Soccer

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An unnamed player for Mexican women's team Mazatlan has been banned for six years after a probe into match-fixing.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A suspect whom authorities have linked to white supremacist movements has been arrested in the March 2019 fire that destroyed an office at a storied Tennessee social justice center.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Stars have fired coach Lorne Donaldson after winning just one of six games to start the National Women's Soccer League season. Assistant coach Masaki Hemmi will serve as interim coach, the Stars announced on Wednesday.

NEW YORK — Vancouver Whitecaps forward Brian White has been named Major League Soccer's player of the month for April. White scored five goals over his three MLS appearances in April for league-leading Vancouver.

PARIS (AP) — Paris FC did not want any fans missing out on watching a match to secure promotion to the French league's top flight. So the club invited them to view Friday night's game at a famed Paris concert hall.

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has relinquished his position as a person with significant control of the Premier League club as it closes in on Champions League qualification.

How did an unheralded Norwegian team from a tiny town north of the Arctic Circle become one of the fairy-tale stories of European soccer? For Bodø/Glimt, the transformation has been underpinned by a fighter pilot who developed mental techniques for h

SINSHEIM, Germany (AP) — German goalkeeper Oliver Baumann has been diagnosed with concussion after an incident which he says shows referees need to act swiftly to cut the risk of players suffering head injuries .

Wrexham is keeping the party going after sealing a third-straight promotion . The club, owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, will be playing in the second tier of English soccer next season - just one level below the Premier League.

LONDON (AP) — Bournemouth striker Evanilson had a three-match ban overturned on Wednesday following his red card against Manchester United in the Premier League.