The group stage of the World Cup is over and now the excitement begins. Get ready for the drama of the knockout stage.

If the FIFA World Cup final is level after extra time, the trophy is decided by a penalty shootout. Here's how the rules work ...

The 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina is headed to extra time, and if neither side can find a winner over the ...

Gritty Germany reached the Women's Euro 2025 semi-finals on Saturday after prevailing 6-5 in a penalty shootout against ...

The World Cup is in the lose-and-go-home stage of the tournament and the pressure keeps rising with every minute of every match. The biggest pressure cooker of them all: the penalty kick shootout.

Penalty kicks are already proving critical to big wins at this year’s World Cup. But the advantage in penalty kicks has more to do with psychological effects than who kicks first. In a World Cup, some ...

Penalty kicks in the World Cup are uniquely high-pressure moments due to intense individual scrutiny. The 2026 World Cup has seen a historically low penalty conversion rate of 65%. Sports psychology ...

A historic inaugural season for Vermont Green FC women's soccer came to an end in the USL W national championship. The Green ...

Burlington and Vermont in general are a real current — and I think future — cultural powerhouse for women's soccer,” said the ...