of 11 countries that has formally declared its [...]
Next year’s World Cup promises to be a loud affair after FIFA rejected calls to ban the noisy vuvuzela, a plastic trumpet, from the event in South Africa.
