Soccer

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Union Berlin coach Nenad Bjelica was banned for three games on Thursday, a day after he was red-carded for striking Bayern Munich forward Leroy Sané during a game.

PARIS (AP) — With Paris Saint-Germain seemingly cruising to another French league title, the unexpected rise of Brest has been the season's success story.

Pep Guardiola barely took a second to give his answer.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City signed 18-year-old Argentine midfielder Claudio Echeverri from River Plate on Thursday in a move that echoes the deal arranged for compatriot Julian Alvarez. City reportedly paid 12.5 million pounds ($15.

MADRID (AP) — After sullying his nation's Women's World Cup victory, former Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales will face trial for kissing forward Jenni Hermoso without her consent at the final.

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Two games without scoring don't add up to a goal drought, even for Harry Kane. Still, Bayern Munich is feeling the pressure.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Former Milan and Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko was elected the new president of the Ukrainian Association of Football unanimously on Thursday. Shevchenko won 93 of 94 votes at its congress, the UAF said.

GENEVA (AP) — Turmoil inside European soccer body UEFA fueled by its president Aleksander Čeferin’s push to change statutes that would let him stay in office longer led to a first exit of a senior manager on Thursday.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Host nation Ivory Coast squeezed into the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations on the day it fired its coach.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A bus taking journalists back to Abidjan after an Africa Cup of Nations game crashed in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving several people injured. The accident occurred around 2 a.m.