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7 new caps in Wallabies squad for Bledisloe Cup

SYDNEY (AP) Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has named seven uncapped players, including former league stars Curtis Rona and Marika Koroibete, in a 34-man squad for the first Rugby...

AUGUST 4, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Spanish football federation president leaves prison on bail

MADRID (AP) The suspended president of the Spanish football federation and his son have left a Madrid prison a day after being granted bail.

AUGUST 2, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Spanish football federation president leaves prison on bail

MADRID (AP) The suspended president of the Spanish football federation, his son and another soccer official have left a Madrid prison a day after being granted bail.

AUGUST 1, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

UEFA bans United defender Jones for abusing doping official

NYON, Switzerland (AP) UEFA banned Manchester United defender Phil Jones on Monday for two European games for abusing a doping control officer following the Europa League final i...

JULY 31, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Judge grants bail for Spanish soccer federation president

MADRID (AP) A Spanish judge granted bail Monday to the suspended president of the Spanish Football Federation, who is in jail for suspected corruption.

JULY 31, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Albanian drone-flying soccer fan seeks asylum in Croatia

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) An Albanian soccer fan detained on a Serbian warrant for allegedly flying a drone with a nationalist banner during a high-risk match has asked for political...

JULY 31, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Judge grants bail for Spanish soccer federation president

MADRID (AP) A Spanish judge has granted bail to the suspended president of the Spanish Football Federation, who is in jail for suspected corruption.

JULY 31, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Cyprus champion APOEL fires Dutch coach 2 months into job

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) Cyprus champion Apoel says it has fired coach Mario Been two months after he took the job.

JULY 28, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Amid transfer boom, UEFA eyes stricter club spending rules

GENEVA (AP) In another European summer of lavish transfer deals, it can seem that UEFA has given up trying to curb clubs' excessive spendi...

JULY 28, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

FIFA fines Qatar after players' political support for Emir

GENEVA (AP) FIFA has fined Qatar's soccer federation after national team players breached rules against political statements by displaying T-shirts of the country's Emir at a Wor...

JULY 27, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Senior FIFA VP Villar resigns amid another corruption case

GENEVA (AP) The corruption crisis in world soccer has removed another top FIFA official.

JULY 27, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

FIFA says senior vice president Angel Maria Villar resigns; jailed Spanish soccer boss earlier quit UEFA position

ZURICH (AP) FIFA says senior vice president Angel Maria Villar resigns; jailed Spanish soccer boss earlier quit UEFA position.

JULY 27, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

UEFA says jailed vice president Angel Maria Villar resigns

GENEVA (AP) UEFA vice president Angel Maria Villar, who is being held in jail in Spain on suspicion of corruption, has resigned from the European soccer body.

JULY 27, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

UEFA says vice president Angel Maria Villar, in jail in Spain on suspicion of corruption, has resigned

NYON, Switzerland (AP) UEFA says vice president Angel Maria Villar, in jail in Spain on suspicion of corruption, has resigned.

JULY 27, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Spanish federation names interim president to replace Villar

MADRID (AP) The Spanish football federation has named a new president while Angel Maria Villar remains in prison on charges of corruption, and after he was suspended for a year b...

JULY 26, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

FIFA approves Simunovic switch from Croatia to Bosnia

ZURICH (AP) FIFA has approved a change of nationality for Croatia-born defender Jozo Simunovic to represent Bosnia-Herzegovina in its push to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

JULY 26, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Spain suspends football president Villar after arrest

One week after his arrest in a corruption probe, Angel Maria Villar's three-decade reign of the Spanish Football Federation came to an end...

JULY 25, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Man United's Bailly gets 3-game UEFA ban, misses Super Cup

NYON, Switzerland (AP) UEFA has suspended Manchester United defender Eric Bailly from the season-opening Super Cup game against Real Madri...

JULY 24, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Spanish government ready to take over soccer

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) With Angel Maria Villar in jail, the Spanish government is ready to step in and take control of soccer.

JULY 21, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Spanish government wants to suspend Villar after arrest

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Spain's sports authority is seeking the temporary removal of the president of the Spanish Football Federation after...

JULY 21, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

UEFA closes Hajduk Split stadium for fans' racist chants

NYON, Switzerland (AP) UEFA has ordered Hajduk Split to play its next Europa League home game in an empty stadium as punishment for racist chants by fans.

JULY 21, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

2-year doping ban upheld for Finland, CSKA Moscow player

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld a two-year ban for CSKA Moscow midfielder Roman Eremenko for a positive test for cocaine.

JULY 21, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Judge denies bail for Spanish federation president and son

MADRID (AP) A judge denied bail for the Spanish football federation president, his son and a federation vice president arrested in an anti...

JULY 20, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

UEFA charges Celtic over fans' paramilitary banner

NYON, Switzerland (AP) UEFA opened a second wave of charges against Celtic after fans raised a paramilitary-style banner at a Champions League game.

JULY 20, 2017 • FOX SPORTS

Spanish soccer executive, son arrested in corruption probe

MADRID (AP) The executive who oversaw Spain's rise to dominate world soccer in recent years was arrested Tuesday in an anti-corruption inv...

JULY 18, 2017 • FOX SPORTS