Soccer

TORONTO — Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment is cutting 80 jobs, with a number of vacant positions also impacted under a company-wide restructuring.

BRUGGE, Belgium (AP) — Marcus Rashford resumed his Champions League career Tuesday, starting in Aston Villa's 3-1 win at Club Brugge in the first leg of their last-16 tie.

ROME (AP) — With nine of its 20 teams under American ownership, Serie A hopes to be the first major European soccer league to play a game in the United States, Italian league president Ezio Simonelli said Tuesday.

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany gave up trying to answer a question about what makes Bayer Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz special.

LONDON (AP) — English soccer club Fulham has condemned the “racist and homophobic abuse” aimed at defender Calvin Bassey on social media following the FA Cup win at Manchester United on Sunday.

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique is worried about the speed of Liverpool's “fighter jets” in attack and warned his team not to give the ball away in their Champions League clash.

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Midfielder Lizbeth Ovalle scored a remarkable goal for Mexican team Tigres on Monday night when she flicked the ball over the goalkeeper with her left heel while hanging in mid-air with her back toward the goal.

LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Get ready for games four and five this season in one of the most dynamic rivalries in European soccer.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego FC intends to take steps to discourage its fans from engaging in the homophobic chant that marred the Major League Soccer expansion club's inaugural home match last weekend.

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Goalkeeper Matz Sels was the hero for Nottingham Forest as he saved the last penalty in a shootout to take his team past Ipswich Town and into the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Monday.