Soccer

PARIS (AP) — Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez received a hostile reception — as expected — when he took the field for his side's Champions League quarterfinal first leg at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.

GENEVA (AP) — Female athletes will be in the majority at an Olympics for the first time at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games thanks to a big win for women’s soccer.

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid is hoping for another magical Champions League night at the Santiago Bernabeu to get itself out of an unexpectedly large hole against Arsenal in the quarterfinals of European soccer's top club competition.

Canada will train in Halifax ahead of the Canadian Shield soccer tournament in June in Toronto.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Italian soccer great Fabio Cannavaro was fired as coach of Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday with the team falling out of contention to win an eighth straight Croatian league title.

LYON, France (AP) — Lyon midfielder Nemanja Matic fanned the flames Wednesday ahead of the Europa League match against Manchester United by describing Andre Onana as “one of the worst goalkeepers” in the English club's history.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Amid growing disgruntlement among its fans, Manchester City announced Wednesday the club is freezing ticket prices for the 2025-26 season.

As Arsenal's set-piece coach, Nicolas Jover has been the mastermind behind the team's uptick in goals from dead-ball situations. It seems like he cannot take any credit for Declan Rice's two amazing free kicks against Real Madrid.

LONDON (AP) — Arsenal’s win over Real Madrid conclusively sealed England’s long-expected fifth guaranteed entry in the Champions League next season.

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Melissa Andreatta has left her role as assistant manager of Australia's women's national team to take over as head coach of Scotland Women.