Soccer

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)

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)

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

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)