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September 26, 2016

Will Cristiano Ronaldo show another type of reaction?

Cristiano Ronaldo's anger could work in Real Madrid's favor. The Portugal winger was visibly upset when he came off in the ...

September 26, 2016

FIFA ending racism task force denounced as shameful betrayal

FIFA's abolition of its anti-racism task force was denounced as a shameful betrayal on Monday as the governing body went on ...

September 26, 2016

Sparta fires coach Scasny after loss to archrival Slavia

Sparta Prague has fired coach Zdenek Scasny after a 2-0 loss to archrival Slavia Prague in the Czech premier league. The move ...

September 26, 2016

Hamburg hires Markus Gisdol as coach

Hamburger SV has hired Markus Gisdol as coach, replacing Bruno Labbadia. Labbadia was fired Sunday following a poor start to ...

September 26, 2016

Streaking Canadians to face Team Europe in World Cup finals

Sidney Crosby and the Canadians look as if they can't be stopped. Canada has won 14 straight games in best-on-best hockey ...

September 25, 2016

Reports: Roma forward El Shaarawy unhurt after car crash

Roma and Italy forward Stephan El Shaarawy has escaped unhurt from a car crash in which his vehicle was badly damaged.

September 25, 2016

Larissa beats Olympiakos 1-0 with injury-time goal

Defending champion Olympiakos stumbled Sunday when defender Luca Milivojevic scored an own-goal in injury time to give Greek ...

September 25, 2016

With Mario Balotelli rested, Nice wins anyway to stay top

Striker Mario Balotelli was rested to protect a sore hip and his replacement Alassane Plea scored the winner as Nice beat ...

September 25, 2016

APNewsBreak: FIFA disbands racism task force, says job done

FIFA has disbanded its anti-racism task force, declaring the work complete despite ongoing concerns about discriminatory ...

September 25, 2016

West Ham pays for rejecting Austin as Southampton wins 3-0

Southampton forward Charlie Austin exacted sweet revenge on a club which once questioned his fitness as West Ham lost its ...

September 25, 2016

Man City adds women's title to feats since Abu Dhabi buyout

Manchester City can now add English soccer's top women's prize to its list of achievements since the club was transformed by ...

September 25, 2016

Simeone pulls the strings to produce Atletico win

For a second straight match, Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone made all the right moves to get a result that tightened ...

September 25, 2016

American defender Miazga makes Vitesse Arnhem debut

American defender Matt Miazga made his debut for Vitesse Arnhem, entering in the 64th minute of Sunday's 2-1 loss at Twente ...

September 25, 2016

Totti reaches 250 goals but Roma loses at Torino

Before Sunday, only one player had scored 250 goals in Serie A. Now there are two. Just two days before his 40th birthday, ...

September 25, 2016

Rosicky still not ready for Sparta after return from Arsenal

Tomas Rosicky's highly anticipated return to Sparta Prague and the Czech league after more than 15 years away has yet to ...

September 25, 2016

Hoffenheim rallies to inflict 5th straight loss on Schalke

Schalke fell to a fifth straight loss for its worst start in a Bundesliga season after wasting an early lead and having a ...

September 25, 2016

Moscow prepares for 1st English visit since Euro 2016 clash

Russian police are getting ready for Tottenham's game against CSKA Moscow on Tuesday in the Champions League. It's the first ...

September 25, 2016

Injured Juventus duo Rugani and Asamoah out for 6 weeks

Juventus is counting the cost of Saturday's hard-fought 1-0 win at Palermo after both Daniele Rugani and Kwadwo Asamoah were ...

September 25, 2016

Hamburg fires coach Bruno Labbadia by telephone

Hamburger SV fired coach Bruno Labbadia on Sunday after a poor start to the season earned the club only one point from five ...