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Chile’s Copa América: Pollution worries hang in the air

SANTIAGO, Chile – As South America's football heroes jet into Chile for the Copa América, a dark cloud is hanging over two host cities where air pollution alerts are worrying organizers and fans.

Costa Rica draws with Spain 1-1 at FIFA Women’s World Cup opening match in Canada

The final score in Las Ticas' debut at Canada's World Cup is the country's first point ever in a FIFA World Cup.

FIFA official: Russia, Qatar face losing World Cups if bribery proven

"If evidence exists that Qatar and Russia received the [World Cup] awards only thanks to bribes, then the awards could be annulled," head of FIFA's auditing and compliance committee Domenico Scala told the Sonntagszeitung weekly.

Colombia defeats Costa Rica in Copa América preparation match

The decisive goal was scored by Falcao during the first minute of the nerve-wracking match's second half, when the Colombians' aggressive tactics made it impossible for a timid La Sele to recover.

Costa Rica’s Saprissa signs San Diego footballer

Before he put on the purple kit, del Campo played for the University of California, Davis and the San Jose Earthquakes’ Under-23 team. In 2014, he played for the U.S. U-23 national team.

US men’s national team stuns Netherlands with 2 late goals for 4-3 victory

Danny Williams scored the equalizer in the 88th minute and Bobby Wood broke the deadline in the 90th as the U.S. overcame a 3-1 deficit in the last 20-plus minutes to produce one of the greatest away victories in the program's recent history.

The reporter who exposed the FIFA scandal that toppled Sepp Blatter

Read about the man who set the investigation in motion, with a book in 2006, "FOUL! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote-Rigging and Ticket Scandals," followed by an exposé aired on the BBC's "Panorama" program that same year, and then another book in 2014, called "Omerta: Sepp Blatter's FIFA Organised Crime Family."

FIFA-Gate: Just days after his re-election, Blatter resigns

ZURICH, Switzerland – Sepp Blatter on Tuesday resigned as president of FIFA as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body. Read his statement here.

FIFA denies Blatter deputy approved $10 million payment

FIFA on Tuesday admitted that it had processed a $10 million payment from South Africa to a disgraced football official but denied the world body's secretary general Jerome Valcke was involved. FIFA released a statement after The New York Times reported that Valcke, right hand man to FIFA leader Sepp Blatter, had signed off on the payment.

FIFA arrests transform Blatter heir into face of football scandal

"If I have been in FIFA for 30 years and I have been thiefing all the money, who give me the money?" Jack Warner asked his supporters gathered in Trinidad. After one blurted out, "Blatter!" Warner asked, "And why it is he ain't charged?"

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