Soccer

Something is afoot in this tournament, a spectacle that has been explosively enjoyable and peppered with surprises.

Argentina will be defending its title in Atlanta, and its first opponent will be Canada.

The Netflix series “Sunderland ’Til I Die” serves as a thesis both for fandom and for the inevitability of its disappointments.

Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, a central midfielder for Luton Town F.C., is the first player to rise from England’s lowest tier of professional soccer to its highest with a single team.

A journalist describes the history of feminist activism in Spain and why the World Cup controversy marks a new phase.

The support for a player who endured an unwanted kiss during the trophy presentation shows how attitudes toward women’s soccer are changing, but not fast enough.

Despite a heartbreaking loss in the semifinals, Australia’s national team has built an excitement for the game that will last.

Some of the best players in the world have gone down with A.C.L. tears—an injury that, for reasons which aren’t entirely clear, women experience far more often than men.

The U.S. team has always embraced its challenges. Now a new generation of players is facing defeat. What they do with it will determine the future of the program.

Although Haiti did not make it past the group stage, the team’s star has been the tournament’s most exciting player.

Excitement about soccer is visible everywhere in Australia, even with the national team’s chances now in doubt.

The greatest soccer player of all time has entered the farewell-tour phase of his career.

Mistreatment, unequal pay, and discrimination persist. And yet, among the athletes, there is a great feeling of solidarity, and a sense of increasing opportunity.

The twenty-nine-year-old striker, one of the world’s great scorers, has raised hopes in a country where soccer was once an afterthought.

The author discusses “The Soccer Balls of Mr. Kurz,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.

The Norwegian has set upon English soccer like a wrathful angel.

Rui Pinto, a Portuguese hacker, set into motion the investigation that now threatens the future of Manchester City, English soccer’s most successful team.

Suffering is an essential part of the story that we Argentines tell about ourselves.

From Lionel Messi’s penalty kick to Kylian Mbappé’s hat trick, the match was stuffed with so many remarkable incidents, so much tension, such dramatic momentum swings, such joy.

The indefatigable sportswriter from Kansas knew that the power of the global game extended far beyond the field of play.