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Legislation to establish an independent regulator in English soccer will be introduced on Tuesday in an effort to ensure the financial sustainability of clubs and stop teams from joining breakaway competitions like the European Super League. The Football Governance Bill, which will underpin the creation of a new regulator which will license clubs in the top five tiers of the …

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Despite being mentioned as a possible replacement for Kylian Mbappe at Paris Saint-Germain, Marcus Rashford’s future is at Manchester United, manager Erik ten Hag said Friday. Mbappe will leave PSG at the end of the season when his contract expires and various reports claim the French champions have identified Rashford as a target when the transfer …

MADRID (AP) — The misery continues for Almeria. No team in Europe’s top five leagues has got this far into the season without a victory and Almeria’s 2-2 draw with Sevilla on Monday extended its winless streak to 28 games, a Spanish league record. And, yet, it looked like this might finally be the night after captain Adrian Embarba gave …

BORDEAUX, France (AP) — Honduras striker Alberth Elis “is waking up” from an induced coma after suffering a head injury while playing for Bordeaux, his family said Wednesday. The 28-year-old Elis sustained the injury at the start of a second-division match against Guingamp on Saturday after he clashed heads with defender Donatien Gomis. Elis was taken to a hospital in …

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Red Bull dismissed the allegations of misconduct against team principal Christian Horner on Wednesday, closing an investigation that has overshadowed the start of the Formula 1 season. Horner will remain in charge of the champion F1 team after Red Bull’s internal investigation cleared him of alleged misconduct toward a team employee. The details of the allegations …

HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Sweden midfielder Kristoffer Olsson has been hospitalized with an acute brain condition after suddenly losing consciousness at home, his Danish club FC Midtjylland said Tuesday. Olsson is on a ventilator in Aarhus University Hospital, the club said, while a team of Denmark’s leading medical experts work to make a diagnosis and begin the correct course of …

GENEVA (AP) — Four appeals filed at sport’s highest court in fallout from the doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva are set to delay awarding medals from the 2022 Beijing Olympics yet again. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday it registered three appeals from Russia and one from Canada, to challenge how the International Skating Union …

LILLE, France (AP) — Italy flyhalf Paolo Garbisi hit the post with a last-gasp penalty to let 14-man France off the hook in a tense 13-13 draw in the Six Nations on Sunday. Garbisi had the chance to give Italy the biggest win in its history and its first away to France in the Six Nations. The goalkick was barely …

PARIS (AP) — Lyon came from behind to beat Metz 2-1 and extend its fine run under coach Pierre Sage in the French league on Friday. Lyon has seven wins in the last nine games under Sage, who took over in November when the seven-time champion was on the bottom of Ligue 1. It moved up one place to 10th. …

PARIS (AP) — Lyon came from behind to beat Metz 2-1 and extend its fine run under coach Pierre Sage in the French league on Friday. Lyon has seven wins in the last nine games under Sage, who took over in November when the seven-time champion was on the bottom of Ligue 1. It moved up one place to 10th. …