Jul 06 U.S. women’s soccer team gets $2 million for World Cup win; German men got $35 million in 2014 By Colleen Shalby In a record-shattering World Cup final, the U.S. Women’s soccer team beat Japan 5-2. For their win, the U.S. team will earn $2 million. By comparison, Germany received $35 million in 2014 after winning the Men’s World Cup Final in… Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 6:39 As Team USA hits its stride for finals, ratings on the rise, too By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 4:43 World Cup match against Germany will test U.S. Women’s team By PBS News Hour Four teams are left as the Women's World Cup nears its climax. Germany, the number one team in the world, will face off against the U.S., the team with the top defense currently. Jeffrey Brown learns more about the matchup… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch 4:16 More parity in the women’s game provides fierce competition for U.S. in World Cup By PBS News Hour The Women’s World Cup is in full swing, and the U.S. pulled off a crucial 1-0 victory against Nigeria Tuesday night. With the win, they advances to the elimination round of the competition. Judy Woodruff speaks to USA Today columnist… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 4:56 Does the end of Sepp Blatter mean a new start for soccer? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 02 FIFA President Sepp Blatter announces he will step down By Margaret Myers Less than a week after a corruption scandal rocked the soccer world, FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who maintained he was the man to lead soccer's international governing body, has stepped down. Continue reading
May 29 Watch 8:06 Re-elected FIFA president Blatter faces corruption fallout By PBS News Hour Days after top officials were arrested on major corruption charges, Joseph “Sepp” Blatter won a fifth term as the head of FIFA, the governing body of the World Cup and international soccer. To discuss the geopolitics and economics behind Blatter’s… Continue watching
May 29 FIFA president re-elected despite corruption probe By News Desk Sepp Blatter won a fifth term as president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, on Friday, at the end of a week of major developments in separate Swiss and American investigations into widespread corruption in the soccer… Continue reading
May 27 Watch 7:23 Why did it take so long to crack down on corrupt FIFA? By PBS News Hour The world's most popular sport is run by FIFA, a powerful group that rakes in billions of dollars. Today, authorities in both the U.S. and Switzerland launched probes into corruption and bribery within soccer's international governing body. Gwen Ifill discusses… Continue watching