Soccer

GRANADA, Spain (AP) — Villarreal scored three times in the opening half hour en route to a hard-fought 3-2 win over Granada in the Spanish league on Monday.

ROME (AP) — Ciro Immobile scored an injury time penalty to give Lazio a 1-0 win over Fiorentina and sink the visitors' hope of moving back into the top four in Serie A on Monday.

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GENEVA (AP) — The Spanish soccer official who provoked a players’ rebellion and reckoning on gender when he kissed an unwilling star player on the lips at the Women's World Cup final trophy ceremony was banned for three years on Monday by the sport's

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Manuel Neuer is finally back for Bayern Munich. He doesn't have much time to settle in before the “Klassiker” with Borussia Dortmund.

MAINZ, Germany (AP) — German soccer club Mainz said Monday it is lifting a suspension it imposed on Dutch forward Anwar El Ghazi over a social media post about the Israel-Hamas war.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Erik ten Hag says Manchester United is on the way up . The Premier League table tells a different story. It must be tough for the United manager to come up with fresh explanations for his team's ever-worsening form.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Olympiakos vowed Monday to “exhaust all legal means” in an appeal against a punishment for fan violence that cost the team its lead in the Greek league. The Oct.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Slumping in last place in the Dutch league, four-time European champion Ajax named former player John van ’t Schip as coach Monday for the rest of a so-far calamitous season.

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig will likely have to cope without Dani Olmo until the new year after the Spain midfielder injured his shoulder, coach Marco Rose indicated Monday.