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Brazilian soccer boss pushes clubs to play amid virus surge

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Chad disqualified from African Cup of Nations qualifying

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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2019, file photo, Atlanta United forward Josef Martinez (7) scores a goal as Philadelphia Union defender Mark McKenzie (4) defends during the second half of an MLS soccer Eastern Conference semifinal in Atlanta. One of the most dynamic strikers in Major League Soccer history, and the face of Atlanta United's stunning rise to the top of the league, Martinez missed nearly all of last season recovering from a serious knee injury. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Atlanta’s Martinez eager to shine again after knee injury

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday March 3, 2020 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The election to lead African soccer is seeming to be dominated by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who supports South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe to win the top job in a ballot next week. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Swiss court rules against prosecutor in FIFA case

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Chelsea's Mason Mount, third from left, scores his side's opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Thursday, March 4, 2021. (Phil Noble, Pool via AP)

Shaken by pandemic, soccer avoids financial collapse

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - in this file photo dated Tuesday, July 17, 2018, former U.S. President Barack Obama, right, delivers his speech, as Patrice Motsepe, left, looks on at the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. The election to lead African soccer is seeming to be dominated by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who supports South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe to win the top job in a ballot next week. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, FILE)

Mining billionaire FIFA’s chosen man to run African soccer

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday March 3, 2020 file photo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a meeting of European soccer leaders at the congress of the UEFA governing body in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Human rights activists are denouncing FIFA President Gianni Infantino's starring turn in a promotional video for the Saudi Arabian government in which he claims the kingdom has made important changes. The slick 3½-minute PR campaign was posted on Twitter by the Saudi ministry of sport on Thursday Jan. 7, 2021, featuring Infantino participating in a ceremonial sword dance and sweeping shots of the palaces of Diriyah. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

FIFA leader defends his Saudi links and World Cup host Qatar

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Yuri Alberto of Internacional, right, fights for the ball with Gil of Corinthians during the final soccer match of the Brazilian Championship at the Beira-Rio stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Liamara Polli)

Brazilian soccer under pressure to stop as COVID-19 surges

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 file photo, the chief of Central African Republic's soccer federation Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona stands during his initial appearance before the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands. The former head of the Central African Republic's soccer federation and an alleged rebel commander known as Rambo are going on trial Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 at the International Criminal Court charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.Former soccer official Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona and Alfred Yekatom are accused of involvement in atrocities including murder, torture and attacking civilians in their roles as senior leaders in a predominantly Christian militia known as the anti-Balaka. (Koen Van Well/Pool photo via AP, File)

Lawyer: Central African Republic soccer chief is innocent

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Rhiannon Potkey displays sports equipment Jan. 30, 2021, in Knoxville, Tenn. Goods4Greatness, the nonprofit started by Potkey, works to get much-needed gear to low-income children and teens to make sure the high cost of equipment doesn't stop their athletic dreams. (AP Photo/Teresa Walker)

Journalist gets much-needed sports gear to low-income kids

By BY TERESA M. WALKER - Associated Press

Members of the Myanmar national football team take turns in addressing their fans about their opposition to the military coup after holding a protest-related football match Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Fans in Myanmar of soccer teams belonging to England's Premier League have banded together to join the popular movement protesting the country's recent military takeover. Several senior players from Myanmar's national team similarly cast their lots with the protesters, announcing they will not represent the country under the military government.(AP Photo)

Myanmar’s Premier League fans join team opposing army’s coup

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Pawtucket approves some financing for $248M soccer stadium

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A Tangkhul Naga woman holds the hand of a child and walks past boys engaged in a friendly soccer match, with Nungshang village seen on the mountaintop, in Shangshak village, in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, Saturday, Jan. 30 2021. Most Naga villages are perched on mountaintops, originally built long ago to spot approaching enemies when the region was little more than a forest. But on nearly every mountaintop, there will be a flat rectangle to serve as a soccer field. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)

AP PHOTOS: In India’s northeast, Nagas take pride in soccer

By YIRMIYAN ARTHUR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad al Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) delivers a speech during the ANOC general assembly in Tokyo. A sports court says on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 an election for an Asian woman soccer official to join the FIFA Council was improperly influenced by Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait. Sheikh Ahmad gave up his own FIFA Council seat in 2017 after being implicated in vote-buying by United States federal prosecutors. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)

Court rules on sheikh’s improper influence in FIFA seat vote

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi walks out of the pitch after being shown a red card during the Spanish Supercopa final soccer match against FC Barcelona at La Cartuja stadium in Seville, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti)

Plans for breakaway European Super League spark FIFA warning

By ROB HARRIS and GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

D.C. United has won two straight at home. (File photo by Adam Zielonka / The Washington Times)

Hernan Losada hired as new D.C. United coach

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, May 21, 2020, Yves Jean-Bart, president of the Haitian Football Federation, wearing a protective face mask, arrives for a court hearing regarding allegations that he abused female athletes at the country's national training center, in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. In a verdict announced Friday Nov. 20, 2020, the FIFA ethics committee has found Jean-Bart guilty, banned him from the sport for life and fined him dollars 1.1 million, following accusations of systematic sexual abuse of female players. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, FILE)

FIFA details depths of sexual abuse case in Haitian soccer

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept.1, 2020 file photo, former FIFA President Sepp Blatter appears in front of the building of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, in Bern, Switzerland. Blatter and Michel Platini are facing a more serious charge of fraud in a five-year investigation of their past dealings at FIFA. Swiss federal prosecutors on Friday, Nov. 27 they intensified their investigation into FIFA’s $2 million payment to Platini in 2011 that Blatter approved. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP, file)

FIFA files criminal complaint against Blatter over museum

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

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Bayern's Robert Lewandowski, left, scores despite the challenge of Wolfsburg's Maxence Lacroix during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Matthias Balk/Pool photo via AP)

Robert Lewandowski wins FIFA award as best men’s player

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press