A super-sized World Cup has paved the way for tiny Curaçao and Cape Verde to book their places at sport’s biggest global event next year.

Two goals from star striker Kylian Mbappé helped send two-time champion France to the 2026 World Cup with a 4-0 home win against Ukraine.

Europe’s top teams appear to have finally come to grips with the new-look Champions League.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is a scoring machine and his new goal celebration reflects it.

Paris Saint-Germain scored seven, Barcelona hit six and Erling Haaland struck his 24th goal of the season on an action-packed night in the Champions League.

Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City return to the Champions League with Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland enjoying red-hot starts to their seasons.

By the age of 19 Kylian Mbappe had already won the World Cup, become one of the most expensive soccer players ever and was labeled the heir-apparent to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Marcus Rashford proved the perfect replacement for Lamine Yamal in Barcelona’s 2-1 win at Newcastle in the Champions League and Kevin De Bruyne watched mostly from the sideline as Napoli lost 2-0 at his former club Manchester City.

Spain still looks the best team in Europe.

Kylian Mbappé got France out of trouble, Cristiano Ronaldo helped Portugal do the same, and England finally got its Thomas Tuchel era into gear.

Dominik Szoboszlai has curled home a brilliant long-range free kick to earn Liverpool a 1-0 win over Arsenal in an early-season meeting between two of the likely Premier League title contenders.

Tijjani Reijnders and Erling Haaland have starred as Manchester City has opened its Premier League campaign by crushing Wolverhampton 4-0.

Cole Palmer was surprised to find U.S. President Donald Trump on the stand as Chelsea received the Club World Cup trophy after a 3-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain.

Marcos Leonardo scored his second goal on a rebound in the 112th minute, and Al Hilal stunned Manchester City 4-3, eliminating the Premier League power from the Club World Cup in the round of 16.

The Club World Cup.

FIFA’s newly expanded Club World Cup kicks off in Miami on June 14, featuring some of soccer’s biggest stars like Lionel Messi and greatest teams like Real Madrid.

Manchester City’s Champions League qualification ambitions have been thrown back into doubt after a surprising 0-0 draw at already-relegated Southampton, the Premier League’s last-placed team.

Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi says talents like Barcelona's Lamine Yamal come around only once in a half century.

Champions League qualification is getting tantalizingly close for Nottingham Forest but there's still plenty of work to do for Manchester City.

Liverpool’s lead in the Premier League has grown to 16 points and Mohamed Salah’s lead in the Golden Boot contest is up to seven goals.

It feels like a matter of when, not if, Liverpool seals a record-equalling 20th English league title.

At the home of Manchester City, Liverpool produced a performance worthy of champions to move 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Erling Haaland has experienced an uncomfortable return match against Arsenal in the Premier League as two opponents teased him after goals and the crowd at Emirates Stadium reminded the striker of his provocative past comments.

Erling Haaland has signed a new 10-year contract at Manchester City that ties him to the Premier League champions until 2034.

Erling Haaland and Manchester City might be turning the corner after the team’s worst run of results under Pep Guardiola.

The Premier League table is starting to have a 1979 kind of feel to it with Liverpool at the top of the standings and Nottingham Forest in second place as the closest challenger.

Erling Haaland’s failure from the penalty spot and Bruno Fernandes’ latest red card have compounded the woes of Manchester City and Manchester United on another tough day for the two Premier League giants.

Manchester City’s stunning slump has deepened after losing at Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League.

Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior has finally got his hands on a big global player award.

Soccer’s biggest ever global club tournament comes to the United States next year and the 32-team group stage is drawn Thursday.

Manchester City is in its worst slump in Pep Guardiola’s reign.

Erling Haaland has fired Manchester City to the top of the English Premier League after beating Southampton 1-0.

Chelsea knew it was getting a talented player by signing Cole Palmer from Manchester City last year but maybe not this good.

Arsenal has gotten under Manchester City’s skin in what has fast become the new big rivalry in English soccer.

