August 27, 2015 League Cup: Sunderland wins 9-goal thriller, Watford ousted LONDON (AP) On a frenzied, big-scoring night in the League Cup, Jermain Defoe's hat trick settled Sunderland's nine-goal thriller as Premier League teams were given a rough ride by lower-league opponents on Tuesday.
August 27, 2015 Barcelona heads 32-team draw for Champions League groups GENEVA (AP) The Champions League season takes shape Thursday when UEFA draws 32 elite teams into groups in Monaco.
August 25, 2015 WATCH: Bilbao's San Jose scores audacious screamer vs. Barcelona WATCH: Bilbao's San Jose scores audacious screamer vs. Barcelona
August 25, 2015 Leverkusen to repay sponsor's liquidator LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) Bayer Leverkusen is repaying 10.9 million euros ($12.6 million) plus interest in a settlement with a former sponsor's liquidator after the company declared bankruptcy in 2011.
August 25, 2015 Manchester City, Pedro Rodriguez lead AP Global Football 10 LONDON (AP) Manchester City is top of the first Associated Press Global Football 10 of the new season and Pedro Rodriguez is the leading player after scoring on his Chelsea debut.
August 25, 2015 Midfielder Petr Jiracek moves to Sparta from Hamburg PRAGUE (AP) Sparta Prague says Czech midfielder Petr Jiracek has agreed to move to the club from Hamburger SV.
August 25, 2015 Austria's Alaba, Leitgeb return for Euro 2016 qualifiers VIENNA (AP) Austria midfielders David Alaba and Christoph Leitgeb will return from injuries for next month's Euro 2016 qualifiers against Moldova and Sweden.
August 25, 2015 Eibar wins 3-1 at 10-man Granada in Spain GRANADA, Spain (AP) Eibar won 3-1 at 10-man Granada on Monday to make a promising start to the modest Basque club's second season in the Spanish League.
August 25, 2015 Ex CONMEBOL head asks end of US extradition request ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) A lawyer for the former president of South America's soccer confederation is requesting a Paraguayan judge to throw out a request by U.S. prosecutors to extradite him to the United States where he has been charged in a corruption scandal.
August 25, 2015 Zenit beats Rubin in Russian Premier League MOSCOW (AP) Zenit St. Petersburg scored two late goals to beat Rubin Kazan 3-1 on Monday and avoid dropping further off the pace in the Russian Premier League.
