Soccer

Fireworks exploded above the stadium at the final whistle to greet Aston Villa's progress to the Champions League quarterfinals in the club’s first season in Europe’s top competition in 41 years.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Stars forward Mallory Swanson will miss the team's National Women's Soccer League season opener on Friday night against the Orlando Pride for personal reasons.

Jesse Marsch lists off players who didn't make Canada's roster for the CONCACAF Nations League Finals, citing Nathan Saliba, Theo Bair, Kamal Miller and Jayden Nelson. "The good thing is this is the hardest squad that I've had to put together.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United wants to build the greatest stadium on earth . It wants to build the greatest soccer team as well. Something has got to give, surely? Ambitious plans for a 2 billion pounds ($2.

African soccer leader Patrice Motsepe was re-elected Wednesday and urged working with private financiers to help federations build national stadiums in countries where government budgets are tight.

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish soccer federation handed Atletico Madrid forward Ángel Correa a five-match suspension on Wednesday for insulting a referee in a Spanish league game this weekend.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil great Ronaldo Nazário has ended his bid for the presidency of his country's soccer confederation.

Will this finally be the year for Paris Saint-Germain? The year when more than a decade of spending lavishly on players can at last bring the Qatari-backed French club its first Champions League title? The signs are there for all to see.

Chinese interest in the AFC Champions League Elite ended at the second round stage on Wednesday, while all three Saudi Arabian clubs progressed to the quarterfinals.

PARIS (AP) — Saint-Etienne supporters have been banned by French authorities from traveling to Montpellier for this weekend’s Ligue 1 game between the two relegation-threatened clubs because of a high risk of violence.