FILE - Jackson Rodriguez of Ecuador's Emelec reacts during a Copa Sudamericana round of 16 second leg soccer match against Argentina's Defensa y Justicia at the Unico Diego Armando Maradona stadium in ...

AMMAN, Jordan -- A Jordanian soccer team is being praised for their sportsmanship after they formed a human shield to give privacy to a member of the opposing team after her hijab started to fall off.

Ecuadorian soccer player Jackson Rodríguez’s wife and 5-year-old child were kidnapped early Wednesday, police reported, when men broke into their home in search of the Emelec defender, who told ...