#VOA: Vanderbilt Kicker Becomes First Woman to Play US College Football in Major Conference. #VOANews

#VOA: Vanderbilt Kicker Becomes First Woman to Play US College Football in Major Conference. #VOANews

November 29, 2020 No Comments

COLUMBIA, MISSOURI – Sarah Fuller was playing around with a teammate a couple months ago when she kicked a soccer ball through the uprights from 45 yards away. She joked about being able to kick a football with teammates during the Southeastern Conference soccer tournament. On Saturday, she made history.

#VOA: COVID-19 Pandemic Prompts Two Major US College Athletic Conferences to Postpone 2020 Football Seasons . #VOANews

#VOA: COVID-19 Pandemic Prompts Two Major US College Athletic Conferences to Postpone 2020 Football Seasons . #VOANews

August 12, 2020 No Comments

The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to have an effect on the sporting world, as two major U.S. college athletic conferences announced Tuesday they are postponing their upcoming fall (gridiron) football seasons.  Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said after consulting with the conference’s medical advisory board “it became abundantly clear that there

#VOA: Professional Football Resumes in Italy but Still in Empty Stadiums. #VOANews

#VOA: Professional Football Resumes in Italy but Still in Empty Stadiums. #VOANews

June 13, 2020 No Comments

ROME – Professional soccer has resumed in Italy after a three-month stoppage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Juventus played against AC Milan in Turin in the second leg of the Italian cup semi-final. To the happiness of football fans all over Italy, matches in the country’s top league will resume

#VOA: Fauci: US Pro Football Will Have to ‘Play It by Ear’  . #VOANews

#VOA: Fauci: US Pro Football Will Have to ‘Play It by Ear’  . #VOANews

May 12, 2020 No Comments

The National Football League has announced its 2020 schedule and is already touting some matchups as “must-see” contests between Super Bowl contenders. But the country’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is cautioning sports-hungry fans not to be overly eager. “The virus will make the decision for us,” Fauci

#VOA: Belarus Does Not Give Up on Football. #VOANews

#VOA: Belarus Does Not Give Up on Football. #VOANews

March 30, 2020 No Comments

Football leagues around the world have canceled soccer games for the foreseeable future as one of the measures to slow a rapid COVID-19 spread. But soccer, or football, as it is called in much of the world, continues to be played in Belarus where the number of confirmed infections is