BERLIN (AP) — League champion Bayer Leverkusen became the first team to complete a Bundesliga season unbeaten on Saturday. Early goals from Victor Boniface and Robert Andrich gave Leverkusen a 2-1 win over Augsburg in their last game of the season, while Cologne’s hopes of avoiding the drop evaporated in a 4-1 loss at Heidenheim. Leverkusen hasn’t lost a game in any competition all season. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer Ciarán Fahey, The Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A 20-minute drive separates the historic Maracana Stadium from the Complexo do Alemao, the biggest complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro and one of the most impoverished and violent. One of its residents, 15-year-old soccer player Kaylane Alves dos Santos, hopes her powerful shots and impressive dribbles will allow her to cover that short distance to the stadium in three years to play for Brazil's national team in the final of the 2027 Women's World Cup. That chance, once re
Xavi Hernández has played down reports that the Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, has decided to axe him as coach at the end of the season
The teenage winger is considered one of the top talents in Brazil, with the transfer fee to be broken up into an initial €34m plus add-ons