Soccer

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Belgium got the best out of a 0-0 draw at the European Championship on Wednesday, advancing to the last 16 while Ukraine became the first team with four points in a group to be eliminated.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Longtime Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza, who appeared in a pair of World Cups and at an Olympics for Honduras, has retired from professional soccer.

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Phil Foden has temporarily left England's Euro 2024 base and returned to Britain for a “pressing family matter," the Football Association said Wednesday.

Veteran forward Alex Morgan won't be going to the Paris Olympics after surprisingly being left off the roster by U.S. national team coach Emma Hayes.

ROME (AP) — Antonio Conte is embracing the rebuilding task he faces at Napoli. As long as the results come quickly.

Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams and Pedri have not been included in Spain's Olympic soccer squad for next month's Paris Games despite being young enough to make the team.

WEILER-SIMMERBERG, Germany (AP) — Hungary forward Barnabás Varga has been released from hospital and is already back in his home country, two days after undergoing surgery on facial fractures he sustained in a collision at the European Championship.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Lionel Messi hopes a leg injury sustained during Argentina's 1-0 Copa America win over Chile is “nothing serious”.

TOKYO (AP) — Kazuyoshi Miura was matter-of-fact about it this week when he joined Japanese club Atletico Suzuka. “I'm at quite an age," he said in a Tokyo news conference. Yes he is.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.