soccer

How do you say renaissance man in Swedish? Kevin Walker won Sweden’s version of American Idol and now he’s playing for one of country’s best soccer teams.

South African soccer star Senzo Meyiwa was known for his incredible skills in goal, recently earning the starting spot on his country’s national team. But he died on Sunday during a robbery at his girlfriend’s house, stunning South Africans and bringing even more attention to gun violence there.

Soccer fans chants “Ebola, Ebola” at them; teams forfeit matches so they don’t have to be near them; they’re quarantined everywhere they play. That’s what it’s like to be on Sierra Leone’s national soccer team right now.

Each weekend for four decades, soccer fans in the United Kingdom tuned into the radio to listen for the latest scores. What they heard was the voice of John Alexander Gordon, who could made music out of the numbers. Gordon died this week at age 78.

Cricket is king in Pakistan, but one downtrodden neighborhood is mad for soccer — and the Brazilian national team. Lyari has produced some of Pakistan’s biggest soccer stars, and its residents feel a special kinship with the World Cup host country. Cricket is king in Pakistan, but one downtrodden neighborhood is mad for soccer — and the Brazilian national team. Lyari has produced some of Pakistan’s biggest soccer stars, and its residents feel a special kinship with the World Cup host country.