A team of three William & Mary undergrads hit the back of the net this spring, scoring top honors in an international mathematics competition with their analysis of soccer team strategies. Team ...

In an effort to get kids excited about math, the Romanian men’s soccer team recently swapped the numbers on players’ training jerseys for math equations. The players wore the jerseys ahead of a match ...

SAO PAULO — Instead of taking a breather, the U.S. created a World Cup math puzzle for its fans back in America. Just 30 seconds from clinching advancement with a game to spare, the U.S. conceded a ...

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We're likely to see penalty shootouts at the Euro 2012. Most shooters have a 75 percent chance of scoring. But according to binomial probability, and common preconceptions, the Germans are even better ...

XI'AN — Wearing a whistle around his neck, Zhu Xiaolong, 35, was coaching 14 students at a primary school in Northwest China's Shaanxi province when the school bell loudly rang. Swiftly returning to ...