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Just days after the United States men's national team qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, we now know who they will play in Qatar. On Friday, the draw took place, giving us the schedule for the red, white and blue as they return to the cup after missing out in 2018. The U.S. were placed in Group B and will face England, Iran and a team to be determined. The last opponent will be the victory of a European playoff with Wales, Scotland and Ukraine being the possible opponents. Gregg Berhalter's team will play at the tournament after a...

U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named the 23-player roster for the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, which features the top-ranked USA, No. 4 England, No. 8 Japan and No. 10 Brazil. All four teams will be participating in this summer’s 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. Brazil, Japan and the USA are three of the seven teams that have participated in each of the seven previous Women’s World Cup tournaments.

All the facts and figures for France v Uruguay, Belgium v Brazil, England v Sweden and Croatia v Russia

It started as one of Spain’s typical grand passing rondos, it grew over 90 minutes and then 120 into one of the biggest mountains of possession amassed since World Cup records began, and by the end it felt like this great generation of players had run out of fresh ideas. This was the remnants of the great world champions of 2010 passing the ball 1,114 times in a match but unable to score more goals than a Russia team who refused to be passed to death in the way that so many opponents have in the past. By the end...

Most World Cup teams played two games over the recent international break and here we assess how all of them fared

Did you know who Ed Cunningham is? Probably not. Cunningham, a college football analyst for ESPN, was unknown to all but hardcore football fans. But by tying himself closely to a politically correct cause – in this case, resigning his position Wednesday, in a protest over concussions in football – he is guaranteed fawning media coverage. The New York Times is leading the Cunningham canonization. With the new college football season for most teams starting this weekend, the resignation seems timed for maximum attention. But the politically correct movement seems much more focused on opposing what is uniquely American than...

Alright I must have seen this clip a hundred times... a woman, dressed in white, kicks a soccer ball - it hits the bar, but then seems to go in, then bounces out. The goal is defended by a woman in a dark uniform with dark hair, I'm assuming she's Japanese. Now everyone is making a big deal of this saying she "scored her own goal" or some other BS and I'm sick of it can someone PLEASE explain to me what happened?

It's not every day you meet a psychic octopus like the one that predicted eight World Cup wins in a row last summer, but that isn't stopping a German aquarium chain from trying. In honor of the Women's World Cup, which begins June 26 in Sinsheim, Germany, the Sea Life aquarium chain is looking for the next incarnation of Paul, the octopus who amazed the world by correctly predicting the results of Germany’s matches in the 2010 World Cup, according to TheLocal.de. Each of the country’s eight aquariums will have one of its octopuses predict the competition’s results by picking...

You can not imagine just how screwed up the State of New York is. After evaluating summer camp injuries they realized that fun games like dodgeball and even wiffle ball resulted in physical injuries to children. So what did the DOH do? They issues a list to camps telling them that camps that let kids play these games will be subjected to more scrutiny. Whatever that means. The reality is that the games listed are what would be called competitive games, and what the Nanny Bureaucrats want is to eliminate all competition among our youth. The argument has changed though....

Friday, June 25, 2010 1:11 AM EDT As you know, we are all in the grip of World Cup fever. It's reached such intensity that if you walk into a sports bar anywhere in the United States and mention Landon Donavan's stunning extra-time goal against Algeria that allowed the USA to finish atop group C and advance to this weekend's round of 16, literally several people will actually know what you're talking about. And only a couple will want to beat you up. The World Cup is, of course, that quadrennial event when the entire sporting world can join together...

Look no farther than Portland's Eastern Promenade for proof on Sunday as the walking dead take to the baseball fields to play the time-honored sport of kickball. Picnics will be ruined, dog walks disrupted, and bike rides seriously altered. And it could be just the beginning – we could be looking at zombie scavenger hunts (for brains), zombie capture the flag (for brains) and zombie marches (for equal rights ... and brains). This is the third straight year of Zombie Kickball. Typically the pastime of elementary schoolers (and occasionally low-watt thrill-seeking 20- and 30-somethings), kickball has an unknown appeal to...

ABC13 Eyewitness News (12/15/04 - HOUSTON) — A Richmond couple is upset at a Sugar Land pet store they say gave away their beloved Pomeranian to a stranger. Jana Brown says she dropped off her purebred Pomeranian named Mercedes to a Sugar Land Petco to get groomed more than a week ago, just as she has done dozens of times before. But ... ~snip~ Click here to continue and see video

The runner rounds third and pounds toward home plate. With the ball still stuck in the outfield, a home run looks inevitable. But the grass, slick from the drizzling rain, proves to be the defense's greatest ally. The runner slips, and with cartoon-like acrobatics, flies through the air and lands flat on his face. Just as he gets to his feet, the third baseman throws the large yellow rubber ball at the target on the back of the runner's team shirt, tagging him out. No, this isn't a strange version of baseball or softball. This is kickball, that great American...