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DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The protesting German soccer fans claimed victory Wednesday when the league abandoned plans to sell a stake in its media rights income to an outside investor. The league, known as the DFL, said its board decided not to proceed with the deal. Private equity investor CVC Capital Partners was the only remaining prospective buyer for a …

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — Luuk de Jong converted a penalty to cancel out a goal by his former teammate Donyell Malen as PSV Eindhoven and Borussia Dortmund drew 1-1 on Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 matchup. Malen scored against his old club in the 24th minute with a shot that appeared to deflect …

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Chelsea has targeted English Premier League rival Brighton once again to strengthen its technical staff. Brighton said on Tuesday its head of recruitment, Sam Jewell, was placed on leave after accepting a new position at Chelsea. Jewell took up the role with Brighton in 2022 following the departure of Paul Winstanley, who also moved to Chelsea …

MADRID (AP) — Second-placed Girona missed a chance to cut into Real Madrid’s lead of the Spanish league when it lost to Athletic Bilbao 3-2 on Monday. The Catalan side could have reduced the gap to three points but was sunk by an Alex Berenguer double and an Iñaki Williams goal and remained six adrift of Madrid. It was another …

Big wins for Liverpool and Arsenal felt even bigger after Manchester City lost ground in the race for the English Premier League title on Saturday. Leader Liverpool won at Brentford 4-1 and Arsenal routed Burnley 5-0 before City was held by Chelsea to 1-1. There is still a lot of soccer to come, and City has a game in hand, …

PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé came off the bench to score a late penalty as French league leader Paris Saint-Germain won at Nantes 2-0 and moved 14 points clear of second-placed Nice on Saturday. Mbappé was fouled and confidently put his spot kick to the right of goalkeeper Rémy Descamps in the 78th minute, then pointed at a pitchside television …

Mauricio Pochettino is just over a week away from his first final as Chelsea manager and maybe his first trophy in English soccer. The League Cup final date with Liverpool at Wembley might as well be next year, though, considering the weight on Pochettino to turn around Chelsea’s form in the Premier League. There’s not likely to be any relief …

COPENHAGEN (AP) — Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola called on Erling Haaland to “relax” and stay positive after being concerned by the prolific striker’s on-field demeanor before he scored the first goals of his comeback from injury. Guardiola was critical of his players’ body language during the 2-0 win over Everton in the Premier League on Saturday, which saw Haaland …

MADRID (AP) — Athletic Bilbao’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League took a painful hit on Monday when the Basque club could only draw 0-0 at last-place Almeria despite playing with a man advantage for most of the second half. A win would have taken Athletic above Atletico Madrid into fourth place in La Liga but Ernesto Valverde’s team …

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Vinícius Júnior delivered a stellar all-round performance and Jude Bellingham scored twice before leaving with an injured left ankle as Real Madrid crushed title rival Girona 4-0 in the Spanish league on Saturday. First-place Madrid opened up a five-point lead over second-place Girona, whose only two losses in an otherwise sensational season have both come against …