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January 20, 2020

Villa signs Tanzania international Mbwana Samatta from Genk

Aston Villa eased its striker crisis by signing Tanzania international Mbwana Samatta from Belgian champion Genk on Monday.

January 20, 2020

Protests or not, politics and Olympics are intertwined

More than a half-century later, Tommie Smith and John Carlos are cemented into Olympic lore — their names enshrined in the ...

January 20, 2020

Free to sign players, Lampard raises prospect of Cavani bid

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard is keen on bringing more experience into his squad now that the club’s transfer ban has been ...

January 20, 2020

Controversial Irish soccer official resigns from UEFA

Ireland’s top soccer official has resigned from the UEFA executive committee after months of being effectively suspended from ...

January 19, 2020

Cyprus police arrest soccer player amid match-fixing probe

Cyprus police have arrested a 30-year-old soccer player in connection with a probe into alleged match-fixing in the country's ...

January 17, 2020

Liverpool's Klopp annoyed at Africa Cup of Nations change

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp believes the decision to move the Africa Cup of Nations back to its traditional January slot ...

January 17, 2020

US men's soccer to play March 30 exhibition at Wales

The U.S. men's soccer team will play an exhibition against Wales at Cardiff on March 30. The game announced Friday will ...

January 17, 2020

Bayern Munich fans accuse club of turning blind eye to Qatar

Bayern Munich fans fed up with the club’s longstanding links with Qatar are taking a stand against the club's lack of action ...

January 17, 2020

Chinese soccer missing targets on its 2020 Action Plan.

Barely weeks into the near year, Chinese soccer’s “2020 Action Plan” is in tatters after another international tournament ...

January 16, 2020

Top stars out of South American Olympic soccer qualifying

South American soccer teams trying to secure a spot at the Tokyo Olympics will have to do without some of their best Under-23 ...

January 16, 2020

Unloved Leipzig aims to break Bayern's hold on Bundesliga

When one club has won the league title seven years in a row, you might expect fans of other teams to cheer on any viable ...

January 15, 2020

Back coaching in Germany, Klinsmann hunts for paperwork

Jürgen Klinsmann's is facing more than his Bundesliga opponents in his return to coaching. He is also facing the German ...

January 15, 2020

Ahead in the clouds: Alibaba plans to change the Olympics

Alibaba’s promise to the Olympic family is to bring its technological might to help organizers, broadcasters and fans.

January 15, 2020

Prolific scorer and whistleblower, Aluko retires from soccer

Former England striker Eni Aluko retired from professional soccer on Wednesday, ending a career in which she became a ...

January 15, 2020

African Cup of Nations moving back to January in 2021

The 2021 African Cup of Nations is moving back to a January-February slot in the congested global soccer calendar, a switch ...

January 14, 2020

At Barcelona, Setién to lead the club he has long admired

Before a match against Barcelona at the Camp Nou more than a year ago, then-Real Betis coach Quique Setién asked Sergio ...

January 13, 2020

Villa signs Reina on loan from AC Milan as injury cover

Aston Villa signed former Spain and Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina on loan from AC Milan until the end of the season on ...

January 12, 2020

Madrid beats Atlético in shootout, wins Spanish Super Cup

Real Madrid beat Atlético Madrid in a penalty shootout on Sunday to win the first edition of the new-look Spanish Super Cup ...