Erling Haaland scored his 100th goal for Manchester City in his team’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal in the Premier League.

Lionel Messi was omitted from the list of nominations to win this year’s Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best soccer player.

Erling Haaland has marked his 100th appearance for Manchester City with his 91st goal for the club as the defending champion began its campaign for a fifth straight Premier League title with a 2-0 win at Chelsea.

The most feared striker in Europe won’t be playing at the European Championship.

Real Madrid had barely begun celebrating a record-extending 15th Champions League title when coach Carlo Ancelotti started to plot a 16th.

Manchester United has won the FA Cup after a 2-1 win against defending champion Man City at Wembley.

Erling Haaland scored twice as Manchester City beat Tottenham 2-0 and moved to within one win of a record fourth-straight Premier League title.

Arsenal and Manchester City have done their bit in the latest chapter of the English Premier League’s tight title race by negotiating potentially tricky away matches to maintain unbeaten streaks in the competition stretching back to December.

Phil Foden has led Manchester City’s fightback after an astonishing miss by Erling Haaland for a 3-1 win over Manchester United in a one-sided derby that exposed the gulf between the two Premier League rivals.

The Champions League narrative is so often about Manchester City and Real Madrid.

The Premier League’s most lethal attacking combination is back in tandem.

Lionel Messi has landed another prestigious award in soccer but the Argentina star needed a tiebreaker with Erling Haaland to win FIFA’s best men’s player prize on Monday.

It took Kevin De Bruyne less than five minutes to show why his return from injury could be so crucial for Manchester City in the second half of the Premier League season.

Arsenal’s alarming problems in front of goal have been further exposed in a 2-0 loss to Liverpool in a heavyweight FA Cup match.

Manchester City is just too good and a little lucky in beating overmatched Fluminense 4-0 in the Club World Cup final in Jeddah.

Manchester City was in danger of plunging into a full-blown crisis approaching the halfway point of its Premier League title defense after falling behind to Luton.

Manchester City’s clash with Tottenham lived up to the pre-match hype after a thrilling 3-3 draw at Etihad Stadium in the Premier League.

It looks like Pep Guardiola has a fight on his hands in the Premier League if he is to win an unprecedented four titles in a row with Manchester City.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has broken another scoring record by tallying his 50th Premier League goal faster than anyone in league history.

The latest international break is proving costly for European clubs like Spanish powerhouses Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Lionel Messi has won a record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or in Paris.

Erling Haaland has scored twice and set up another goal as Manchester City beat Manchester United 3-0 in the Premier League to again showcase the gap between the teams.

Lionel Messi's first season with Inter Miami is complete.

Superstar forwards Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé have both been on target to help boost their teams’ chances of reaching the Champions League knockout stage.

Manchester City seems to win every competition it enters these days except the English League Cup.

Spanish soccer star Aitana Bonmatí has used her acceptance speech at a UEFA awards ceremony to voice support for her teammate who was forcibly kissed after the Women’s World Cup final by the country’s soccer federation president.

Manchester City and Liverpool left it late to secure victories in the Premier League.

Lionel Messi has made the shortlist for the UEFA award as the best player in Europe last season.

A few concerns were raised when Casemiro completed his move to Manchester United in August.

Manchester City’s Premier League title celebrations erupted at Etihad Stadium with an explosion of blue-and-white ticker tape.

Bernardo Silva scored twice as Manchester City advanced to the Champions League final with a 4-0 win against Real Madrid.

Pep Guardiola’s first signing as Manchester City manager will go down as one of his best.

Manchester City’s seemingly relentless march toward the Premier League title has continued with a 3-0 win against Everton.

It could be just the wake up call Manchester City and Erling Haaland needed before the Champions League semifinals against Real Madrid.

Erling Haaland’s goals are propelling Manchester City toward a treble of trophies.

Erling Haaland scored his 50th goal of the season as Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League.

Erling Haaland undid his ponytail and released his flowing blond locks moments before finishing off Arsenal in a purported Premier League title decider that turned into a procession for Manchester City.

