Soccer

PARIS (AP) — Metz snapped a seven-game losing streak in drawing at Marseille 1-1 in the French league and will rue not taking advantage of facing 10 men for more than an hour on Friday.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — African soccer leaders don’t know when the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco will take place because of congestion in the calendar.

ROME (AP) — Empoli continued its excellent form under new coach Davide Nicola by beating his old team Salernitana 3-1 in Serie A on Friday.

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Donyell Malen scored twice as Borussia Dortmund defeated Freiburg 3-0 in the Bundesliga on Friday and extended its unbeaten start to 2024 to five games.

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Anti-investor protests in German soccer escalated on Friday when fans attached bicycle locks to a goal and displayed banners showing a club executive's face in crosshairs.

GLASGOW, United Kingdom — Glasgow Celtic are waiting on the results of a scan on Canadian international defender Alistair Johnston, who was taken off the field on a stretcher after suffering a head injury in Wednesday's 2-1 win at Hibernian.

Atletico Ottawa has acquired Rayane Yesli, a nominee for Canadian Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year last season, in a transfer from Winnipeg-based Valour FC.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Burkina Faso will replace coach Hubert Velud “as soon as possible” following the team’s disappointing Africa Cup of Nations campaign.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Bay FC has acquired Canadian goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx in a deal with Australia's Melbourne City FC. The expansion NWSL team said the 24-year-old from Boucherville, Que.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — He's proud of his team’s Africa Cup of Nations campaign but South Africa coach Hugo Broos feels there’s little point in having the third-place playoff match between two sides disappointed not to be in the final.