• PA Media: Sport

    Bolton heading to Wembley despite second-leg defeat to Barnsley

    The Trotters will face either Oxford or Peterborough in the final.

  • The Canadian Press

    Levonte Johnson scores twice as Whitecaps open cup defence with win over Cavalry FC

    CALGARY — Levonte Johnson scored twice to help the Vancouver Whitecaps open defence of their Canadian Championship with a 2-1 win over Cavalry FC in the opening leg of their quarterfinal Tuesday. Johnson's first goal was a spectacular strike in first-half injury time. The second came off a Cavalry error in the 78th minute. Substitute Malcolm Shaw pulled one back for Cavalry in second-half stoppage time, taking a deft Lucas Dias pass and slipping through two defenders before poking the ball past

  • The Canadian Press

    Brazil's soccer federation suspends matches for 3 southern clubs because of flooding

    PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's soccer federation has suspended matches involving three top-tier clubs of the country's flood-ridden southern region, but only for 20 days. Gremio, Internacional and Juventude, which are based in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, will only return to activities after the harms of major flooding are mitigated, the Brazilian soccer body said in a statement Tuesday. Ten of their matches in the Brazilian league and the Brazilian Cup will be rescheduled. The decision

  • The Canadian Press

    Kylian Mbappé trudges off after another Champions League dream with PSG ends

    PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé leaned forward with his head bowed and hands on his thighs. Another Champions League dream with Paris Saint-Germain was over, ruined by the ruthless efficiency of a Borussia Dortmund team that stopped him scoring in both legs of their Champions League semifinal and recorded a 1-0 win in each. “We always want to win at PSG, we feel sad,” Mbappé said after Tuesday's defeat. “We should have scored. We had the chances to score (and) when you don't, when you're not efficien