IRVINE, Calif. -- The idea was innocent enough: A group of young men organize a holiday football tournament and give their teams such innocuous names as "4th and Goal" and "1988'ers." It was some of ...

On a soccer pitch in a central London park, Sisterhood Football Club – a Muslim women’s team – is making a substitution. “Your hijab, tuck it in. It can’t get in the way,” a teammate calls out as the ...

When Djed Spence came on as a substitute for England during Tuesday's World Cup qualifying match in Serbia, he wasn't just reaping the rewards of years of hard work and resilience in the face of ...

Muslim footballers including Mesut Ozil, Xherdan Shaqiri, Granit Xhaka and Valon Behrami will not observe Ramadan due to their participation in the 2014 World Cup. The issue is also being given ...

With an estimated one billion Muslims around the world currently observing the holy month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating and drinking during daylight hours, it is inevitable that this impacts on ...

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) -- It was planned as a way to bring young athletes together for a weekend of fun, but when participants in the Muslim Football tournament started naming their teams Intifada, ...

Those moments unwritten from the pages of history are often simply missing a stage. But for the Moroccan team taking to the field in Qatar to face off against heavily favored Spain on Tuesday, a new ...

Isa Abdul-Quddus and Ameer Abdullah are Muslims who play football for the Detroit Lions, and they are not amused with Donald Trump’s proposed policy of stopping all Muslim immigration to the United ...

Blackburn Rovers on Monday became the first football club in the United Kingdom to host Eid prayers as over 2,000 people celebrated on the pitch. The Ewood Park: home to former Nigerian striker Yakubu ...

Terrorist attacks are in most ways separated from football; an example is the rampage caused by the Boko Haram islamist sect in the Norther region of Nigeria, one thing, they have stayed away from ...