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Girl does it all: Football player, band member, student

By JEFFREY S. SOLOCHEK - Associated Press

Olympic gold medalist returns for youth soccer clinic

By STEVE DERDERIAN - Associated Press

Africa backs Infantino for FIFA re-election next year

By ANDREW JACKSON ORYADA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday Oct 9, 2011 file photo, Cameroon President Paul Biya waves after casting his vote during the presidential elections in Yaounde, Cameroon. A bloody conflict between Cameroon's government and Anglophone separatists over language is now threatening next month's presidential election. The 85-year-old President Paul Biya, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, vows to hold the largely Francophone country together even as thousands flee violence in English-speaking regions. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Cameroon faces being dropped as African Cup host

By ANDREW JACKSON ORYADA and GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

CAF, Olympic committee sanction Egyptian club chairman

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, July 15, 2018 file photo, stewards pull a woman off the pitch after she stormed onto the field and interrupted the final match between France and Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. The chief organizer of Russia’s World Cup says police stopped 170 people from invading the pitch during games before four members of the Pussy Riot protest group eventually stormed the final dressed as police officers. Organizing committee CEO Alexei Sorokin has downplayed security problems despite the pitch invasion that happened in the final between France and Croatia on July 15. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Organizers claim 170 people tried to run on field at WCup

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

APNewsBreak: France Football launches Women’s Ballon d’Or

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

In this Sept. 8, 2018 photo, Candelaria Cabrera plays with a soccer ball in Chabaz, Argentina. &quot;Cande,&quot; as she is known by friends and family, is the only girl playing in a children's soccer league in the southern part of Argentina's Santa Fe province, birthplace of stars including Lionel Messi, Gabriel Batistuta and Jorge Valdano. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Girl soccer player challenges gender rules in Argentina

By DEBORA REY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2018 file photo provided by Prensa Club Dorados de Sinaloa, Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona walks through the airport in Culiacan, Mexico. Maradona, the soccer world's poster child for the perils of substance abuse, is setting up camp to lead a team in the heart of Mexico's drug cartel land. (Prensa Club Dorados de Sinaloa via AP, File)

Maradona to coach soccer club in Mexico’s cartel heartland

By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ and AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated June 18, 2018, Egypt's Mohamed Salah practices during Egypt's official training on the eve of the group A match between Russia and Egypt at the 2018 soccer World Cup, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Thanks to his star power and a government keen to keep its most valuable international asset happy, Salah has won his latest tussle with Egypt’s soccer federation after his demands for better security and improved discipline for the national squad have been met. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Salah’s spats with Egypt in spotlight in African qualifying

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi controls the ball during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Huesca at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday Sept. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Eric Alonso)

Girona OKs planned La Liga game against Barcelona in US

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Former players revamp Huesca, turn it into Spain sensation

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 16, 2014, file photo, United States' Clint Dempsey celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the group G World Cup soccer match between Ghana and the United States at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil. Former U.S. national team captain and Seattle Sounders striker Clint Dempsey has announced his retirement, effective immediately. In a statement issued Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, by the Sounders, the 35-year-old Dempsey said he believes it's the right time to step away from the game. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

US and Sounders striker Clint Dempsey retires from soccer

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

FILE - In a Sunday, May 6, 2018 file photo, Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger waves to spectators during his lap of honor at the Emirates Stadium in London. Liberian President and former soccer star George Weah is being criticized for his plan to award Arsene Wenger the West African country's highest honor. Weah, who was elected president of his country last year, plans to honor Wenger and another French soccer coach, Claude Le Roy. They both played crucial roles in Weah's career. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Liberian President Weah criticized for honoring Wenger

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH - Associated Press

D.C. United forward Wayne Rooney, right, kicks the ball against Orlando City midfielder Dillon Powers, left, during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, in Washington. D.C. United won 3-2. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

D.C. United a hot team, and a hot ticket, thanks to turnaround

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Supporters of New Mexico athletics attend the university Board of Regents meeting Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Jim Thompson/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

UNM regents vote to uphold contested athletics cuts

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

The Latest: UNM regents vote again to cut sports

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Man United women's team manager Casey Stoney smiles during an interview with the Associated Press at Manchester United's AON Training Complex in Manchester, England, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. Stoney has rebuilt the Man United women's soccer squad and the rebooted women’s side plays its first game upcoming Sunday Aug. 19, 2018, against Liverpool, with Stoney as coach. (AP Photo/Rob Harris)

A squad built in weeks: Man United women’s team is revived

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi talks to the crowd ahead of the Joan Gamper trophy friendly soccer match between FC Barcelona and Boca Juniors at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spanish league plan for game in US chided by players’ group

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov 7, 2016 file photo, U.S. Singer Madonna, right, and her son David Banda perform in support of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at Washington Square Park. The Queen of Pop is also a soccer mom and she's getting ever more involved in the beautiful game. Madonna has plans to open a soccer academy in Malawi, inspired by her adopted son David Banda who has ambitions to be a professional player and is at Portuguese club Benfica's youth academy. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP file)

Madonna is the Queen of Pop and a soccer mom, too

By PETER KANJERE - Associated Press