Soccer

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid and AC Milan honored the victims of the deadly floods in Valencia before their Champions League match on Tuesday.

European heavyweights Real Madrid and Manchester City both suffered big defeats in the Champions League on Tuesday.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Call him the new Alex Ferguson.

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Arne Slot vs. Xabi Alonso had the makings of an epic battle. In the end it was the Liverpool coach who cruised to victory against the man many believed was destined to take over at Anfield this season.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer club Flamengo issued a statement in support of its winger Bruno Henrique on Tuesday amid a match-fixing investigation that brought several federal police agents to the club's training ground in Rio de Janeiro.

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Luis Diaz scored a brilliant second-half hat trick as Liverpool routed German champion Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Erling Haaland was upstaged by another striker from Scandinavia in the Champions League on Tuesday.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored the second goal as Al-Nassr defeated defending champion Al-Ain of the United Arab Emirates 5-1 in the AFC Champions League Elite on Tuesday to put Saudi Arabian teams in the top three places in the

MILAN, Italy (AP) — Arsenal will be without Declan Rice because of injury for the Champions League match against Inter Milan on Wednesday but could welcome back captain Martin Odegaard after two months out.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian amateur soccer player was killed and seven others were injured by a lightning strike during their match in a remote Andean city.