Soccer

A Russian businessman promised the country's soccer team "two beautiful chicks" for each goal they scored before a 3--0 loss to Spain in the Euro 2008 semifinals.

Her World Cup outburst violated the team-first ethos of women's sports and made her an outcast. Now Hope Solo is the U.S. goalie once again, bound for Beijing—and still trying to figure it all out

8 Extra-base hits by the Mariners in a win over the Marlins last Friday, their first game under new manager Jim Riggleman.

A 28-year-old Delaware man was arrested for allegedly biting the chin of a referee who had thrown him out of a rec-league soccer game.

SI's most strident soccer basher tests whether five days of total immersion in the sport can transform a lifelong hater into a fútbol fanatic