BRAZIL SERIE A NEWS

Disney to launch streaming services for movies, live sports

NEW YORK (AP) With new streaming services in the works, Disney is trying to set itself up for a future that's largely been framed by Netflix: Providing the stuff you want to watc...

AUGUST 9, 2017

Neymar's long road to soccer transfer history

SAO PAULO (AP) Neymar's journey to a record-breaking transfer fee of $262 million started in a poor district of southern Brazil, a few blo...

AUGUST 2, 2017

Stadium stampede kills 2 at soccer match in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) Two people have been killed in a stampede at a soccer match in South Africa.

JULY 29, 2017

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

Tuesday's Sports in Brief

PRO FOOTBALL

JULY 26, 2017

Ex-Brazil midfielder Ederson says he has testicular cancer

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) One-time Brazil midfielder Ederson says he has testicular cancer and won't be able to play for his Flamengo club for m...

JULY 25, 2017

Ex-Brazil midfielder Ederson says he has testicular cancer

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazilian footballer Ederson says he has testicular cancer and won't be able to play for his Flamengo club for months.

JULY 25, 2017

Pele's son's in jail on drug trafficking charges in Brazil

SAO PAULO (AP) A son of Brazilian soccer legend Pele has returned to jail to serve a sentence of more than 12 years on drug trafficking and money laundering charges.

JULY 21, 2017

Bartomeu tells AP that Xavi will coach Barcelona some day

NEW YORK (AP) After winning 15 major titles at Barcelona, Xavi Hernandez is expected to return to the club and win some more - as its coac...

JULY 20, 2017

Fresh arrest shows FIFA's corruption turmoil far from over

More than a year since FIFA declared the end of its corruption turmoil, the optimism has proved misguided. The latest arrest, of a man one...

JULY 18, 2017

Fresh arrest shows FIFA's corruption turmoil far from over

More than a year since FIFA declared the end of its corruption turmoil, the optimism has proved misguided. The latest arrest, of the man wh...

JULY 18, 2017

Police have arrested Spanish soccer president Angel Maria Villar and son

MADRID (AP) Police have arrested Spanish soccer president Angel Maria Villar and son.

JULY 18, 2017

8 killed in soccer stampede in Senegal

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) Witnesses said at least eight people have died and more than 50 were injured after a stadium wall collapse and stampede at a soccer match in the Senegalese ca...

JULY 16, 2017

Devils' Hischier not fazed after being No. 1 overall pick

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) At the end of the second of three practice sessions Friday at the New Jersey Devils' development camp, top overall pick Nico Hischier, was on his hands and knee...

JULY 14, 2017

Thursday's Sports in Brief

BASEBALL

JULY 14, 2017

Chuck Blazer, who touched off soccer scandal, dead at 72

NEW YORK (AP) Chuck Blazer, the disgraced American soccer executive whose admissions of corruption set off a global scandal that ultimatel...

JULY 13, 2017

FIFA whistleblower Chuck Blazer has died at 72, according to his lawyers

NEW YORK (AP) FIFA whistleblower Chuck Blazer has died at 72, according to his lawyers.

JULY 13, 2017

Judge gives 10-day deadline in Merchant Marine Academy probe

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) A judge says seven suspended soccer players at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy must be told within 10 days whether they face charges in an ongoing inves...

JULY 6, 2017

Platini loses again as Swiss judges uphold 4-year FIFA ban

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) Switzerland's supreme court has dismissed an appeal by former FIFA vice president Michel Platini against his four-year ban for financial wrongdoing.

JULY 6, 2017

Brazil's Chapecoense fires coach after 5 games without a win

SAO PAULO (AP) Brazilian club Chapecoense has fired its coach after a run of five games without a victory in the country's top flight.

JULY 4, 2017