Soccer

An abnormally short preseason and a lengthy list of injury and coronavirus-related absentees didn’t stop Manchester City getting off to a fast start in the English Premier League on Monday. City scored in the first half through Kevin de Bruyne and Phil Foden before weathering ...

Bayern Munich fans could face quarantine when they return to Germany after the Super Cup in Budapest. Bayern is scheduled to face Sevilla on Thursday, but Germany’s center for disease control has deemed the Hungarian capital a "high risk” area for the coronavirus. Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz ...

It wasn’t the best of starts for defending champion Real Madrid, which needed a good performance by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to salvage a 0-0 draw at Real Sociedad in the Spanish league on Sunday. With a squad mostly unchanged from last season, Madrid looked out ...

Tottenham has gambled on the homecoming of Gareth Bale as the shot in the arm they badly need to arrest an alarming slide in the 15 months since reaching their first Champions League final. Bale alone has more experience than Spurs on European soccer's biggest ...

Roma settled for a scoreless draw in their Italian first-division opener at Hellas Verona on Saturday, with Gaetano Castrovilli scoring in a 1-0 win for Fiorentina against Torino behind closed doors before the return of a limited number of fans to stadiums 24 hours ...

Veteran forward Kazuma Watanabe came off the bench to score the winner as Gamba Osaka beat Consadole Sapporo 1-0 in the J. League first division on Saturday, keeping a clean sheet for the first time since July 22. The 34-year-old entered in the 74th minute ...

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero could be out for up to two months as he recovers from surgery on his left knee, manager Pep Guardiola said. Aguero had an operation on June 24, two days after getting hurt in an English Premier League match against ...

The Asian Football Confederation has thrown Japanese soccer into disarray by repeatedly rescheduling the continental tournament.

The governing body of South American soccer said Thursday it got assurances from FIFA that European clubs will have to release all players for national team duty when the region's World Cup qualifying starts in October. The decision could cause unease at European clubs with ...