Women's football qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympic Games will be moved from the Chinese city at the centre of a virus outbreak to another location in the country, the Asian Football Confederation said Wednesday.... more »
Germany handed departing coach Silvia Neid the perfect send off by claiming women's football Olympic gold for the first time thanks to a 2-1 win over Sweden in front of a huge crowd at Rio's Maracana.... more »
Brazil's female footballers suffered a second heartbreaking defeat in three days on Friday as a 2-1 bronze medal match loss to Canada in Sao Paulo saw the hosts fail to make the podium.... more »
World Cup winners Germany want to make more history by securing the Olympic double as their men's and women's teams battle for football gold.... more »
Sweden ended a disconsolate Marta's dreams of guiding Brazil's women to a first Olympic football gold medal Tuesday with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win to book their place in the gold medal match.... more »
Brazil's emotional journey to the semi-finals of a home Olympic Games has the potential to change the perception of women's football in the soccer-mad country for generations, according to coach Vadao.... more »
Outspoken USA women's goalkeeper Hope Solo labelled Sweden "cowards" after the world champions' bid for a fourth straight Olympic gold ended in quarter-final defeat Friday.... more »
The USA women's football team's Olympic winning streak was ended by Catalina Usme's stoppage time equaliser and an uncharacteristic howler from controversial goalkeeper Hope Solo in a 2-2 draw with Colombia on Tuesday.... more »
Goalless, booed off twice and facing another embarrassing tournament exit on home soil, Neymar and Brazil's footballers have lost their shine as Marta's free-scoring Brazilian women dazzle the host nation at Rio 2016.... more »
Hosts Brazil and world champions the United States got off to winning starts in the Olympics women's football tournament on Wednesday although the competition met with a lukewarm response from fans.... more »
Hosts Brazil will open their bid for a first Olympic men's football title against South Africa after Thursday's draw was made in the Maracana Stadium.... more »
The United States women's football team could boycott the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro if demands to be paid the same as their male counterparts are not met, World Cup winner Becky Sauerbrunn said.... more »
Equatorial Guinea have been expelled from the qualifying competition for the women's football tournament at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, FIFA announced on Monday.... more »
Second-half goals by Lindsey Horan and Tobin Heath gave the United States a 2-0 victory over Canada on Sunday in the final of the North American Olympic qualifying tournament.... more »
Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah, one of the most powerful figures in football and the Olympics, vowed Friday to fight a six-month jail term imposed in Kuwait for insulting the judiciary.... more »
Jill Ellis, who coached the US team to the Women's World Cup title last month, has agreed to a new multi-year contract to guide the Americans, the US Soccer Federation said Wednesday.... more »
Highly successful Africa Cup of Nations coach Claude le Roy adjusts his sights Saturday toward the 2016 Rio Olympic Games football qualifiers.... more »
Punts on the World Cup rather than on financial instruments will kick into high gear over the next month as bleary-eyed traders in football-mad Asia tune into the tournament in Brazil, a dozen time zones away.... more »
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and US broadcaster NBC-Universal announced Wednesday they have reached an American television rights deal worth $7.65 billion that runs from 2021 through the 2032 Olympics.... more »
