Soccer

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Argentina’s Racing Club beat Brazil’s Botafogo 2-0 on Thursday to win the Recopa Sudamericana title by 4-0 on aggregate.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off at least 7,000 people from its workforce of 60,000, according to a person familiar with the agency’s plans who is not authorized to speak publicly.

CHICAGO (AP) — Vlatko Andonovski was paid $454,048 during his final nine months as U.S. women’s soccer coach and outearned Gregg Berhalter, who received $376,214 during the first nine months of his second term as men's coach.

LONDON (AP) — West Ham handed relegation-threatened Leicester its fourth straight Premier League loss by beating Ruud van Nistelrooy's team 2-0 on Thursday.

BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — AC Milan squandered a first-half advantage in a 2-1 loss at Bologna in a rescheduled Serie A match Thursday and fell further into crisis.

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A court governing international soccer disputes has ruled that depicting the disputed Western Sahara as part of Morocco on club jerseys violates rules against political messaging.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistan Football Federation took a step towards returning to international soccer by unanimously approving constitutional amendments proposed by FIFA on Thursday. FIFA hit Pakistan on Feb.

Argentina youth international Claudio Echeverri has completed his permanent move to Manchester City, more than a year after signing for the English champion before returning to River Plate on loan.

MUNICH (AP) — German media is reporting that Bayern Munich has retracted its contract extension offer to midfielder Joshua Kimmich, whose deal expires at the end of the season.

ROME (AP) — Thiago Motta might have only one solution left to stay on as Juventus coach.