Soccer

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian police arrested the head of the country's soccer federation Thursday as part of an investigation into allegations that he abused his position to extort local clubs into ceding their television rights.

LONDON (AP) — Southampton defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Newcastle left-back Lewis Hall were called up to the England squad for the first time on Thursday as interim coach Lee Carsley made his final selection before Thomas Tuchel takes charge .

A giant “Free Palestine” banner unveiled at Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League match against Atletico Madrid was “unacceptable,” French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on Thursday.

PARIS (AP) — First the Champions League, now the France team.

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — In a repeat of the 2023 Women’s World Cup final , Spain and England were drawn together in a group for the 2025 Nations League on Thursday.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Raphinha knew he would have a hard time getting off Barcelona’s bench with the soccer world enthralled by teen phenom Lamine Yamal and the club eyeing to sign another hot prospect in the attack. Instead of pouting, he evolved.

Struggling to make an impact at Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé has again been left out of the France squad. The captain was not included on Thursday in coach Didier Deschamps' list of players for Nations League matches against Israel and Italy.

BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen is struggling to reach the high standards it set for itself last season.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government announced on Thursday what it described as world-leading legislation that would institute an age limit of 16 years for children to start using social media, and hold platforms responsible for ensu

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany had to hurriedly revise its squad list for the Nations League on Thursday after accidentally including a player from Latvia.