The U.S. women’s national team will face Germany, Australia and either Zambia or Morocco in the group stage of this summer’s Olympic soccer tournament in France, where the Americans hope to return to the top of the podium for the first time in 12 years. The U.S., winner of a record four Olympic titles and four World Cup crowns, hasn’t struck gold in the Summer Games since London in 2012. The American men, returning to the Olympics for the first time since 2008, was grouped with France, New...
HAVANA — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel blasted the U.S. as “interventionist” and for having "contempt" toward the Cuban people and the Cuban revolution in an interview with NBC News in Havana on Tuesday. Hundreds of Cubans have been taking to the streets to protest shortages of food and power. The government accused the U.S. on Monday of firing up the protesters; in response, the U.S. State Department called the accusations “absurd.” Responding to the State Department's comments, Díaz-Canel...
The United States women’s soccer team will face Germany and Australia at the Paris Olympics when incoming coach Emma Hayes looks to get off to a flying start in the job. The draw for the men’s and women’s soccer tournaments were held at a ceremony in Saint-Denis on Wednesday. The
Female athletes are taking a stand against the NCAA. Sixteen female college athletes who compete in sports such as swimming, track, and soccer are suing the NCAA over its transgender athlete policy. The athletes claim that the NCAA allowing men to compete in women’s sports violates Title IX, which bars discrimination based on anatomical sex at schools […]
After more than a decade in MLS, the 2009 MLS Cup winner is a one-man show as Head of International Football in North America for Roc Nation.
Darker days for American-Israeli relations may be ahead if Netanyahu stays the current course, write Dan Raviv and Yossi Melmen.
NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Beijing, where a number of U.S. business leaders, including the CEOs of Blackstone, Qualcomm, Bloomberg, Chubb and FedEx, met with the Chinese president
Players in Kansas City used to get changed in parking lots. On Saturday, the city’s latest club opened the first purpose-built stadium for a women’s professional sports teamThrough strength, speed and courage, Temwa Chawinga created an opening in the Portland defense. She sprinted past a defender to beat oncoming Portland goalkeeper Shelby Hogan to the ball, which spilled out into space. Teenager Alex Pfeiffer saw an opportunity, closed in and buried her left-footed strike. Music, smoke and...
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho, March 26, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Governor of Idaho has weighed in after racist incidents allegedly targeting University of Utah Women’s Basketball players in the area to compete in the NCAA Tournament, hosted in its Spokane location by Gonzaga University. An investigative task force released a statement on the case, saying […] The post Idaho governor, other state officials decry ‘racist’ incidents against U of U women’s basketball team members first appeared on...
A video taken by the New York Post and posted Thursday showed migrants breaking through fencing and knocking down guard members. The post Some Illegal Immigrants Who Stormed U.S. Border in Texas Released into U.S. After Being Processed first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
Northern Colorado, 15-15 after the regular season and Big Sky Conference tournament, will play in the 48-team Women’s NIT, according to the tournament website Sunday evening.
Vo Van Thuong was pressured into stepping down due to a corruption scandal