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FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace on Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FIFA fines Israel, denies key Palestinian complaint and urges Iran to fulfill its World Cup schedule

March 20, 2026 at 8:31 a.m.

FIFA fined the Israeli soccer federation for breaching anti-discrimination regulations but took no action on a Palestinian request to suspend Israel from global soccer for allowing clubs based in West...

Iran's soccer team pose for a team photo before an Asian group A qualifying soccer match against North Korea for the 2026 World Cup on June 10, 2025, at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran soccer team pushes back on Donald Trump comments, saying ‘no one can exclude’ it from the World Cup

March 13, 2026 at 7:41 a.m.

Pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments, Iran’s national soccer team says “no one can exclude” it from playing in the men’s World Cup in the United States.

A cyclist rides past an installation promoting the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

With 100 days to go, World Cup faces new challenges with Iran war and Mexico violence

March 4, 2026 at 9:08 a.m.

With 100 days to go until the World Cup, the Iran war has added a new layer of complexity to the tournament co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Karla Mohtashemi, center, celebrates as Voice of Iran hosts a car rally in Bellevue, Wash., on Feb. 28, 2026, in response to the U.S. bombing of Iran. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP)

Iran’s World Cup place put in doubt by Middle East conflict. FIFA has Iraq next in line.

March 2, 2026 at 10:19 a.m.

Iran’s place at the men’s World Cup in three months’ time was put in doubt Monday amid an escalating Middle East conflict sparked by the soccer tournament’s co-host: the United...

Casey Wasserman, Chairman of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games speaks during an IOC meeting ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

LA Mayor Bass joins calls for 2028 Olympics head Casey Wasserman to leave over Jeffrey Epstein ties

February 17, 2026 at 7:04 a.m.

Pressure built Tuesday on Casey Wasserman as head of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing team after the city’s mayor urged him to leave over his historic ties to Jeffrey...

Lindsey Vonn at the finish line after crashing during a World Cup downhill race Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Crans Montana, Switzerland. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP)

Lindsey Vonn says her ‘Olympic dream is not over’ after downhill crash a week before Winter Games

January 30, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.

Lindsey Vonn crashed in a downhill race and was airlifted from the course, a troubling turn for the 41-year-old U.S. star a week before the Milan Cortina Olympics.

USA’s Jordan Chiles and Simone Biles celebrate as they see the scores and win bronze and silver medals in the individual floor exercise on Aug. 5, 2024, at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

US gymnast Jordan Chiles may regain her 2024 Olympic medal after appeal granted to rehear case

January 29, 2026 at 6:53 p.m.

American gymnast Jordan Chiles may reclaim the bronze medal on floor exercise from the 2024 Paris Olympics that was stripped from her following an appeal by Romania after all.

Lindsey Vonn celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, women’s World Cup downhill in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Dec.12, 2025. (AP Photo/Luciano Bisi)

Remarkable Lindsey Vonn, 41, wins World Cup downhill to start her Olympic season

December 12, 2025 at 7:37 a.m.

Lindsey Vonn raced to a stunningly fast win in a World Cup downhill at St. Moritz on Friday to earn her first victory in nearly eight years.

President Donald Trump is presented with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center on Dec. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Soccer peace prize for Donald Trump triggers complaints about Gianni Infantino to FIFA ethics investigators

December 9, 2025 at 1:09 p.m.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s public support for Donald Trump and a peace prize awarded to the U.S. president are the subjects of formal complaints to the global soccer body’s ethics...

President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

What to know about FIFA’s new peace prize — and is Donald Trump going to win it?

November 7, 2025 at 11:21 a.m.

There is a new worldwide peace prize on the scene and it was created by FIFA, not Nobel. Here’s what we know — and what we don’t know — about...

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