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Athletes compete in a log-carrying relay race event at Peruibe beach during the Indigenous Games, near the Tapirema community of Peruibe, Brazil, Sunday, April 23, 2023. Hundreds of Indigenous athletes gather this weekend in the south of Sao Paulo state to hold their version of the Olympic Games. They will compete for medals in archery, tug of war, athletics, Indigenous wrestling and other sports. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Indigenous competitors celebrate culture and sport in Brazil

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Luis Butti, a guide with autism spectrum disorder leads a tour group at the Corinthians soccer club Neo Quimica Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Brazilian soccer clubs are increasingly opening spaces for autistic fans to watch matches, mingle and celebrate the sport, an initiative that got even higher attention in April, when Autism Speaks celebrates World Autism Awareness Month. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Autistic soccer fans can watch in comfort in Brazil stadiums

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Players of a women's football team from Mariupol pose for photo before a Ukrainian championship match against Shakhtar in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. After their city was devastated and captured by Russian forces, the team from Mariupol rose from the ashes when they gathered a new team in Kyiv. They continue to play to remind everyone that despite the occupation that will soon hit one year, Mariupol remains a Ukrainian city. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Women’s soccer team plays to keep Mariupol in spotlight

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

Republic of Ireland's Sinead Farrelly, center, greets players after the team's match with the United States in an international friendly soccer match in Austin, Texas, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Farrelly says she wouldn't have been able to play soccer again if she hadn't told her story. In 2021, Farrelly and teammate Mana Shim accused former National Women's Soccer League coach Paul Riley of misconduct and sexual coercion in an article published by The Athletic. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) **file**

Sinead Farrelly back in soccer in time for shot at World Cup

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks at the opening of the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The IOC Executive Board is set to discuss the results of consultations regarding the status of athletes from Russia and Belarus in its meeting set to run until March 30. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

IOC recommends return of some Russian athletes to international competition

By Graham Dunbar and James Ellingworth - Associated Press

Protesters march during a protest in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 20, 2023. Hundreds of conservative Muslims have marched to the streets Monday in Indonesia's capital to protest against the Israeli team's participation in the FIFA World Cup Under-20 in Indonesia.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia’s stance on Israel overshadows world soccer event

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Euro 2024 group J qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Liechtenstein at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Thursday, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Ronaldo, Kane break records in wins for Portugal, England

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

A military honour guard stands by the casket containing the remains of Ghana soccer player Christian Atsu during his funeral ceremony at the State House in Accra, Ghana, Friday, March 17, 2023. Atsu, who played for Premier League teams Chelsea and Newcastle, before joining Turkish club Hatayspor last year, was found dead in his collapsed apartment building in the Turkey earthquake. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Ghana president among mourners at funeral of soccer player Christian Atsu

By Francis Kokutse - Associated Press

FIFA president Gianni Infantino poses on the green carpet before the ceremony of the Best FIFA Football Awards in Paris, France, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

FIFA expands 2026 World Cup again to create 104-game program

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani leave the stage before the 2022 soccer World Cup draw at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, on April 1, 2022. A spying operation on behalf of World Cup host Qatar bugged a 2017 hotel meeting between Infantino and Switzerland’s then-attorney general during an investigation of soccer officials, Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung reported Sunday March 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Report: Qatar spied on Swiss prosecutor, FIFA boss meeting

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Fourth referee Salima Mukansanga shows the extra time during a World Cup group D soccer match between Tunisia and France at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. The 10-plus minutes of stoppage time that were a regular feature of World Cup games in Qatar are back on soccer’s agenda. FIFA’s rule-making panel known as IFAB put additional time on the agenda published Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 for its annual meeting next month in London. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

FIFA rules panel stresses need for more added time in games

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Thanaporn Phromthep, right, and family members pray during a funeral ceremony for her son Duangphet Phromthep at Wat Phra That Doi Wao temple in Chiang Rai province Thailand, Saturday, March 4, 2023. The cremated ashes of Duangphet, one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in 2018, arrived in the far northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on Saturday where final Buddhist rites for his funeral will be held over the next few days following his death in the U.K. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Friends, family remember Thai soccer boy rescued from cave

By Kaweewit Kaewiinda - Associated Press

Former ESPN president John Skipper leaves federal court after testifying in a corruption case, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in New York. The trial in New York City is the latest development in a tangled corruption scandal that dates back nearly a decade and has ensnared more than three dozen executives and associates in the world's most popular sport. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

ESPN’s ex-top exec describes how soccer’s World Cup was lost

By Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

Riot police officers fire tear gas to disperse soccer supporters outside Jatidiri Stadium in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Indonesian police fired tear gas to disperse fans who were trying to force their way into a match that was held without spectators, months after the use of tear gas in another stadium in East Java caused one of the world's worst sporting disasters. (AP Photo/Adhik Kurniawan)

Indonesian police fire tear gas to disperse soccer fans

By Edna Tarigan - Associated Press

Portland Thorns fans hold signs during the first half of the team's NWSL soccer match against the Houston Dash in Portland, Ore., Oct. 6, 2021. On Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, U.S. Soccer introduced a Safe Soccer program that will require comprehensive vetting of individuals involved in the sport as the federation continues to address its investigation into coach misconduct in the National Women's Soccer League. (AP Photo/Steve Dipaola, File) **FILE**

U.S. Soccer announces program to ensure player safety

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

Twila Kilgore, assistant coach on the U.S. team watches players warm up prior to a CONCACAF Women's Championship soccer semifinal match against Costa Rica in Monterrey, Mexico, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Kilgore, is an assistant for the U.S. women’s national team and one of just four women in the United States who hold the U.S. Soccer Federation’s elite pro license.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File) **FILE**

Scandals highlight lack of women coaches at top of U.S. soccer

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring his side's second goal playing for a combined XI of Saudi Arabian teams Al Nassr and PSG during a friendly soccer match, at the King Saud University Stadium, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Bruised Ronaldo scores twice to edge showdown with Messi

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

Former 21st Century Fox executive Hernan Lopez leaves Brooklyn's Federal court, Wednesday Jan. 18, 2023, in New York. Lopez and fellow Fox sports executive Carlos Martinez, as well as a sports marketing company based in Argentina, are on trial in a scheme to pay bribes to secure broadcasting rights to South America's premier club soccer tournament and to the World Cup. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Witness: Bribes helped Fox execs get soccer TV rights

By Caina Calvan - Associated Press

Former 21st Century Fox executive Hernan Lopez, left,wld arrives to Federal court in Brooklyn, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Testimony lays bare soccer’s biggest corruption scandal

By Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

Players from the U.S. celebrate a goal against New Zealand during their women's international soccer friendly game in Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. (Mark Tantrum/Photosport via AP)

HBO Max airs first live sports event with U.S. women’s national soccer match

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times