Germany legend Bastian Schweinsteiger found himself at the receiving end of racism allegations on Friday

FIFA's Social Media Protection Service has identified over 388,000 harmful comments at the ongoing 2026 World Cup, highlighting persistent online abuse.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of mayors and other city leaders gathered in the ballroom of a Washington hotel on a snowy January morning this year gripped by anger and anxiety about the federal government's increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement operation that included the killings of two U.

"A bit African football, a bit unorthodox, a bit wild, a bit perhaps also not so conditioned by tactics. We have to be prepared for it to be unpredictable," Schweinsteiger said.

Rafael van der Vaart, a Dutch former soccer player, later said in a statement that his intention was never to "offend, hurt or discriminate against anyone"

Jurgen Klopp has walked out of an interview amid the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup. This happened after a reporter asked about controversial comments made by fellow pundit Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Lamine Yamal and Spain followed up their dud of a World Cup opener with an emphatic performance against Saudi Arabia.

BANGKOK (AP) — A Myanmar rights group is urging FIFA to reverse its decision to grant exclusive World Cup broadcast rights to a U.S.-sanctioned company linked to the country's military government that seized power of the five years ago.