Soccer

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FILE - Israel's Shon Weissman shoots a penalty shot during the Euro 2020 playoff semifinal soccer match between Scotland and Israel, at the Hampden stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

Gaza

German soccer club defends pulling out of buying Israeli player Shon Weissman over his Gaza posts

AUG. 9, 2025

Britain England Soccer Euro 2025 Victory Parade
Buses carrying England players and staff make their way down the Mall during a Homecoming Victory Parade in London, Tuesday July 29, 2025, two days after England defended their European Championship crown as they beat Spain on penalties in the final of Euro 2025. (Adam Davy/PA via AP, Pool)

England

England’s Euro 2025 champions given a heroes’ welcome with some surprise guests getting involved

JULY 29, 2025

WCup-Climate Change Soccer
FILE - Al Ain's Park Yong-woo splashes his face to cool off during the Club World Cup Group G soccer match between Wydad AC and Al Ain FC in Washington, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Climate

How climate change could force FIFA to rethink the World Cup calendar

JULY 16, 2025

Soccer Eriksson Obit
FILE - England's manager Sven Goran Eriksson, left, and captain David Beckham of Real Madrid, right, take part in a tour at Wembley stadium, in London, Tuesday May 23, 2006. Eriksson the Swedish soccer manager who spent five years as England’s first ever foreign-born coach, has died. He was 76, it was announced on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

England

Sven-Goran Eriksson, Swedish soccer coach who was first foreigner to lead England team, dies at 76

AUG. 26, 2024

Spain Soccer Messi and Lamine Yamal
This photo taken in Sept. 2007 shows a 20-year-old Lionel Messi, who had embarked on his legendary Barcelona career just over four years prior, cradling Lamine Yamal, who was merely six months old at the time during a photo session in the dressing room of the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Lamine Yamal is now a soccer sensation for both Spain and Barcelona and he is still only 16-years-old. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Soccer

AP’s coverage of Euro 2024 stands out including the story on Spain star Lamine Yamal’s viral baby photo with Messi

JULY 19, 2024

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FILE - Argentina's soccer star Diego Maradona, left, and West German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher are holding their World Cup Soccer Ball awards while posing with two young soccer players during the Soccer Golden Shoe Award ceremony held in Paris, France, on Nov. 13, 1986. Diego Maradona's heirs filed a lawsuit to try to stop the auction of a trophy he was awarded after the 1986 World Cup won by Argentina. (AP Photo/Michael Lipchitz, File)

Soccer

Petrequin and Turnbull team up for scoop on Maradona’s trophy

MAY 24, 2024

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Marseille‘s head coach Gennaro Gattuso gestures to his players during the Europa League League play-off first leg soccer match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Olympique Marseille at Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, Feb. 15, 2024. Gattuso has been fired by the French league club, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press Feb. 19, 2024. AP PHOTO / MARTIN MEISSNER

Europe

AP ahead with news on French soccer club Marseille firing Italian coach Gattuso

MARCH 1, 2024

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A Liverpool fan and others show tickets at the gates of the Stade de France prior the Champions League final soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid, in Saint Denis near Paris, May 28, 2022. Police deployed tear gas on fans waiting in long lines to enter France’s flagship stadium for the final match, which was delayed by 37 minutes as security struggled to cope with the vast crowd and fans climbing fences. Officials blamed the overcrowding on people trying to access the stadium with fake tickets. (AP Photo / Christophe Ena)

Champions League

Police tear-gas fans at Champions League final; AP’s exclusive video shakes up French politics

JUNE 3, 2022

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English football

AP’s ace soccer journalist scores in all formats as protest turns violent at Manchester United

MAY 7, 2021

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