JOHANNESBURG — For the political prisoners jailed on the infamous Robben Island off the coast of apartheid South Africa during the 1960s and 70s, playing soccer — often on the sly using rolled-up rags ...

Weeds are about the only thing remaining amid the sandy bumps of the soccer field that served the prisoners on the infamous island where Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists were held.

Perhaps someone such as former MLS deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis could truly understand the significance and symbolism of the FIFA Executive Committee holding a meeting on this island that has ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - FIFA's executive committee will hold its next meeting on South Africa's once infamous Robben Island in December 3, the governing body's president Sepp Blatter said Tuesday. ...

John and Winston are political prisoners on South Africa’s infamous Robben Island, spending their days toiling at grueling, futile tasks in the prison’s quarry. At night, they secretly rehearse a ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - World soccer's leaders meet this week on an island notorious for its once brutal prison but where the game offered relief and hope for hundreds of anti-apartheid activists.