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Atletico Madrid and Arsenal begin a Champions League semifinal series Wednesday, with both clubs trying to return to the final after a long absence and aiming to win the competition for the first time.
Toulouse coach Carles Martínez Novell is leaving the French club at the end of the Ligue 1 season. Toulouse announced the decision Wednesday, with the team sitting 10th in the standings with three games left to play. The Spanish coach has managed the team for three seasons.
“Thought you’d seen it all in football? Never a game like this!” That line in German news magazine Der Spiegel was just one of many attempts around Europe to sum up the back-and-forth action of Paris Saint-Germain’s 5-4 win over Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League final.
Moise Bombito is back in training with Nice. The Canada centre-back has been out of action since breaking his leg in a 2-2 draw with Monaco on Oct. 5.
It was possibly the wildest match in Champions League history and may just change some long-held perceptions about soccer.
As global temperatures rise, extreme heat could threaten athletes, fans, workers and officials during this year’s World Cup games.
FIFA is paying out more than $100 million in extra cash to World Cup teams to help cover higher-than-expected costs of being in North America.
Ángel Correa scored in the 33rd minute, Nahuel Guzman made four saves and Tigres beat Nashville 1-0 on Tuesday night in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinal.
Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich produced an epic Champions League semifinal as the French holders claimed a 5-4 first-leg victory at Parc des Princes.
British Columbia’s government says it is working with the Vancouver Whitecaps to help the team lower costs and generate more revenue at BC Place — but it won’t be buying the Major League Soccer team to prevent it from moving cities.
Could “The Special One” be headed back to the Bernabeu? Fabrizio Romano reports Jose Mourinho is open to a return to Real Madrid.
FIFA is preparing to tweak World Cup rules on yellow cards to ensure fewer players are suspended for key elimination games in North America.
Germany has postponed its World Cup squad announcement by nine days to take account of the last day of the Bundesliga and give more time for injured players to show their fitness.
Seventeen-year-old midfielder Gilberto Mora could become the youngest Mexican player to appear in a World Cup. He was among the initial 12 players picked by coach Javier Aguirre in Mexico’s World Cup squad on Tuesday, all of them from the local Liga MX. They begin training together next Monday.
Atletico Madrid could be without striker Ademola Lookman when it takes on Arsenal looking to return to the Champions League final for the first time in a decade.
England defender John Stones will leave Manchester City at the end of the season, bringing to a close his 10-year spell at the club that covers the entirety of Pep Guardiola’s trophy-filled reign.
Brazil and Real Madrid defender Éder Militão on Tuesday underwent surgery to fix a hamstring problem that is set to keep him from playing in the World Cup.
Titleholder Paris Saint-Germain hosts six-time winner Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday.
Third-placed Manchester United put some daylight between itself and chasing Liverpool and Aston Villa with a clinical 2-1 win at home to Brentford in the Premier League on Monday.
A Major League Soccer committee met earlier this month to discuss the future of the Vancouver Whitecaps and potential relocation, The Athletic’s Tom Bogert and Paul Tenorio report.
It was one step forward and one step back for Canada’s beleaguered backline this weekend as Steven Caldwell returns with another edition of Race for the Roster.
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