NWSL players can no longer freely sign shoe sponsorships: the league wants a cut of the money, and it's turning into a showdown between brands, players and the NWSL.

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More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athlete...

More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athlete...

Fifa’s sales pitch to persuade members to approve the sale of the World Cup’s commercial rights clearly states that their plans for financial growth will be achieved by staging more tournaments, havin...

Research has shown the pervasive online harassment of women in sport, yet limited scholarship has examined public perceptions of the online harassment of women ...

The USL Super League and the USL Players Association announced on Thursday a tentative agreement over key terms of its first collective bargaining agreement.

Gianni Infantino has clocked up thousands of air miles across North America so far.

Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.

This chapter explores the long rise of the Moroccan women’s football team to the world stage, considering the political and cultural factors that serve to

While digital fitness requires unique instructor labor to connect with users, limited scholarship has considered the practices of fitness instructors via digital platforms. We investigate how musical ...

As the NWSL expands its business, awkward and failed deals have irked hardcore fans -- and that friction isn't going away anytime soon.

Published in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)

The NWSL Players Association and the NWSL announced on Wednesday that they have joined Project ACL, an initiative focused on reducing anterior cruciate ligament injuries in women's professional soccer...

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Premieres Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Told by operatives in the rooms where it happened, this film is a deep dive into the decades-long quest by some of America’...

The NWSL has teams that are building stadiums, signing stars and spending money. Meanwhile, other teams, well, aren't doing any of that.

Men need to stop bonding over humiliating women

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Recent growth in opportunity and resources in elite-level women’s soccer has been widely celebrated. Yet the standing of women in the sport remains highly variable cross-nationally, with substantia...

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Whether country and hip hop music prompt consumers to sexualize themselves and others has attracted considerable public and academic attention. Hip hop artists, especially, have been accused of promot...

Conference hosted jointly by EASS & ISSA 2026 European Association for Sociology of Sport & International Sociology of Sport Association

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Understanding the pressure elite sport puts on women’s bodies is pushing athletes to new levels of excellence.