The tournament had weathered a series of scandals related to the current administration. Now, a red card reversal threatens to upend it.

The appeal requests are pouring in after FIFA lifted the red card ban on Team USA’s star player, Folarin Balogun.

“I’m good at this stuff,” Trump said, following FIFA’s decision to rescind the red card given to Team USA star Folarin Balogun.

Donald Trump appears to have intervened to increase the U.S.’s odds of defeating Belgium.

The three liberal justice on the Supreme Court dissented as the judiciary upheld state bans on transgender athletes.

As players and fans arrive in an unfriendly United States for the quadrennial soccer spectacle, civil society organizations are mounting an effort to keep visitors safe.

Science blames the scorching hot temperatures on global warming, but will sports reporters make the climate connection?

Omar Artan was set to become the first Somali to officiate a World Cup match. He was denied entry to the United States on Monday at Miami International Airport.

The president will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden—and inconvenience tens of thousands of New Yorkers.

Can soccer still unite people across borders, class, and cultures in an increasingly authoritarian world?

For us mere mortals, from the pope’s encyclical to the total failure of the Enhanced Games, it’s been a pretty good week.

Travel bans, ICE fears, and astronomical costs are ruining the tournament before it begins—not that Trump or Gianni Infantino care.

The Trump administration is proud about bullying the IOC into changing its policy on transgender athletes.

In the final of this surprisingly thrilling and utterly joyful World Baseball Classic, Venezuela outplayed their sour opponents.

The White House’s videos mixing football hits with bombing footage tell us: We have some twisted people running this country.

President Trump issued a dark warning to the Iranian men’s soccer team.

The FBI director announced a “historic seminar” at Quantico.

With less than 100 days until the tournament begins, it is already being tested by war, diplomatic crises, and instability.

The Olympic gold medal–winning women’s hockey team has declined another invite from President Trump.

The U.S. women’s hockey team won gold at the Olympics.