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?Atletico Madrid was held to a 0-0 draw by Champions League newcomer Qarabag on Wednesday, despite playing more than 15 minutes with an extra man.

Tottenham held defending champion Real Madrid to 1-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday, while Liverpool racked up its biggest ever away win in Europe. Juergen Klopp's side ended its run of seven group matches by crushing Maribor 7-0 in Slovenia.

Leicester City has fired manager Craig Shakespeare with the club in the English Premier League relegation zone after eight games. Shakespeare was in permanent charge of the surprise 2015-16 champions for just four months.

Four-time champion Italy will have to beat Sweden in a European playoff to qualify for its 15th straight World Cup. A regular at every World Cup since 1958, the Italians were drawn Tuesday to play in Sweden in the first leg of the playoff on Nov. 10.

Hertha Berlin nodded to social struggles in the United States by kneeling before its Bundesliga home game on Saturday. Hertha's starting lineup linked arms and took a knee on the pitch before playing Schalke.

A villa valued at $8.3 million US on an Italian island was allegedly how a Qatari television executive bribed a top FIFA official to secure broadcasting rights for the World Cup.

U.S men's soccer coach Bruce Arena resigned on Friday after the team failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Canadian Christine Sinclair's 92nd-minute goal sealed the deal for the Portland Thorns four years ago in a 2-0 win over the Western New York Flash in the inaugural NWSL championship game.

The 2018 World Cup will be a unique test of soccer's appeal in the United States. Will Americans still watch if their national team isn't there? Fox certainly is hoping so.

The Qatari president of one of Europe's most glamorous soccer clubs, Paris Saint-Germain, is under investigation by Swiss prosecutors for suspected bribery of a top FIFA executive to get World Cup broadcasting rights.