#soccer

11:01am, 23rd April, 2019

Ex-USC soccer coach to plead guilty in college admissions scandal

A former University of Southern California assistant women's soccer coach has agreed to plead guilty to engaging in a racketeering scheme in which she accepted bribes to help wealthy parents get their children into the school as part of the larg...

Ex-coach of Yale women's soccer pleads guilty in admissions scandal

3:52pm, 28th March, 2019

US

Ex-coach of Yale women's soccer pleads guilty in admissions scandal

The former head coach of women's soccer at Yale University admitted on Thursday that he accepted bribes to help parents get their children into the Ivy League school, becoming the third person to plead guilty in the U.S. college admissions scand...

UCLA head soccer coach charged in admissions fraud scandal resigns

6:13am, 22nd March, 2019

US

UCLA head soccer coach charged in admissions fraud scandal resigns

University of Southern California Los Angeles' head men's soccer coach, Jorge Salcedo, who is among those charged in the biggest admissions fraud scheme uncovered in the United States, resigned his post Thursday, school officials told sever...

Leicester City soccer club owner, four others killed in helicopter crash

6:10am, 29th October, 2018

World

Leicester City soccer club owner, four others killed in helicopter crash

Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a Thai tycoon, was killed along with four others when his helicopter crashed and then exploded after a Premier League match on Saturday, the soccer club and police said.

Leicester City soccer club owner was on crashed helicopter: BBC

3:19am, 28th October, 2018

World

Leicester City soccer club owner was on crashed helicopter: BBC

Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was on board a helicopter that crashed outside the club's stadium, the BBC reported on Sunday, quoting a source close to his family.

No Pasaran - London soccer team sells out of Spanish Civil War shirts

2:30am, 18th September, 2018

UK

No Pasaran - London soccer team sells out of Spanish Civil War shirts

A small, newly-founded soccer team in the lower reaches of English football has attracted international fame after its new shirt, inspired by the fight against nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, went viral in Spain and sold out.

Soccer fans, evangelicals clash at Peru stadium over land dispute

3:01pm, 10th September, 2018

World

Soccer fans, evangelicals clash at Peru stadium over land dispute

A soccer stadium in Peru was the site of pitched battle on Monday, but not between two sports teams.

Thai soccer team planned to be inside the cave for only an hour

5:24am, 13th July, 2018

World

Thai soccer team planned to be inside the cave for only an hour

Twelve boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand planned to explore the cavern complex for only about an hour before treacherous flood waters rose to trap them for more than two weeks, one of the boys' fathers said.

With Thai soccer team freed, Hollywood gears up for the movie

8:58pm, 11th July, 2018

World

With Thai soccer team freed, Hollywood gears up for the movie

The dramatic rescue of a Thai boys soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave complex this week transfixed news viewers around the world for more than two weeks, and the story is already headed for a retelling by Hollywood.

Mission declared possible as Thai soccer team saved from flooded cave

11:30am, 10th July, 2018

World

Mission declared possible as Thai soccer team saved from flooded cave

Rescuers freed the last four of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from deep inside a flooded cave on Tuesday, a successful end to a perilous mission that gripped the world for more than two weeks.