Soccer

WROCLAW, Poland (AP) — It's been a breakthrough season for Francisco “Isco” Alarcon with Real Betis, and it could culminate with him leading the Spanish club to its first European title.

TORONTO — Michael Boxall has scored just one goal for New Zealand, but it was one of consequence.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has called up Mainz forward Jonathan Burkardt to his squad for upcoming Nations League games after Stuttgart’s Angelo Stiller dropped out with an injury.

LONDON (AP) — Liverpool is no stranger to triumph on the sports field, or tragedy off it.

Coach Casey Stoney has called in Montreal Roses forward Latifah Abdu to replace injured Kansas City Current striker Nichelle Prince for the upcoming home series against Haiti. Abdu is the second replacement summoned.

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid great Raúl González is leaving his role as a coach in the club's youth academy. The 47-year-old Raúl spent seven years in the academy and coached several youth teams in the 2018-19 season.

PRAGUE (AP) — Former Arsenal midfielder Tomáš Rosický was hospitalized in an intensive care unit last week for an unspecified heart-related problem.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — That Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago White Sox fan and likes to play tennis has already been established.

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle is losing another sporting director after the Premier League club announced Paul Mitchell is stepping down next month.

BREMEN, Germany (AP) — Werder Bremen fired coach Ole Werner on Tuesday after he indicated the day before he would not be extending his contract next year.