Kevin de Bruyne scored twice as Manchester City beat first-place Arsenal 4-1 to take control of the Premier League title race.

The arrival of Erling Haaland has given Manchester City one of the most formidable scorers ever seen in English soccer and his presence is enabling manager Pep Guardiola to evolve his tactical approach in the biggest games.

Erling Haaland has scored for Manchester City to advance to a Champions League semifinal against Real Madrid with a 1-1 draw against Bayern Munich in the second leg of their quarterfinal.

The records keep coming for Erling Haaland at Manchester City.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has tied the record for the most goals in a 38-game Premier League season after moving his tally to 32 with an early double against Leicester.

Manchester City took a huge step toward a third straight Champions League semifinals after a 3-0 win against Bayern Munich.

Erling Haaland's flying scissor-kick was the highlight of Manchester City's 4-1 win at Southampton that kept the pressure on Arsenal in the English Premier League title race.

New faces have dominated European Championship qualifying as Spain coach Luis de la Fuente swept aside Norway in his first game in charge and a Wales forward rescued a dramatic draw in his first international game.

Pep Guardiola had enough to worry about even before Manchester City became embroiled in probably the biggest Premier League scandal of all time.

Arsenal couldn’t have asked for a much better end to the year.

Spain’s Pedri González will highlight the list of teenagers who could make an impact at the World Cup.

Brighton has beaten Chelsea 4-1 in the English Premier League to hand Graham Potter his first loss since leaving the south-coast club to take over the Blues in September.

Jack Grealish and Son Heung-min are two of the English Premier League’s most high-profile players and have been facing growing criticism for their failure to score this season.

Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland took their high-flying scoring acts into Europe as the Champions League returned, while last season’s standout star Karim Benzema limped off with an injury after less than 30 minutes.

Barcelona faces another tough Champions League group after being drawn with Bayern Munich and Inter Milan as it tries to avoid a second straight group-stage exit since losing Lionel Messi.

Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi was omitted from the 30-man list of nominees for the prestigious award.

Darwin Nunez has shaded Erling Haaland in their first matchup by scoring Liverpool’s final goal as it beat Manchester City 3-1 in the Community Shield.

Manchester City has agreed to sign Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund.

Kylian Mbappe’s four goals in an 8-0 rout of Kazakhstan ensured defending champion France reached next year’s World Cup along with victorious Belgium.

Italy will play Turkey in the opening game of the European Championship on Friday.

Neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo will be in the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2005. Ronaldo has won five Champions League titles in his career. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)Back before iPhones, Twitter and Instagram even existed, there was Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo — or both — in the Champions League quarterfinals. Ronaldo has won five Champions League titles — one with Manchester United and the rest with Real Madrid, including three straight from 2016-18. The two have even met in the final, with Messi and Barcelona beating Ronaldo and Man United 2-0 in 2009.

(AP Photo/Francisco Seco, FILE)DSSELDORF DJesse Marsch came to Europe to make a name both for himself and for every other American soccer coach. Marsch led Salzburg to this seasons Austrian league title, the most significant trophy won by an American coach in Europe. And, you know, I mean, its very sink or swim in Europe.In his first season as coach of Salzburg, Marsch had little trouble staying afloat despite a raft of problems. American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo, however, led Stuttgart to promotion in Germany this season. After winning the Austrian title, Marsch says he wants to stay in the moment, rather than making longer-term plans.

(AP Photo/Jens Meyer, Pool)BERLIN Erling Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund sealed second place in the Bundesliga with a 2-0 win at third-place Leipzig on Saturday. On his first professional start, 17-year-old American Gio Reyna set up Haaland on a counterattack in the 30th minute. It means Dortmund is assured of second place with one game of the season remaining. Despite defeat, Leipzig is virtually assured of Champions League soccer next season. Dodi Lukebakio, who combined with Krzysztof Piatekto set up Cunha, scored Herthas second goal early in the second half, when Piatek gave him an easy finish.