With the 2026 World Cup taking place in North America, the debate around whether the sport should be called football or soccer is raging once more. The modern version of football was popularised in ...

The Corinthians Football Team of 1895, with Charles Wreford-Brown highlighted. UK National Archives / Illustration: The Athletic The word ‘soccer’ remains at the heart of one of the most enduring, if ...

Fans watch the United States' first game of the World Cup Mario Tama/Getty Images Much of the English-speaking world calls it “football.” Some call it futbol, futebol or fußball. Italians call it ...

American fans get mocked for saying soccer, but they didn't come up with the name.

It's the argument that tears the Anglophone world apart. There is so much uniting us all but how can we possibly see that until this most divisive of beefs has been squashed? How can I, a Brit, and ...

At the 2026 World Cup draw, FIFA Peace Prize recipient and U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the game should really be called “football.” “There’s no question about it. We have to come up ...

Soccer purists have long feared the “Americanization” of the game. But in one key respect, it is already happening: ownership. U.S. sports ownership norms and rules differ greatly from the traditional ...

Soccer headers could be a problem later for some. As early as midlife, former elite players have reported worse anxiety, depression and focus, a new study finds.