Who Has Qualified for the 2022 World Cup?

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports The kickoff to the World Cup in Qatar is a year away, and most of the favorites have already booked their places. The winner, in fact, may already be there.https://nyti.ms/2Z7G1rL

In N.W.S.L. Season to Forget, One Last Day to Cheer

By BY KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports After the Washington Spirit and Chicago Red Stars meet for the championship, their league will enter the most consequential off-season in its history.https://nyti.ms/3kVjwOC

5 Games to Watch This Weekend

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Finals in the N.W.S.L. and collegiate field hockey, Mikaela Shiffrin in World Cup skiing and an intriguing N.F.L. matchup.https://nyti.ms/3kPkP1c

This 18-Year-Old May Be the Key to America’s World Cup Hopes

By BY ANDREW KEH from NYT Sports Ricardo Pepi has played only four games for the U.S., but he provides the one thing his team needs most: goals.https://nyti.ms/3wDOE9Q

For Carli Lloyd, Creative Tributes Abound as Retirement Approaches

By BY MONIQUE JAQUES from NYT Sports The soccer star’s hometown gave a party in her honor, her employers moved a home game to a different state, and her teammates have been wearing her jersey number.https://nyti.ms/3kaLPbg

Outside Hotlines for Athletes Are a Sign of Strained Trust in Sports

By BY DAVID W. CHEN from NYT Sports From women’s soccer to college sports, athletes have lost faith in leagues and organizations handling abuse and other complaints.https://nyti.ms/3EaPvBz

‘Devastated, Disgusted, but I’m Not Shocked’

By BY JULIET MACUR AND KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports The players in the National Women’s Soccer League, tired of abuse and harassment, are speaking up and seizing power. But the way forward for the troubled league isn’t clear.https://nyti.ms/3aq3E0A

Female Soccer Players Are Done Taking Abuse. Let’s Stop Dishing It Out.

By BY KURT STREETER from NYT Sports Players in the National Women’s Soccer League are demanding the respect all female athletes deserve but rarely get.https://nyti.ms/3ov02Th

England’s Premier League offers to ‘reward’ soccer teams that increase vaccine compliance.

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports The league said it was concerned about the large number of unvaccinated players on its teams’ rosters.https://nyti.ms/3iiT5RC

Jimmy Greaves, English Soccer Star, Is Dead at 81

By BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports He was the first player to lead scoring in England’s top league for three straight seasons, but he may be best known for one game he missed: the 1966 World Cup final.https://nyti.ms/3kAJXZZ

Gerd Müller, Soccer Star Known for His Scoring Prowess, Dies at 75

By BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports He scored 566 goals for Bayern Munich, helping the club to four German titles, four German Cup wins and three European Cup victories in 15 years.https://nyti.ms/3y4Qy2n

U.S. broadcast highlights on Saturday morning include gold medal games in baseball and soccer.

By BY ERIC MORSE from NYT Sports The United States and Japan will play for top honors in baseball, while Brazil and Spain meet for the soccer title. Women’s golf, men’s volleyball and water polo are among other events with gold medals on the line.https://nyti.ms/37n6RwJ

Decisive Moments From the Tokyo Games, Frame by Frame

By BY LARRY BUCHANAN, JON HUANG, EMILY RHYNE, BEDEL SAGET, JOE WARD, JEREMY WHITE AND JOSH WILLIAMS from NYT Sports See the Summer Olympics in a series of composite images.https://nyti.ms/3AiGaWf

Soccer and track and field lead a busy morning of U.S. broadcast coverage.

By BY ERIC MORSE from NYT Sports Highlights include the gold medal game in women’s soccer, along with the U.S. sprinter Allyson Felix’s attempt at a 10th Olympic medal.https://nyti.ms/2TWAhP0

U.S. men’s basketball seeks redemption against Australia, and women’s soccer vies for a bronze.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports On Day 13, American athletes are also in the mix for medals in shot-put and the triple jump.https://nyti.ms/3iolOor

‘All or nothing’: The U.S. soccer team faces the Netherlands in a World Cup rematch.

By BY ANDREW DAS from NYT Sports The quarterfinals will be an unwelcome memory for many of the United States players. It was the stage at which they exited the Olympic tournament at the Rio Games in 2016.https://nyti.ms/3BXJ2JZ

Track and field events start, and the U.S. women play a soccer quarterfinal.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports The men’s 10,000-meter track final is set for Friday night. There will be four finals in swimming, and the U.S. women’s team plays the Netherlands in soccer.https://nyti.ms/3zP8QG5

How to watch the Olympics in the U.S.

By BY ALEXANDRA E. PETRI from NYT Sports Another day of sports continues with softball and men’s soccer games.https://nyti.ms/3rtbRcs

Just by Playing, These Goalies Made Crucial Saves

By BY MARISA INGEMI from NYT Sports Covid-19 protocols sometimes left teams without a traditional goaltender, meaning another player had to put on a lacrosse helmet or soccer gloves to keep the games going.https://nyti.ms/36zHxmH

Why Do English Soccer Fans Sing ‘Sweet Caroline’?

By BY JACEY FORTIN from NYT Sports At Wembley Stadium, where London has been following in the footsteps of Belfast and Boston, good times never seemed so good (so good, so good, so good).https://nyti.ms/36Ij52J