A penalty kick is supposed to be straightforward. It's just the player, one ball, and twelve yards to the goal post that has one keeper barely standing in the way. Yet soccer history is filled with ...

The German newspaper Bild's revealed that FIFA's considering radical change to the execution of penalty kicks .. a move that could reshape one of football's most decisive moments. Under the plan, if ...

ZURICH (AP) — The laws of soccer on taking a penalty kick were clarified Tuesday after Julián Álvarez’s accidental double touch helped to eliminate Atletico Madrid from the Champions League. The new ...

The most pressure-packed scoring opportunity in soccer might be the one where no one is defending: the penalty kick. A goal is almost certain, so long as you keep a cool head and beat the goalkeeper.

GOAL takes a look at the history of a move that has revolutionised the way that spot kicks are taken since coming to prominence in 1976 The Panenka is an ingenious but simple way of taking a penalty ...

Crystal Palace beat Liverpool on penalty kicks to win a thoroughly entertaining FA Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday. It is the first time in Palace's history that they've won the trophy.