“When I step on to the pitch everything else is automatically erased from my mind,” says the captain of Afghan Women United, Fatima Haidari, when asked how football helps her cope with the traumas she ...

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Football. To Americans it means an oval ball that is run, passed and kicked by a team that has 11 men on the field at a time.

This week's TNF features a special pregame presentation from Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts and the Congressional Medal of Honor ...

After four years in exile, some of Afghanistan's female footballers have returned to the pitch, giving hope to those still in the country, fighting for basic rights.

The Lobos tipped off vs. UC Riverside, but the spotlight belonged to New Mexico’s service members and veterans—from Adjutant ...

Four years since they last played an official match ahead of the devastation, destruction and displacement caused by the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan's women are ready to play for their country ...

Former United States Army Staff Sergeant Ryan M. Pitts once described Gillette Stadium — the home of his beloved New England ...

Football observer Ronny Pangemanan appreciates the journey of the U-17 Indonesia National Team in the FIFA U-17 World Cup ...

Matt Van Epps is the son of a Vietnam war veteran and a native of Mentor, Ohio, an affluent Cleveland suburb. A West Point ...

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress captures stories of American life and military service. Learn ...

In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in ...