Researchers from MIT designed "DribbleBot," a robot that dribbles a soccer ball just like humans. The robot stands out for its ability to kick a ball with legs, while most robots still use wheels.

MIT's Improbable Artificial Intelligence Lab has developed a Dexterous Ball Manipulation with a Legged Robot (DribbleBot) that can dribble a soccer ball under real-world conditions similar to those ...

Want to add a little bit of magic to your dribbling game? It makes sense to turn to a magician for inspiration. Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona had more than a few tricks up his sleeve, ...

Could we soon see the end of stoppage time in soccer and shorter matches? What about players dribbling on free kicks instead of, well, kicking the ball? IFAB, the body that FIFA adopts its "Laws of ...

CARSON, Calif. - The National Finals of the Sierra Mist MLS Dribble, Pass & Score™ competition, the largest national grassroots soccer skills competition in the country, were staged Saturday during ...

One of the big problems for statistical analysis of soccer is defensive pressure. Opta tracks many things, but it does not track the location of opposing defenders. A shot taken from the same position ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian soccer fans go crazy when Kerlon bounces the ball off his head to run past defenders. The move is called a “seal dribble” because the 19-year-old midfielder is bobbing ...

His dreams of dribbling to the World Cup were cut short. Richard Swanson, 42, planned to walk, soccer ball at his feet, from Seattle to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to make it in time for next year’s ...

A Seattle man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup died Tuesday after being hit by a pickup truck on the Oregon Coast. Police in Lincoln City, Ore., ...

Richard Swanson, a 42-year-old embarking on what was supposed to be an inspirational, life-changing adventure, had his journey abruptly brought to its end on an Oregon highway Tuesday in a depressing, ...