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Barcelona wins league title in an almost perfect season
MADRID – Barcelona is celebrating yet another Spanish league title to cap a nearly perfect…
Trump makes appeal for 2026 World Cup in North America
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is calling on African countries to get behind the joint…
Russian billionaire Abramovich in Swiss court over debt case
GENEVA – Russian billionaire and Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich has appeared in a…
Football’s Mike Morreale heads up new Canadian Elite Basketball League
TORONTO – Retired longtime CFL receiver Mike Morreale hopes he can parlay his football background…
Tourists flocking to Peru’s newfound ‘Rainbow Mountain’
PITUMARCA, Peru – Tourists gasp for breath as they climb for two hours to a…
Thorns get 3 second-half goals to down Gotham 4-1 in the NWSL
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Rookie Caiya Hanks had a goal and an assist and the…
MLB to announce Yanks-Red Sox games in London
NEW YORK – Major League Baseball intends to announce next week the New York Yankees…
Candace Chapman, Tomasz Radzinski named to Canada Soccer Hall of Fame
TORONTO – Candace Chapman, who won more than 100 caps for her country, and speedy…
Giovinco, Vazquez and Chapman score as Toronto FC blanks Philadelphia Union 3-0
Toronto FC started the day in the Eastern Conference basement and finished it looking more…
Lego-obsessed crowd packs convention every June near Chicago
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – If you think five straight days of Lego are for the kiddie…
Springsteen escorts Van Zandt in to New Jersey Hall of Fame
ASBURY PARK, N.J. – Oh what a night: Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons were…
Guatemala’s crusading prosecutor exits amid praise, threats
GUATEMALA CITY – It’s been a long time since it was safe for Thelma Aldana…
Horses and soccer to converge at Calgary’s Spruce Meadows in 2019
CALGARY – Combining horses with soccer isn’t a stretch at Spruce Meadows, according to the…
Sent off against Toronto FC, Salt Lake’s Diego Luna has red card rescinded on appeal
Real Salt Lake star midfielder Diego Luna, sent off in Saturday’s 1-0 loss to visiting…
FIFA fines Russia after fans racially abused France players
ZURICH – FIFA says the Russian soccer federation has been fined 30,000 Swiss francs ($29,900)…
Woman injured after car hit with huge rock on German highway
BERLIN – German police say a woman has been seriously injured on the A7 autobahn…
Handwalla Bwana’s second-half goal leads Seattle over Toronto 2-1
TORONTO – For the second time in less than two weeks Greg Vanney felt Major…
Judge orders 90-day pause in suit over soccer team’s move
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio judge has ordered a 90-day pause in a lawsuit that…
Bill targets school riflery teams, citing ‘gun culture’
ALBANY, N.Y. – Jillian Zakrzeski’s skills with an air rifle earned her three New York…
Saskatoon’s Brett Levis battles back from serious knee injury with Whitecaps
VANCOUVER – Defender Brett Levis made his Major League Soccer debut for the Vancouver Whitecaps…
Lawyer says he gave Trump team dirt on Schneiderman
NEW YORK – A New York lawyer said he told President Donald Trump’s attorney, Michael…
British ex-culture secretary Tessa Jowell dies at 70
LONDON – Tessa Jowell, the former British culture secretary who played a key role in…
Germany appeals to Russia to allow entry of journalist
BERLIN – Germany has appealed to the Russian government to let in a journalist who…
Erdogan a battleground in Germany-Turkey soccer vote
LONDON – Strained diplomatic relations between Germany and Turkey have taken on a sporting dimension…