The Lecturer and Philosopher King: Xi Jinping Behind Closed Doors

Lionel Messi, the Argentine soccer star, accompanied his team, Inter Miami, to the White House. The event turned into political dynamite back in Argentina.

A former key aide to the Russian oligarch would face an investigation into her time overseeing the Premier League club should she return to soccer.

This summer, FIFA is putting its stamp on the venue for the World Cup.

The U.S. firm bidding for the Premier League club, 777 Partners, has failed to provide required information to a British regulator.

777 Partners had been scooping up big-name soccer teams for two years when it bid for Everton. Doubts about its finances could kill the deal.

Luis Rubiales, who led the country’s soccer federation, departed in disgrace after he forcibly kissed a player after the Women’s World Cup final.

In the span of three months, the soccer superstar has made Inter Miami’s eye-catching jersey the hottest piece of sports merchandise on the planet.

Australia announced it would not bid, clearing the way for the Saudis to bring soccer’s biggest tournament back to the Gulf.

Rapinoe, who helped define U.S. soccer for a decade, is retiring after this week’s N.W.S.L. final. Hayes, the Chelsea coach, will try to put her stamp on it...

The penalty adds to the problems of a team operating under a mountain of debt. It vowed to appeal.

The patience of Alonso, the Bayer Leverkusen manager, says a lot about him, and just as much about a sport perpetually chasing the next big thing.

FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, cheered a plan to take soccer’s richest event to the kingdom. He has said little about his years of work to make that hap...