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Barcelona's Lionel Messi leaves the pitch after the the Champions League quarterfinal soccer match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. Bayern won the match 8-2. (Rafael Marchante/Pool via AP)

Where next, Messi ? Few clubs can meet his financial demands

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Members of the San Jose Earthquakes depart the stadium where the team had been scheduled to play the Portland Timbers in an MLS soccer match in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Major League Soccer players boycotted five games Wednesday night in a collective statement against racial injustice. The players' action came after all three NBA playoff games were called off in a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin on Sunday night.

5 MLS games called off as players call for racial justice

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

Ex-soccer coach charged with sexual contact with student

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FILE - In this June 25, 2019 file photo, Italy's Laura Fusetti, right, vies for the ball with China's Wu Haiyan during the Women's World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Italy and China at Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier, France. For women’s soccer in Italy the coronavirus pandemic served as a rude awakening. The men’s game managed to resume in June but the decision was eventually made not to restart the women’s season which had been halted in February. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Wake-up call for women’s game in Italy ahead of new season

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

FIFA creates new national-team game dates to cut backlog

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Manchester City's David Silva walks on the pitch during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Norwich City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, July 26, 2020. (Peter Powelll/Pool via AP)

Silva, the City wizard who helped to redefine English soccer

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

This image released by Apple TV Plus shows Jason Sudeikis in “Ted Lasso,” premiering globally on Friday, August 14, on Apple TV Plus. (Apple TV Plus via AP)

American hopes to charm Brits in soccer series ‘Ted Lasso’

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

FILE - This Sunday, March 25, 2012 file photo shows a general view of Celtic's supporter's during the Scottish Premier League soccer match between Rangers and Celtic at Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland. Chaos is engulfing Scotland's attempts to deliver a resolution to the season and it might prove to a warning sign to other European leagues weighing up how to conclude a pandemic-affected campaign. The Scottish Professional Football League has on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 asked all 42 clubs in its league system to vote on whether to cancel the season and for final placings to be determined by the points per game of each club. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, file)

Games postponed in Scotland after breaches of virus rules

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

A bus carrying the Atalanta soccer team arrives at the Pina Manique stadium in Lisbon for a training session, Tuesday Aug. 11, 2020. Atalanta will face PSG in a Champions League quarterfinals match on Wednesday in Lisbon. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Portugal ready for Champions League after subduing virus

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Players of Corinthians, in white, and Palmeiras play the Sao Paulo league first leg final soccer match at the Arena Corinthians stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The match is being played without spectators to curb the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil soccer’s Serie A begins as COVID-19 deaths at 100,000

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2015, file photo, Southern Utah celebrates with the trophy after defeating Northern Arizona in an NCAA college football game for the Big Sky Conference title Cedar City, Utah. The Big Sky Conference postponed its football season on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, to the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic and called for the FCS playoffs to be moved to the second semester as well.(Jordan Allred/The Spectrum via AP)

The Latest: Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence considered opting out

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2017, file photo, Indiana's Cory Thomas (11) kicks the winning goal past Penn State's Dani Marks (18) during overtime in a Big Ten NCAA college soccer match in Bloomington, Ind. The NCAA Board of Directors is allowing each division of the association to decide independently whether it will be able to conduct championship events safely in fall sports such as soccer, volleyball and lower levels of football during the coronavirus pandemic. (Chris Howell/The Herald-Times via AP, File) **FILE**

Signs ominous and hopeful as college sports hangs in balance

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

In this photo taken June 15, 2020, Albuquerque Academy Football offensive coordinator coach Zachary Haas, left, works on drills with quarterback Mark McIntosh during practice in Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico prep sports in slowly returning following restrictions from the novel coronavirus. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

New Mexico high school sports try to plan amid uncertainty

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Georgia teen back with Tormenta soccer club

By NATHAN DOMINITZ and Savannah Morning News - Associated Press

Liverpool's Jordan Henderson holds the English Premier League trophy aloft after it was presented following the Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. (Paul Ellis, Pool via AP)

Henderson voted player of year in England by soccer writers

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Mick Hoffman, executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, poses for a photo, Thursday, July 16, 2020, sitting in the empty stands of the Renton School District's Renton Memorial Stadium, which is used for high school football, soccer, and track events in Renton, Wash. Hoffman and other administrators across the country are facing difficult decisions regarding the overwhelming uncertainty of whether high school sports can go forward this fall as the clock ticks closer to the start of the 2020-21 school year with little clarity in place for an obvious and safe path moving forward for athletics. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The Latest: Big Sky delays start of fall Olympic sports

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

The Ballon d'Or award in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Friday, July 17, 2020. The prestigious Ballon d’Or will not be awarded this year because the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the soccer season. Awarded by France Football magazine, the Ballon d’Or has been given out every year since Stanley Matthews won the first one in 1956. Lionel Messi has won it a record six times — one more than longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Ballon d’Or canceled this year amid coronavirus disruption

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Ex-jail guard charged in inmate beating picked as coach

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San Francisco Giants players work out at baseball practice at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The Latest: Meadows tests positive, Moncada back from virus

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Workout equipment is sanitized after use during high school football workouts, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at the Sanford Fieldhouse in Sioux Falls, S.D. (Erin Bormett/The Argus Leader via AP)

The Latest: Irish rugby players taking pay cut

By The Associated Press - Associated Press