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Megan Rapinoe Wins FIFA Women's Player of the Year, Calls for Players Around the World to Fight Inequality

By Madeleine Carlisle

FIFA Pushes for Women to Attend Iran's Soccer Games

By Sanya Mansoor

Female Sports Reporters Are Blowing the Whistle on Sexist Behavior at the World Cup

By Siobhan Morrin

The Alternative World Cup You Might Have Missed This Summer

By Ian Bremmer
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Canada, Mexico and the U.S. Will Bid to Host the 2026 World Cup Together

FIFA has encouraged multi-country bids for the 2026 tournament

By Julia Zorthian

From 2026, the FIFA World Cup Will Have 48 Teams

Expected to benefit smaller, soccer-mad nations in Africa and Asia

By Kate Samuelson

Alcohol Banned From Public Spaces During Qatar World Cup

"There will be no alcohol consumption on the streets, squares and public places and that is final"

By Dominique Rowe

Abkhazia Wins Soccer Cup For Unrecognized States

Panjab and Northern Cyprus came in second and third places respectively

By Nash Jenkins

The Soccer World Cup for Unrecognized States Has Begun

Featuring teams such as Kurdistan, Northern Cyprus and Somaliland

By Rishi Iyengar

China Wants to Be a 'Soccer Superpower' by 2050

It isn't just about sport. The strategy also has broad economic and political implications

By Charlie Campbell / Hong Kong

What to Know About the 'Panama Papers' Leak

The 11.5 million documents released this week implicate several world leaders and their families

By Rishi Iyengar

Watch a Soccer Player's Stunning, Gravity-Defying Goal

Physics? What physics?

By Rishi Iyengar

Lionel Messi Wins Ballon d'Or for 5th Time

Messi keeps making goals and breaking records

By Jeremy Woo / Sports Illusrated

The Best Sports Photos of 2015

TIME looks back on a year in sports.

By TIME Photo

FIFA's Sepp Blatter Hospitalized for Stress

"He is fully preparing himself to go ahead with his fight against his 90-day suspension," a spokesperson said

By Nolan Feeney

President Obama Tells the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team What 'Playing Like a Girl' Really Means

"Taking yourself and your country to the top of the world. That's what American women do. That's what American girls do"

By Megan McCluskey

FIFA Took Bribes for 2006 World Cup, Report Says

The graft-plagued organization says it will review claims in Der Spiegel magazine

By Denver Nicks

Don't Delay Elections, FIFA Leadership Candidate Says

It would exacerbate the organization's 'deepening' crisis, he says

By Rishi Iyengar

FIFA's Sepp Blatter Suspended as Swiss Probe Intensifies

UEFA president Michel Platini, and secretary general Jerome Valcke also suspended

By Tessa Berenson Rogers

Michel Platini Questioned in FIFA Corruption Probe

Swiss authorities say Platini is being investigated "in between as a witness and an accused person"

By Joanna Plucinska
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