Retired Netherlands football star Marco van Basten has been benched for a week by Fox Sports for saying "sieg heil" on air.

Van Basten, working as an analyst, was off camera on Saturday when he used the German phrase for "hail victory" that became notorious for its use at Nazi rallies.

Van Basten, who made the comment after a German coach had been interviewed by a reporter, apologised later in the show saying he had "not intended to shock people" and that "it was meant to ridicule the German...

Here is all you need to know about the 2019 Women's World Cup, including how the USWNT went undefeated en route to its second straight and fourth overall world title:

What's next for the USWNT?

The USWNT just won another Women's World Cup -- its second straight and fourth overall. It begs the question: How different will this team look moving forward? Graham Hays

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LYON, France -- It was less than a decade ago that some members of the French women's national team posed nude for a German publication, in what was essentially a protest on the eve of a Women's World Cup. What would it take, the captions asked, to get fans back home to watch them play a sport that is otherwise a national obsession?

When France and the United States played an epic World Cup quarterfinal in front of more than 45,000 in Paris, 51 percent of the televisions in use in the host country...

LYON, France -- She stood alone, the only woman in history to start in three consecutive Women's World Cup finals. With the score tied 0-0 and her teammates standing united at her back -- as they have been throughout this tournament -- Megan Rapinoe finished the job.

In the 61st minute of what had become another physically and emotionally grueling test for the Americans, Rapinoe sent a penalty kick past Netherlands goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal and opened the scoring for the U.S. against the...