Mbappe, Vinicius and Bellingham on target as Real Madrid beats Atalanta 3-2. Liverpool wins again

Real Madrid’s big stars turned on the style to revive the Spanish giant’s faltering Champions League title defense on Tuesday. Galacticos Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham all scored in a thrilling 3-2 win at Italian league leader Atalanta. But Madrid still had...

$1 million per homer? $27,000 a point? $229 per second? Sports is loaded with money oddities

These were Juan Soto’s numbers in 2024: 41 home runs, 109 RBIs, a .288 batting average. Keep doing that over the next 15 years, and he’ll be making roughly $1.2 million for every home run. Or $467,890 for every RBI. Or $307,229 for every hit. (Pre-tax, of course.)...

FIFA gives Club World Cup new opening day for Messi, Inter Miami. MetLife also gets both semifinals

ZURICH (AP) — The 2025 Club World Cup will now kick off one day earlier with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami opening the monthlong tournament on June 14, and ending with a week of games at MetLife Stadium near New York. FIFA published the 63-game schedule Saturday for the first...

MLS commissioner looks ahead to a busy next 2 years as the league concludes its 29th season

As Major League Soccer prepares for its championship game on Saturday, the league is also looking at how to best position itself for growth as high-profile events descend on the United States over the next two years. The United States will host the FIFA Club World Cup next year...

Lionel Messi wins MLS MVP award, the latest trophy on a long list of honors for the Inter Miami star

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It was a rare instance of Lionel Messi stepping on a soccer field and having no idea what was happening. There they were, more than 250 Inter Miami academy players, a slew of kids lined up at midfield in a formation that spelled out three letters: MVP....

Inter Miami star Lionel Messi picked as Major League Soccer's MVP

Greg Vanney looking to complete Galaxy's turnaround with a title Saturday in the MLS Cup final

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Greg Vanney returned to the LA Galaxy in hopes that he could restore them as one of the premier franchises in Major League Soccer. The Galaxy could accomplish that Saturday in one of the biggest turnarounds in league history. After finishing...

Messi and Inter Miami to open Club World Cup against Egyptian club Al Ahly

MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi and Inter Miami now know their path for next year's Club World Cup. The host team — invited by FIFA to compete despite criticism from many in the soccer world — will play the tournament's first match on June 15 against Egyptian club Al Ahly, as part of...

Trump addresses Club World Cup draw through prerecorded video

MIAMI (AP) — The audience at the FIFA Club World Cup draw in Miami watched a prerecorded video message from President-elect Donald Trump in which he said soccer is going “through the roof.” Ivanka Trump, her husband, Jared Kushner, and their son, Theo, were among those at the...

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will open the FIFA Club World Cup against Egypt's Al Ahly on June 15