A penalty kick in soccer is when a player is allowed to take a single shot at the goal from the penalty spot while it is defended by only the opposing team's goalkeeper. The penalty spot is ...

A penalty kick is awarded after the opposition have committed an offence. The referee will award the penalty from the spot where the offence occurred. A team has the choice of kicking for goal ...

a direct free kick is awarded a penalty kick is awarded if the offence occurred inside the kicker’s penalty area unless the kicker was the goalkeeper in which case an indirect free kick is awarded If, ...

Lauren James, after more than three months off the pitch, gets Chelsea Women a penalty opportunity and a double yellow card ...

Lionel Messi led the penalty shootout today during Argentina ... when Zinedine Zidane opened the scoring for France with a spot-kick just six minutes into the game, leaving Italy's Gianluigi ...

Over the weekend Tim Melia and Zack Steffen made headlines by saving penalty kicks to help their respective teams, Sporting Kansas City and Columbus Crew SC, bag big victories – and for both ...