Step up with confidence and score every time. In this ultimate tutorial, you’ll learn how to take a penalty kick like a pro, ...

U.S. men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino slammed the officiating in the Americans’ 2-1 loss to Mexico in Sunday’s ...

ZURICH — The laws of soccer on taking a penalty kick were clarified Tuesday after Julián Álvarez’s accidental double touch helped to eliminate Atletico Madrid from the Champions League.

It’s when superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored on 91% of his penalty kick attempts since 2008, really shine. Conclusion Penalty kicks are an integral, high-pressure, part of the game.

England have given themselves hope of making the World Rugby U20 Championship semi-finals after beating Australia 36-33 in a ...

Carlos Pineda scored the decisive goal as Honduras beat Panama 5-4 on penalty kicks after the teams played to a 1-1 draw in ...

Bristol City has gone 65 games since its last penalty kick, a drought that has baffled the team and its fans. It has to end eventually, right? By Daniel Victor LONDON — Maybe it’s bad luck ...

And, if the game stretches into extra time, we could be staring down the potential of the U.S.’s first penalty kick shootout in a Women’s World Cup since it fell to Japan in the 2011 final.

In soccer, the stakes of a penalty kick could not be higher. Almost half of all World Cup games, including two women’s World Cup and three men’s World Cup title matches, were decided by ...

The penalty kick was first introduced to soccer in 1891 to address intentional fouls that had occurred near the goal. William McCrum, an Irish goalkeeper and businessman, is credited with coming ...

Penalty-kick shootouts—those nerve-racking tiebreakers in the World Cup—give the advantage to shooters, who kick the ball at speeds of up to 80 mph from 12 yards away. Here's how goalies can ...

A penalty kick is awarded if a player commits a direct free kick offence inside their penalty area or off the field as part of play as outlined in Laws 12 and 13. A goal may be scored directly from a ...