Is it called football or soccer? Donald Trump said one thing, and Rio Ferdinand said another at the 2026 World Cup draw.

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare had no idea that those same words would apply to one of today’s ongoing terminology rivalries stretching across the Atlantic – the debate of association football versus soccer.

Here are the Big 12 all-conference high school athletes for the 2025 fall season in football, volleyball and soccer.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Prosecutors in Istanbul on Friday issued arrest warrants for dozens of soccer players and officials in relation to a betting scandal that has shaken Turkey. Among those detained in early morning police raids were players from Turkey’s leading clubs: Mert Hakan Yandas of Fenerbahce and Metehan Baltaci of national champions Galatasaray.