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 if a player commits a direct free kick offence inside their penalty area or off the field as part of play as outlined in Laws 12 and 13. A goal may be scored directly from a ...

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 ...