Soccer legend Harry Keough dies at 84

St. Louisan played on famous World Cup team, coached SLU to five NCAA titles.

Are Parents Really Driving Coaches to Quit?

The Feb. 5 column by Patrick Hite of the News Leader in Waynesboro, Va., describes a common modern-day tragedy ? the coach who is driven from the sport he or she loves because of too much parental interference. Rob Bennett has one less job these days. The Covington High School science teacher, who is also ...

Soccer fans riot in Egypt, killing scores, injuring 1,000

Nation & World briefing CAIRO - At least 73 people were killed in a brawl between rival groups of soccer fans after a match in the city of Port

The Puzzle of Two Footballs

American football is a staccato, violent, over-plotted travesty bereft of flow.

Herdman, Canadian soccer women thrown curveball

John Herdman has six months to ready Canada's women's soccer team for the London Olympics, and the head coach had banked on the U.S. pro league to be a big part of preparations. Now, Monday's news that Women's Professional Soccer won't play this year has thrown Herdman a curveball and left Canada's top players scrambling for places to play.