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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell defended the Washington Redskins' nickname in a letter to 10 members of Congress who had earlier urged team owner Daniel Snyder and the NFL to change the name because it is offensive to many Native Americans.

FIFA left a two-million-dollar mark in Mauritius this week. Apart from granting the Indian Ocean island nation the right to host the organization's 63rd Congress, it also completed its fourth goal project in the country with the installation of a foo...

FIFA's member countries have approved new strict regulations to combat racism in football at the world governing body's congress in Mauritius.

Sepp Blatter has praised Australian official Moya Dodd as 'good and good looking' in an address to the Asian Football Confederation.

Ten members of Congress are urging the Washington Redskins to change their name because it is offensive to many Native Americans.

The FIFA executive committee dropped reform proposals Tuesday to limit the age and terms for its officials from the congress this week, saying "no consensus" has been reached on the issues among its member countries and a "more thorough analysis is required."

Wrestling's governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016.

Sepp Blatter again indicated that he plans to stand for another four-year term as president of FIFA when he spoke to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) congress in Kuala Lumpur this week.

The federation for international wrestling says it will hold an "extraordinary" congress in Moscow later this month to discuss changes it hopes will help keep the sport in the Olympics.

It's been a fairly quiet news day in the NFC South. But there were a few odds and ends, so let's take a run around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS The Georgia World Congress Center Authority board voted to approve the hiring of a Kansas City-base...

The annual FIFA congress of member nations next month will debate whether to impose age and term limits on candidates for positions at soccer's governing body.

It's been a pretty quiet day in the NFC South. That's understandable because the Atlanta Falcons don't start their offseason program until next week. Of the three teams that already have started their offseason programs, only the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

Two nationally prominent concussion researchers -- including a senior adviser to the NFL -- served as paid consultants to law firms suing the league for allegedly concealing the link between football and brain damage.

The Football Association has been urged by a number of MPs to take action to try to prevent FIFA reforms from turning into a "sham".

It's not a done deal yet, but it looks like the Falcons have taken a pretty big step toward getting a new stadium in downtown Atlanta. Mayor Kasim Reed and Falcons owner Arthur Blank announced Thursday afternoon that they have agreed on some major...

How Roger Goodell made the NFL bigger, richer and more powerful -- and now more divided -- than ever before.