The Spanish league will take legal action against 17 people who allegedly threatened Ukraine striker Roman Zozulya after his transfer to second-division club Rayo Vallecano. League president Javier Tebas said Wednesday that the league has decided to file a criminal lawsuit because the incident could harm the image of the Spanish league and of Spain. More...

Borussia Dortmund needed a penalty shootout to overcome Hertha Berlin and reach the German Cup quarterfinals for the sixth consecutive year on Wednesday. Dortmund sealed a 3-2 victory on penalties when Hertha's Salomon Kalou sent his spot kick over the bar, after Fabian Lustenberger's first effort struck the crossbar and then Dortmund 'keeper Roman Buerki saved Vladimir Darida's penalty.[ Read More... ]

CHICAGO (AP) -- Midfielder Megan Rapinoe has been left off the U.S. roster for a training camp ahead of the SheBelieves Cup tournament. More...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) -- Italy has awarded Gianni de Biasi, an Italian who coaches the Albanian national soccer team, with the Medal of the Star, graded as a Knight, for promoting the country in the sport. More...

The head of the English Football Association has threatened to quit if a set of proposals to reform the governing body is not backed by the British government. On Thursday, lawmakers will debate a motion of ''no confidence'' in the FA's ability to reform itself and meet its duties as a governing body, with critics accusing the association of a lack of diversity and unhappy with its antiquated[ Read More... ]

Compared to Thierry Henry by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, teenager Kylian Mbappe is living up to the hype. The 18-year-old forward showed his speed and skills to score his seventh goal for Monaco in all competitions this season as the French league leaders maintained their grip on top spot with a 2-1 win at Montpellier on Tuesday. Wenger recently said he could see similarities between Mbappe[ Read More... ]

Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu will forgo his salary and bonuses for the duration of his four-month FIFA suspension for breach of contract. ''Bayer had nothing to do with the events at the time. Calhanoglu's appeal against the FIFA ban was denied last week by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which ruled Calhanoglu must also pay 100,000 euros ($108,000) in compensation to[ Read More... ]

BERLIN (AP) -- American forward Bobby Wood sealed Hamburger SV's progress to the German Cup quarterfinals with the winning goal in a 2-0 victory over Cologne on Tuesday. More...

Club president Daniele Sebastiani says he will leave Pescara at the end of the year after two of his cars were set on fire. Pescara lost 6-2 at Lazio on Sunday and in the early hours of Tuesday morning Sebastiani's cars, which were parked on his driveway, were set alight. Pescara is bottom of Serie A and its only win was awarded to the team after Sassuolo fielded an ineligible player. More...

Real Madrid's only opponent this week has been off the field. Unable to play over the weekend because its Spanish league game at Celta Vigo was postponed by bad weather, Real Madrid traded blows with a local mayor who accused it of improperly pressuring to play the game despite security concerns. Upset with the mayor's comments, Madrid released an official note condemning the ''inappropriate''[ Read More... ]

Former U.S. national team defender Whitney Engen says she is stepping away from the Boston Breakers of the National Women's Soccer League. Engen, who announced last October that she had been released by the national team, issued a statement on Twitter on Monday about her future with the Breakers. Engen, who was part of the national team's 2015 Women's World Cup and 2016 Olympic rosters,[ Read More... ]

Andreas Pereira scored with a remarkable long-range shot as host Granada edged Las Palmas 1-0 to end a six-game winless streak and leave the bottom of the table in the Spanish league on Monday. Pereira shot into the top corner in the first half, hitting the ball from midair after failing to cleanly control a pass outside the area. ''I wasn't able to control the ball correctly,'' Pereira said.[ Read More... ]