Soccer
- East End Lions in the Sierra Leone National Premier League
- Young Lions (Singapore football team), an under-23 soccer team from Singapore
- Sannat Lions F.C., a club from the village of Sannat on Gozo, Malta
- Heart of Lions, a member of the Ghana Telecom Premier League
- Iraq national football team, nicknamed the Lions of Mesopotamia
- Persepolis F.C.
- Queensland Lions Soccer Club, formerly known as the "Brisbane Lions"
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Famous quotes containing the word soccer:
“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)
“If we were doing this in the Falklands they would love it. It’s part of our heritage. The British have always been fighting wars.”
—British soccer fan. quoted in Independent (London, Dec. 23, 1988)
“We want beans, not goals.”
—Mexican steelworkers’ banner at opening ceremony of 1986 World Cup soccer championship.