The regulator will be independent from both the government and the football authorities. It will also be able to prevent breakaway competitions like the European Super League, hold powers around ...

Football, or soccer, has been around for centuries with its roots dating back over 2,000 years ago, but it was not until 1863 that England’s Football Association (the FA) cemented the sport’s ...

The name of the sport’s governing body was called, until the 1940s, the United States Football Association. And even when it was changed, “football” remained.

When association football began gaining popularity in countries outside of the U.K., fans preferred to call it “football” rather than the slang term “soccer,” so the sport once again ...

Mclean is counting fall football as the key to survival, explaining that the league’s 20 teams are owned by the MLF for at least the first two seasons before exploring sale options for buyers.

Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of typically eleven players, though other variations in player numbers such as 5 and 7 are also ...

Sacramento will get a new pro football team that will play at Cal Expo’s Heart Health Park this fall. Adam Mclean, commissioner of Major League Football, said Wednesday his new league will play ...

COLLINS: Rugby football was shortened to rugger (ph), and association was also shortened in the same way to become soccer. KELTO: Students took the S-O-C from association football and added E-R to ...

Who will oversee the new USFL? Brian Woods, the founder and CEO of The Spring League from 2017 to 2021 and a co-founder of the new USFL, will serve as the league's President of Football Operations.

Now with a media rights deal in place, the schools can continue their efforts to finalize their membership for 2026-27 as they look to add one more football-playing, all-sports member to the league.