SANTIAGO, Chile — Arms raised high. Banners denouncing the war in Gaza. Crowds united in song and wrapped in keffiyehs, the black-and-white checkered scarves that have become a badge of Palestinian ...

At its core, the “Beautiful Game” is just that -- a game. It is practiced and played by boys and girls, men and women, people from every manner of political and socioeconomic background, on dirt ...

One of the most closely-watched coaches of the tournament is Marcelo Bielsa, the former Argentina boss who has rewired Chile’s soccer expectations in just three short years. But now comes the hard ...

In 2006, Chile were all but irrelevant. They hadn't been to either of the last two World Cups and had crashed out of their last Copa America without a single win. La Roja weren't even in the top 60 in ...

(JTA) — Fans were ejected from a prestigious South American soccer tournament for accusing Israel of genocide as their team, a century-old Chilean soccer squad founded by Palestinian immigrants, ...

Chile’s soccer federation had argued Ecuador should be ejected from the tournament for using an ineligible player in qualifying. FIFA disagreed. By Tariq Panja Chile’s bid to have its South American ...

CHILE’S EVENTFUL JOURNEY TO A SECOND STRAIGHT WORLD CUP Make it two in a row for Chile. La Roja are heading to their second straight World Cup after a qualifying campaign that had its fare shares of ...

April 11 (UPI) --Two teens died in a fan stampede at a Chile soccer stadium Thursday as a crowd forced its way past security fences. Fans and police clashed amid fighting after police blocked fans ...

The players have names like José and Antonio and grew up in a South American nation near Antarctica. SANTIAGO, Chile — Arms raised high. Banners denouncing the war in Gaza. Crowds united in song and ...