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Futevolei Brazil’s favorite beach game. (Photo: Futevolei Brasil/Facebook) The Brazilian sport futevolei is essentially a mixture of beach volleyball and soccer and was created in Rio de Janeiro in 1965 as a way for football players to overcome playing football on the beach, which was banned. The game is played two-versus-two and combines the rules of both sports, utilizing the field rules of volleyball and the ball touch rules from soccer. Players are…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. The Football Association is investigating a complaint Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho used abusive and sexist language towards doctor Eva Carneiro during the Premier League game against Swansea in August. (Independent)  Carneiro and physio Jon Fearn could return to the Blues dugout on Saturday for the first time since…

FREQUENTLY REFRESH this page for the latest updates on the match. Who: U.S. women’s soccer vs. Haiti women’s soccer. Friendly match of the U.S. World Cup Victory Tour.When: 7:00 p.m. (ET)Where: Ford FieldTV: Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports GoTwitter: Follow Jared Purcell and Justin Hicks DETROIT — The U.S. soccer team did what was expected of them and walked all over Haiti for a 5-0 victory. Given all of the…

Some men complain about getting their wives off their backs — but not in this sport. Originating in Sonkajarvi, Finland, wife carrying is a sport in which male competitors race to carry their wives through an obstacle course. At the annual North American Wife Carrying Championship, winners receive the traditional prize of the wife’s weight in beer, five times her weight in cash and an entry into the World Championship…

The fallout from the closure of Michael Waltrip Racing continued this week as the SportsBusiness Daily reports Aaron’s will not sponsor a car in NASCAR next season. Aaron’s, a rent-to-own retailer, has been part of NASCAR for the past 15 years, but that will come to an end at the end of this season. The Atlanta-based company issued a statement to address Thursday’s news, saying it has “decided to take…

0 Shares Print CHICAGO — With passing at a premium in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, drivers can feel the intensity on restarts, knowing that first lap, if not the first turn, on a restart can make the difference between winning and losing. And this is how Brad Keselowski describes trying to figure out what to do: “I still view restarts as rock, paper, scissors,” he said Friday during Chase…

Daniel Alfredsson is coming back to the Ottawa Senators. The former team captain, who left the team via unrestricted free agency in the summer of 2013, was hired by the Sens as their senior advisor of hockey operations. The move had been in the works for a while, but was formalized Thursday. “I want to thank (owner) Eugene (Melnyk) and (general manager) Bryan (Murray) for giving me this tremendous opportunity,”…

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Some men complain about getting their wives off their backs — but not in this sport. Originating in Sonkajarvi, Finland, wife carrying is a sport in which male competitors race to carry their wives through an obstacle course. At the annual North American Wife Carrying Championship, winners receive the traditional prize of the wife’s weight in beer, five times her weight in cash and an entry into the World Championship…

Former UConn soccer coach Joe Morrone, who had pancreatic cancer and was told in May he had three months to live, died Thursday morning at his home in Mansfield, surrounded by family members. Morrone, a member of the NSCAA Hall of Fame who built the program into a national power and won a national championship in 1981, was 79. “He’s an icon,” UConn men’s soccer coach Ray Reid said. “He…

The fallout from the closure of Michael Waltrip Racing continued this week as the SportsBusiness Daily reports Aaron’s will not sponsor a car in NASCAR next season. Aaron’s, a rent-to-own retailer, has been part of NASCAR for the past 15 years, but that will come to an end at the end of this season. The Atlanta-based company issued a statement to address Thursday’s news, saying it has “decided to take…

DETROIT — When the U.S. women’s soccer team won the World Cup back on July 5, it was a moment that brought the country together around soccer in a way that, perhaps, has never been seen before. A record-breaking audience of 26.7 million Americans reportedly watched the U.S. Women’s National Team put on a show in a 5-2 beat down of Japan in the World Cup final. That was reportedly…

Syrian Osama Abdul Mohsen holds son Zaid as they arrive at the Barcelona train station. (Manu Fernandez/AP) The video footage sparked international outrage: A desperate Syrian father, clutching his small son, runs with hundreds fleeing from authorities at an Hungarian camp. Then, a Hungarian camerawoman sticks her leg out and trips him. He tumbles. He screams. Although he was just one of thousands fleeing war-torn Syria, the incident set off a wave of media…

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Overtime, a social network for sports fans created by the team behind viral game studio OMGPOP, is launching today to provide a better outlet for fans to create, share and debate all things sports. Amidst a sports media world dominated by network TV, Overtime wants to give all fans the ability to create and consume their favorite sports content in the form of 10-second videos and GIFs. All content is organized by topic…

The fallout from the closure of Michael Waltrip Racing continued this week as the SportsBusiness Daily reports Aaron’s will not sponsor a car in NASCAR next season. Aaron’s, a rent-to-own retailer, has been part of NASCAR for the past 15 years, but that will come to an end at the end of this season. The Atlanta-based company issued a statement to address Thursday’s news, saying it has “decided to take…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United, Paris St-Germain and Major League Soccer will battle to sign Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of the season with the 30-year-old Portugal forward unhappy with his treatment at the Bernabeu. (Le10Sport – in French)   Manchester United hope left-back Luke Shaw, 20, will only…

Legendary former UConn men’s soccer coach Joe Morrone has passed away. Morrone, who built the program into a national power and won a national championship in 1981, died Wednesday at 79. Morrone had pancreatic cancer and was told in May he had three months to live. When Morrone retired from coaching in 1996 after 39 seasons at UConn and Middlebury, he was one of only four collegiate head coaches to…

Refugees welcome. For the first time in a long time, world football has done something to be proud of. The beautiful game’s politics are anything but, most of the time. As it is a microcosm of the world, with its cogs being turned by greed, lust for power and human selfishness, it ultimately spews the same bile as human existence at large. Still, many of us live in the delusion that the game,…