Greek soccer player banned for giving Nazi salute
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek soccer player Giorgos Katidis has been banned from his national team for life after giving a Nazi salute while celebrating a goal in the topflight league...
Soccer executive uses racist term for Mario Balotelli
ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's brother, vice president of AC Milan, the team owned by the media mogul, has sparked criticism by using a racist term to refer to the team's new star acquisition,Mario Balotelli, an Italian of African descent...
Africa 'deserves' more places at World Cup
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Africa deserves more than five places at the World Cup, the Cameroon Football Federation president says...
English soccer to tackle racism with education
LONDON (AP) — All professional soccer players and managers in England and newcomers from abroad will have cultural lessons regarding discrimination as part of proposals to fight racism...
Hope Solo says she's 'happy' after marriage to Jerramy Stevens
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Hope Solo diffused the drama surrounding her personal life as the gold medal-winning U.S. women's soccer team prepared for an exhibition match against Ireland...
Major League Soccer sets record for player racial diversity
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Major League Soccer has set a record for the fifth consecutive year for the racial diversity of its players...
Italian paper depicts black soccer star as King Kong
An Italian newspaper is in hot water for depicting famed soccer played Mario Balotelli as King Kong in a recent cartoon...
Start of Euro 2012 overshadowed by racism claims
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Before a ball was even kicked, the issue of racism flared up at the European Championship after Netherlands players said Polish spectators made monkey chants at them during a training session...
Black family members skip European soccer championship
Some family members of England's black players will avoid traveling to the European Championship because of fears of racist abuse and violence.
Investors plan soccer stadium for Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to revive the seaside shantytown known throughout the hemisphere for its extreme poverty and gang battles...
