Iranian women will be allowed to attend soccer matches for first time since the country's 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran's president said in a decree posted on his Web site Monday.
BAD NAUHEIM, Germany: The pictures of naked women are being removed from the hotel's health spa, the hard-core porn channels switched off and all the alcohol will be removed from the mini bars before Saudi Arabia arrives.
Nelly Viennot of France could become the first female linesman at a World Cup if she passes fitness and skills tests, FIFA officials said on Wednesday.
Soccer's governing body insists it has no power to stop forced prostitution in Germany, which is expected to increase during the World Cup.
FIFA will pay for repairs to a soccer field in the Palestinian-run Gaza Strip, damaged in a bombing earlier this month.
From shirts to credit cards, cell phones, fine jewelry, diapers and computers, Boca Juniors offer items to meet every fan's fancy. For as little as US$200 (euro165.22), fans can even purchase a coffin with an engraved Boca shield.
Argentine police arrested 123 soccer fans after 15 people were injured in an armed clash between fans of Boca Juniors and rival team Rosario Central on an Argentine highway, the country's police told media on Monday.
DNA testing failed to connect any members of the Duke University lacrosse team to the alleged rape of a stripper, attorneys for the athletes said Monday.
The tabloid revelations over Wayne Rooney's gambling habits have sparked a rift between the the Manchester United star and his England team-mate Michael Owen.