Soccer

Prince William was booed by Liverpool soccer fans at the FA Cup Final and the slight has its roots in a long and deeply political history for the English city.

Prince William was booed at a major soccer match and a former government minister wants the fans who did it to face "action" for their "unacceptable and disgraceful" conduct.

As the boos played out, viewers took to social media on Saturday with a variety of reactions.

Here's everything you need to know about the highly anticipated legal showdown between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy.

The London club agreed the deal with a consortium led by Todd Boehly.

Legendary soccer agent Mino Raiola, who was declared dead by some tabloids, tweeted on Thursday to insist he most certainly is not.

Manchester United, the Premier League club Ronaldo plays for, tagged him in a tweet that read: "Your pain is our pain."

The soccer star said The Rock's XFL football league's new logo looks too much like the branding used by the company co-owned by her fiancée.

Justin Lee Price, 19, sent the message after the European Championship final last year.

Abramovich, a Russian businessman, made the announcement on the football club's official website.

Svyatik Artemenko, a Ukrainian-born goalkeeper whose family emigrated to Canada when he was 2, put his career on hold to enlist in Ukraine's military.

"Russian football teams have nothing to do with what is happening. FIFA is being hypocritical," wrote a Twitter user.

The announcement from FIFA and UEFA means Russia will likely miss the 2022 World Cup, and the women's national team will miss the UEFA Women's Euros tournament.

Roman Yaremchuk was also handed the captain's armband by teammate Jan Vertonghen in a further show of support.

Vlatko Andonovski earned $357,597, compared with Gregg Berhalter's $1,291,539.

Kurt Zouma has since apologised for the video and the hurt it has caused as the backlash continues on social media.

"We need to find ways to include the whole world to give hope to Africans," FIFA president Gianni Infantino said.

"It cannot be business as usual in Texas until women are equal," the Women's March Foundation stated.

The U.S. Soccer Federation proposed identical contracts "with the goal of aligning both teams under a single collective bargaining agreement (CBA) structure."

"'...after resigning under pressure' or resigned [because] he embarrassed everything and everyone with caveman levels of misogyny?" tweeted the soccer star on Tuesday.

More than 60 players total were reported to have contracted the virus across the Italian league's 20 clubs.

A Manchester United-related error caused the round-of-16 UEFA Champions League draw to be declared "void." It is being redrawn later today.

13 members of the Belenenses SAD soccer club tested positive for the virus after one of its players visited the country.

The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport gave MLS an overall B grade, with an A for racial hiring and a C for gender hiring.

In France, Paris St-Germain (PSG) women's midfielder Aminata Diallo has been arrested following an attack on one of her teammates last week.

The attack left Diallo's Paris St.-Germain teammate unable to play in a championship game.

The allegations are the latest claims of abuse and harassment involving players at North American women's soccer teams.

"It was a player getting hot and I got lost in the opportunity the kid had in front of him," Chris Batchelder said.

"I knew everyone wouldn't agree when he broke the record. I knew there'd be some people upset with it," Benzie Central coach Chris Batchelder said.

"We have decided not to take the field this weekend to give everyone some space to reflect," Commissioner Lisa Baird said about the decision.