FIFA Women’s World Cup history officially only dates back to 1991. But the tournament quickly became a major event in world soccer, and has delivered many memorable moments since its founding. While ...

Roots of women's soccer go far beyond the first Women's World Cup in 1991. A brief history of the sport's evolution and how it has gotten to where it is.

When the ball gets kicked off the center circle of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, the United States will go down in history as the first host of the most important soccer tournament created this century.

Over the course of soccer history, there have been countless great goalscorers. Take Zlatan Ibrahimović, for example—a master ...

The Telstar 18, the official Adidas soccer ball of World Cup 2018 looks like a ball from 1970. But make no mistake, this is modern sports tech ...

1970 World Cup in Mexico. And so came the era of Adidas, now a booming manufacturer of soccer-related items like shoots and balls. According to World Cup Balls, this ball was called the Telstar ...

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In three weeks, the 32-nation World Cup soccer tournament begins in South Africa and the ultimate prize for every team is to win the celebrated, 18-karat gold and malachite trophy.

Although soccer has been around since medieval times, the evolution of the ball itself is fun to track according to the history of the World Cup, beginning with the inaugural Cup in 1930.

Ultimately, the political aspects of the World Cup reflect the tournament’s knack for staging history-making moments that can immediately be absorbed into broader historical narratives.

Workers are pictured ahead of the Club World Cup at Hard Rock Stadium. AFP via Getty Images. The tournament will also be a small taste of what’s to come for next year’s World Cup, as well as a ...

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