Soccer

Defender Jen Beattie has a list accomplishments she can point to across her lengthy soccer career: She scored a goal for Scotland in the Women's World Cup, served as a television pundit and she was honored as a Member of the Order of the British Empi

LYON, France (AP) — Lyon completed the signing of Algeria winger Saïd Benrahma from West Ham on Friday, a day after the deal fell through at the end of the transfer window for administrative reasons.

GENEVA (AP) — A potential rebellion at the UEFA congress next week against its president Aleksander Čeferin looked to have ended Friday when Romania’s soccer federation said it would vote for extending his term limit.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola says he has no reason to think Erling Haaland is unhappy at Manchester City.

MILAN (AP) — Almost 19 years after its last visit, Italy will return to the United States for friendlies against Venezuela and Ecuador next month.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says teenage goalkeeper Diego Kochen has agreed in principle to a new deal that will keep the American at the Spanish club through June 2028.

NEW YORK (AP) — Italy will play a pair of exhibition games in the United States, facing Venezuela on March 21 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Ecuador three days later at Harrison, New Jersey.

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league said Friday that it will look into a complaint filed by Getafe that Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham allegedly called Getafe forward Mason Greenwood a “rapist” during a game.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The Confederation of African Football is taking steps to tackle what it calls the “escalating unbecoming and unprofessional” conduct of journalists at the Africa Cup of Nations.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — If Atletico Madrid is going to get the most out of Antoine Griezmann's superb season and rekindle a Spanish league title challenge, then it needs to beat Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu this weekend.