| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013
PARIS — David Beckham might bid adieu to soccer Sunday from the bench.
| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013
LONDON — UEFA says its executive committee has agreed to introduce a 10-match minimum ban for racist abuse by players or officials.
| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013
Imagine Derek Jeter leading the New York Yankees off the field because opposing fans were yelling racial slurs and throwing bananas at his team. Or a game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls halted because of unrelenting race-baiting from the crowd.
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
NEW YORK — A day after New York City FC was born, Claudio Reyna became the team's first employee.
|Tuesday, May. 21, 2013
STOKE, England — Stoke says Tony Pulis left as manager by mutual consent Tuesday, ending his seven-year tenure at the Premier League club.
| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013
NEW YORK — Hoping their baseball success will translate to titles in another sport, the Yankees are combining with English power Manchester City to own a Major League Soccer expansion team in New York that will start play in 2015.
| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013
MANCHESTER, England — Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League for the 11th straight season.
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
MEXICO CITY — The owners of the 18 Mexican first-division soccer clubs voted Monday to bar one person or one company from owning more than one team.
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
MADRID — Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid after three years as coach, paving the path for his return to England and a second stint as Chelsea's manager.
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
SOCHI, Russia — The cost of the 2014 Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi now stands at $51 billion, making it the most expensive Olympics in history. More than half of the bill is being footed by Russian state-controlled companies and business tycoons. A look at what the major players are building in Sochi: