Soccer

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The Champions League is European club soccer’s most testing stage. Try telling that to Erling Haaland.

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Barcelona missed its chance to reach the knockout round of the Champions League with games to spare after a 1-0 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.

For European soccer veterans, it was a night to savor. As Manchester City and Leipzig reached the knockout stage of the Champions League with two matches to spare on Tuesday, two emblematic players of Europe's old guard grabbed the spotlight.

MILAN (AP) — AC Milan scored for the first time in this season’s Champions League to beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in a hugely entertaining match on Tuesday and leave Group F wide open.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — German team Leipzig reached the knockout stage of the Champions League with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday.

MADRID (AP) — Antoine Griezmann and Álvaro Morata have come through for Atletico Madrid again. The red-hot duo scored two goals each in a 6-0 rout of 10-man Celtic on Tuesday, leaving Atletico top of Group E in the Champions League.

NEW YORK (AP) — Gotham FC coach Juan Carlos Amorós was named the National Women's Soccer League coach of the year on Tuesday.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Manchester United midfielder Casemiro is unlikely to play before Christmas after sustaining a hamstring injury.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Major League Soccer suspended Philadelphia Union defender Kai Wagner on Tuesday for three matches for violating the league’s on-field anti-discrimination policy after the league launched an investigation into whether he used a rac

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Phil Neville was introduced as the new head coach of the Portland Timbers amid concerns from the Major League Soccer team's fan base over some of his past posts on social media, as well as his coaching record.