Soccer

US Soccer Stars ‘Confident’ of Winning Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

Paris (CNN) The US women’s national soccer team will “fight until the end” in its battle for equality, says one of the team’s co-captains Megan Rapinoe. With the Women’s World Cup just months away, 28 players in the US squad last week filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation, stating “institutionalized gender discrimination,” which the reigning world …


Suburban Chicago School District Settles Hazing Lawsuit

Five former students of a suburban Chicago high school will receive $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed in connection with hazing allegations. Officials of Maine Township High School District 207 say they and plaintiffs’ attorney Antonio Romanucci agreed to Tuesday’s settlement after deciding it was mutually beneficial. The students alleged soccer coach Michael …