Ball: The Olympic soccer ball must have a circumference of no more than 28 inches and no less than 27 inches (size 5). It must weigh no more than 16 ounces and no less than 14 ounces at the start of ...

An offside offense is not called if the player receives the ball from a throw-in, goal kick or corner kick. How is a handball called in Olympic soccer? Except for throw-ins, only goalkeepers may play ...

Fun fact: Water polo players can use only one hand at a time to hold the ball ... Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, so it’s no wonder that the sport is one of the more anticipated ...

SAITAMA--Marco Asensio struck in an extra-time winner as Spain ended Japan's hopes of Olympic gold in men's football ... forward and tenacity without the ball and they were five minutes away ...

As a child, Sam Coffey got an inside look at sports journalism, thanks to her parents’ careers. Years later, she has emerged ...

The U.S. Olympic women's soccer team played its final group match ... Cat Osterman pitched six innings of one-hit ball and Monica Abbott struck out the side in the seventh, helping the top ...

Neymar wins his fans back after scoring the fastest opening goal ever in an Olympic match on Wednesday. (Javier Etxezarreta/EPA) It took just 14 seconds for Brazil to score the opening goal in its ...

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Walker Zimmerman of the United States, left, and Morocco's Soufiane Rahimi battle for the ball. (AP ... [+] Photo/Aurelien Morissard) U.S. coach Mitrovic said the Olympic experience was “massive ...

Hoping to bounce back following their Olympic flop with a new interim coach ... the Swiss were a little bit sharper than us, got to the ball a little bit quicker. "For big patches of the second ...

(AP Photo/Joan Monfort) Barcelona’s Raphinha, left, challenges for the ball with Espanyol’s Omar El Hilali, centre, during a ...

North Korea’s Kim Hye Yong scored in the 80th, chipping the ball over keeper Yamashita ... North Korea last appeared in women's soccer at the 2012 Olympics but has never won a medal.