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Women's World Cup: More teams, more money
Jul 20, 2023
FIFA sold media rights separately for the women's and men's tournaments this year, boosting the revenue potential for players and teams.
FIFA says broadcasters lowballed bids for the Women's World Cup
by
Andy Uhler
Oct 21, 2022
With the popularity of the women's game soaring, FIFA has asked broadcasters to up their bids.
Plan for a soccer superleague is kicked to the curb
Apr 21, 2021
A proposed superleague of Europe's biggest soccer teams crumbled within 48 hours, after immediate, blistering outrage from fans.
How the financial structure of American men's soccer limits success on the world stage
by
Andy Uhler
Aug 9, 2019
In the United States, the financial burden of developing elite young players falls to parents.
FIFA World Cup by the numbers
by
Andy Uhler
Jul 13, 2018
Every four years, the Men's FIFA World Cup final is widely recognized as the most-watched event in the world.
Following the money in soccer's biggest scandal
Jun 15, 2018
Author Ken Bensinger dives into how the United States put together a case against brazen corruption in the world's most popular sport.
A battle for World Cup supremacy happens off the pitch
by
Andy Uhler
Jun 14, 2018
Every four years, the soccer tournament turns into an epic branding battle between Nike and Adidas.
For public good, not for profit.
FIFA corruption report has scandals but no disqualification
by
Olga Oksman
Jun 28, 2017
FIFA released a 2014 report looking at ethics violations in the World Cup host nation selection process for 2018 and 2022.
What a 48-team World Cup means for FIFA — and soccer fans
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Robert Garrova
Jan 10, 2017
Soccer's international governing body hopes to move past its corruption scandal and expand the World Cup. Will it generate more money in the process?
Retired U.S. Women's Soccer star Abby Wambach on gender wage gap
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Daisy Palacios
Oct 3, 2016
Wambach shares her personal struggles in new memoir, 'Forward'