Stuck in Spain, Wuhan soccer team gets to watch Madrid-Barça
MADRID (AP) — It’s been a tough journey for the first-division soccer club from Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the ...
US Olympic marketing chief Lisa Baird is NWSL commissioner
The marketing executive who branded the U.S. Olympic squad “Team USA” will now try to turn American women’s soccer playe...
Manchester City files appeal against UEFA ban at CAS
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Manchester City has filed an expected appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport against ...
Virus pushes beyond Asia, taking aim at Europe, Mideast
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The new virus took aim at a broadening swath of the globe Monday, with officials in Europe and...
World Cup champion women pushed: Could they beat German men?
Carli Lloyd was pushed over and over on differences between women and men.“Do you think the women’s national team could ...
American women seek more than $66M in damages from US Soccer
Players on the U.S. women’s national team are seeking more than $66 million in damages as part their gender discriminati...
Swiss prosecutors charge Al-Khelaifi in FIFA bribery case
GENEVA (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi was charged Thursday by Swiss federal prosecutors in conn...
For Napoli fans, the team is a religion and Maradona is god
NAPLES, Italy (AP) — When Lionel Messi climbs up the steps from the moat surrounding the field at the San Paolo Stadium ...
Messi demands calm after chaotic 2 months for Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has been hit recently by a series of setbacks on the field and conflicts inside the cl...
Analysis: Man City stained by scandal, mired in uncertainty
LONDON — Manchester City is now a tainted champion.
Transgender woman poised to make Argentine soccer history
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Dozens of trophies, balls and cups sit on two worn, wooden shelves in the small home in a Buenos Aires suburb of Mara Gómez,...
US soccer men’s union says women’s pay should be tripled
NEW YORK — The U.S. men's national team urged the U.S. Soccer Federation to sharply increase pay of the American women and accused the governing body ...
US women beat Canada 3-0 in Olympic qualifying final
CARSON, Calif. — Lynn Williams broke open a scoreless stalemate with a goal in the 61st minute and the United States beat Canada 3-0 on Sunday in the ...
Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel
LONDON — Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing...
The US women down Mexico 4-0 to secure an Olympic spot
CARSON, Calif. — Samantha Mewis scored twice and the U.S. national team secured a spot in the Tokyo Olympics with a 4-0 semifinal victory Friday night...
Federer tops Nadal in South Africa & 51,000 turn up to watch
Roger Federer wasn't going to lose this one to Rafael Nadal.
MLS salaries, charter flights rise in new labor deal
NEW YORK — The minimum salary for senior players in Major League Soccer will rise from $70,250 last year to $109,200 in 2024 as part of a five-year co...
Lakers play outside to lighten spirits after Bryant’s death
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Before the Los Angeles Lakers practiced on the final day before their first game since Kobe Bryant’s death, they played.
US national team also looks toward Olympic soccer qualifying
NEW YORK — U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter will be looking toward Olympic soccer qualifying when the senior national team plays Costa Rica on Saturday in a...
Soccer players union promises to defend Olympic protesters
GENEVA — Soccer players who defy Olympic rules by making protest gestures at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be supported by their global union.
Debate in Malmo rages over battered Ibrahimovic statue
MALMO, Sweden — Two bronze feet protrude from a block of stone, a large and dusty black cloth draped down one of its sides.
UK police use of facial recognition tests public’s tolerance
LONDON — When British police used facial recognition cameras to monitor crowds arriving for a soccer match in Wales, some fans protested by covering t...
Humble Aguero still the standard bearer for strikers in EPL
There’s a shelf above the television in his home in a plush area of northwest England where Sergio Aguero keeps the match balls — signed by all his te...
US men’s soccer team cancels plan to train in Qatar
CHICAGO — The U.S. men’s soccer team has canceled its plan to train in Doha, Qatar, from Jan. 5-25 “due to the developing situation in the region.”
Sudan’s women pursue soccer dream, challenging conservatives
OMDURMAN, Sudan — All her life, Elham Balatone wanted to play soccer — like her brothers, like the boys on her street. But in the Sudan where she grew...
Beckham’s Inter Miami taps Diego Alonso as first coach
MIAMI — David Beckham’s new MLS team finally has its first coach, with Inter Miami hiring Diego Alonso.
In-game anti-racism warnings as Rüdiger faces abuse at Spurs
LONDON — Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger demanded swift punishments for Tottenham fans who aimed monkey noises at him on Sunday during a London derby...
Liverpool lands 1st world title, Qatar passes pre-2022 test
DOHA, Qatar — After tens of billions of dollars spent on infrastructure, and skepticism over this tiny gas-rich nation's suitability as a sporting hos...
Police, protesters clash outside Barcelona-Real Madrid game
BARCELONA, Spain — Riot police clashed with protesters in the streets Wednesday night outside a soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid, as aut...
The substituted substitute: Kean humiliated by cruel call
Moise Kean trudged along the touchline, his head facing the ground and never moving, after what for many soccer players is the ultimate indignity.