FIFA has banned the president of Panama’s soccer federation for a fat-shaming comment about a star player in the women’s national team.

FIFA has suspended Panama's soccer federation president in the wake of fat-shaming comments he aimed at a star player on Panama's national team last May.

FIFA suspended the president of Panama's soccer federation for a fat-shaming comment about a star player in the women's national team.

“FIFA’s sports arbitration clauses are mandatory,” the European court said in summarizing the opinion by Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta. “ (CAS) awards rendered under that system cannot therefore be limited to public policy issues and must be open to full judicial review.”

Kick It Out (KIO) asks Fifa if it has taken any action over a video posted on social media by Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez last year featuring an alleged "racist and transphobic" chant.

Anti-discrimination group Kick It Out has sent a letter to FIFA and CONMEBOL over the lack of investigation into Enzo Fernández after the Argentina star posted an allegedly racist and anti-gay chant on social media last summer.

Yakima was selected as a site for a 2026 FIFA World Cup fan zone, officials announced at a news conference in Seattle this week. Mayor Patricia Byers shared the news at Tuesday’s city council study session and called it exciting for Yakima.

Kitsap County and Bremerton are chosen as an official Fan Zone for the 2026 World Cup, welcomed by local officials.

Mexico will kick off 2025 in unconventional fashion by traveling to South America to face two of the continent's most notable club teams. Over the next week, El Tri will play Brazil's Internacional and Argentina's River Plate as the conclusion of a January camp that only features players from Liga MX.

Tickets are on sale to the general public for all 63 matches, including the Seattle Sounders hosting group stage action from Lumen Field.

None of the Olympic venues have been damaged by the still-burning fires that tore through Pacific Palisades on the city’s westside and Altadena, an unincorporated community above Pasadena in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.