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MADRID (AP) — Getafe’s home game against Sevilla was paused when fans targeted Sevilla’s Marcos Acuña with racial insults in the Spanish league on Saturday. Sevilla coach Quique Sánchez Flores said he also was abused racially by supporters of his former club. Referee Javier Iglesias halted the game in the 68th minute when Acuña, a world champion with Argentina, was …

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Otto Addo is returning for a second spell as coach of Ghana’s men’s national soccer team after Borussia Dortmund agreed to release him from his role in talent development at the end of the season. Addo already coached Ghana on an interim basis for much of 2022, including at the World Cup in Qatar, when Ghana …

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich’s teenage forward Mathys Tel has signed a contract extension through 2029 despite having three years left to run on his current deal. The 18-year-old French forward has played regularly for Bayern since joining from Rennes in July 2022. He’s considered one of European soccer’s top young talents. Tel’s contract had been due to expire at …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — One by one the women walked onto the field for the first time, shortly before they departed for a warm-weather camp in Florida, and gazed at the stands towering above them on three sides and the scoreboard looming over them on the fourth. For the first time, they felt as if they were home. That’s …

LONDON (AP) — Plans to tighten regulation of English soccer club owners will not rule out more state-backed takeovers, a U.K. government minister said on Thursday. The government’s Football Governance Bill would give an independent regulator powers to safeguard the future of clubs and ensure their financial sustainability. It includes strengthened tests over who can run or own clubs. Culture …

BORDEAUX, France (AP) — Honduras striker Alberth Elis remains in an induced coma after suffering a head injury when playing for Bordeaux, the French club said Sunday. The 28-year-old Elis sustained the injury at the start of a second division match against Guingamp on Saturday after he clashed heads with defender Donatien Gomis. Elis was taken to a local hospital …

LYON, France (AP) — France scored two first-half goals and held on to beat Germany 2-1 and reach the final of the inaugural Women’s Nations League on Friday. Coach Hervé Renard’s side will play Spain away in the final next Wednesday after the Women’s World Cup winner beat the Netherlands 3-0 in the other semifinal. “Congratulations to the girls, they …

LYON, France (AP) — France scored two first-half goals and held on to beat Germany 2-1 and reach the final of the inaugural Women’s Nations League on Friday. Coach Hervé Renard’s side will play Spain away in the final next Wednesday after the Women’s World Cup winner beat the Netherlands 3-0 in the other semifinal. “Congratulations to the girls, they …

LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso has denied the speculation over his future is a distraction for the Bundesliga leaders after Bayern Munich announced coach Thomas Tuchel is leaving. Alonso is considered one of the most in-demand coaches in European soccer for upcoming vacancies at Bayern and Liverpool — both clubs where he played — by leading …

First it was Jurgen Klopp making the bombshell announcement he is leaving Liverpool. Then it was an exhausted Xavi Hernandez declaring his intention to quit his beloved Barcelona. This week, Bayern Munich and Thomas Tuchel made it known they’ll be parting ways. That’s three of Europe’s iconic soccer clubs needing a new coach at the end of the season. And …