Luis Rubiales, Spain’s onetime soccer chief, is due to be tried over his nonconsensual kiss of a star player during the Women’s World Cup medal
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Bobby Charlton, an England Soccer World Cup and Manchester United Icon, Dies at 86
Bobby Charlton, one of soccer’s greatest players, who won the World Cup with England in 1966 in a dazzling career that was tinged by the
FIFA Will Host 2030 World Cup on Three Continents
Soccer’s World Cup will be staged in six countries on three continents in its centenary edition in 2030, an unexpected and complex alteration to its
The Stolen Glory of Spain’s World Cup Champions
Wordlessly, their eyes fixed straight ahead, Spain’s players filed in to the Alameda Hotel not far from Madrid’s airport. It had been a month, almost
Luis Rubiales, Spain’s Top Soccer Official, Resigns Over World Cup Kiss
The head of the Spanish soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, resigned on Sunday, weeks after kissing a member of Spain’s women’s team on the lips after
Luis Rubiales and Spain’s Kiss Scandal at the World Cup, Explained
When the Spanish women’s national soccer team won the World Cup final this month, their compatriots had little time to celebrate before the behavior of
Spanish Prosecutors Open Inquiry Into Luis Rubiales Over World Cup Kiss
Spanish prosecutors said on Monday that they had opened an investigation into whether Luis Rubiales, the president of the country’s soccer federation, could be charged
A Kiss After Spain’s World Cup Win Prompts Many to Cry Foul
Spaniards celebrated their country’s first Women’s World Cup victory on Sunday afternoon by holding dance parties in the streets and sharing their giddy delight. But
Spanish Fans Rejoice at World Cup Win
In the game’s last seconds, Ona Sánchez couldn’t sit still. Then, when the referee finally blew the whistle to confirm that Spain had won the
Women’s World Cup Final Reminds England of Men’s Team’s Painful History
In London, theatergoers have flocked to “Dear England,” a hit play that chronicles the drama and anguish of the men’s national soccer team in its