“We are deeply saddened by the loss of our beloved football player, Baran Alp Vardar," Turkish team İstanbulspor wrote on social media Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Two players from the Iranian women’s soccer team have joined a practice session with a professional club in Brisbane in their first publicly shared appearance since it ...

Australian Minister of Home Affairs Tony Burke announced at a news conference Tuesday that another Iranian women's soccer player and a team staffer have accepted asylum in Australia amid fear of ...

Nike and U.S. Soccer just revealed the official team jerseys for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and they’re the perfect blend of something old and something new. The U.S. men’s national team (USMNT) kits ...

A soccer player for a Turkish club based in Istanbul has died after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 20 years old. On Sunday, March 15, İstanbulspor — a team in Turkey’s TFF First League, which is ...

Adam Ankers was playing soccer on Jan. 31, 2024, when he complained of a tight chest before dying 4 days later wwfcofficial.com A soccer player reportedly died after signs of a cardiac arrest were ...

Former Iranian wrestler Sardar Pashaei, like many, feels concern about the Iranian women's soccer players who are returning to their home country after not standing for the national anthem and being ...

Five members of the Iranian national women's soccer team who sought asylum in Australia a week after refusing to sing Iran's national anthem before a match will be allowed to stay in the country, ...

Shiva Amini says that the lives of Iranian athletes can change with the snap of a finger. Amini was a soccer player on Iran’s national futsal team until 2017, when she was pictured casually playing ...

Gold Coast, Australia — The Iranian women's soccer team left Australia minus seven of its members who were granted asylum, after tearful protests of their departure at Sydney Airport and frantic final ...

President Donald Trump walked back his criticisms of Australia on Monday, March 9, after the United States ally offered of asylum to Iranian members of the Iranian women's soccer team. Five members of ...

Five players have defected from the Iran women’s soccer team and are being cared for in a safe house operated by the Australian Federal Police. Sources with direct knowledge of the event, speaking ...