A Swiss court has thrown out a lawsuit from FIFA against Google over defamation due to a website appearing in the company's search engine. The governing body of soccer previously sued Google due to actual results. One of the specific search results for FIFA, according to the plaintiff, is for a website that regularly criticizes […]

LaLiga President Javier Tebas has fought a long battle against piracy, but he is ready to take further action. Over the weekend, Tebas spoke at New Economic Forum about several things plaguing soccer in Spain. While Tebas defended the league against claims of racism, he turned the audience's attention to the issue of piracy. This, […]

FIFA has taken legal action against Google for what the world governing body of soccer claims is defamation. Taking the US company to court in Switzerland, the case stems from specific Google search results, per a report from Swiss broadcaster SRF. FIFA hopes a successful ruling against Google will remove the website in question from […]

Even though Euro 2024 is coming to a close, the Google Mini Cup lets fans compete against one another based on who they support. Fans can use their mobile device to play a game that puts them in the shoes of a penalty taker. Fittingly, penalties have been common at the Euros. Both England and […]

LaLiga is taking the battle against piracy to the source and Google. The Spanish top flight recently claimed it wiped a heavy chunk of piracy websites in Spain. Javier Tebas, the league's chief executive, said LaLiga took down 58 apps that led to over 1 million illegal downloads of live games. Tebas said he and […]

Wrexham is currently one of the biggest talking points in US sport. So much so that the fifth division Welsh soccer team is surpassing MLS in popularity, according to data made available by Google. For 2023 to date in the United States, Wrexham is pulling in relatively more searches in Google than Major League Soccer. […]

A new Google minigame, nicknamed the Mini Cup by its creators, is taking World Cup fans by surprise. Although simple in nature, the mobile doodle attracts tens of millions of players a day. How can you play? The Mini Cup is only available on mobile devices. By going to Google Chrome or the Google App […]

Google is reportedly in advanced talks with Tottenham Hotspur over naming rights to its home stadium. Completed in 2019, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is a state-of-the-art complex that cost around $1.1 billion to construct. As of now, the club has no partnership for the stadium. Hence, the name of the ground is simply Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. […]

Carriage disputes between cable/satellite providers and TV broadcasters seem to happen all the time. Generally, we associate those with Regional Sports Networks and the ability to watch local sports teams. However, the most recent dispute involves a streaming service and a major television broadcaster. This most recent disagreement involves YouTube TV and NBCUniversal. The two […]

Either Google (GOOG) is a very worldly company, they understand marketing or they have a lot of die-hard soccer fans who work within their successful organization. Whatever the case, Google has implemented a couple of interesting features to its search engine results. When you visit Google.com and enter a search for the World Cup, the […]

Someone at Fox Soccer Channel needs to learn the time difference between England and the East Coast of the United States. Take a look at the above picture snapped this morning to see how potential new customers FoxSoccer.tv may have missed after they listed the wrong start time for the 8:30am ET game. Ouch. At […]

Soccer fans around the world have been trained to proceed with caution when surfing the Internet and recording matches on television for later viewing. The obvious rules apply about avoiding soccer websites, blurring ones vision when accidentally seeing a BottomLine ticker scrolling by, and avoiding contact with Twitter or friends who like to blabber what […]

Google has added a new feature to its search engine that displays upcoming fixtures and recent results for Premier League clubs. All you have to do is type in the name of any of the 20 clubs and the information will be displayed at the top of the screen above the search engine results. For […]