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Women’s Professional Soccer, which added two teams but lost another during a busy winter, is back for a second season.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Three of Israel’s best-known soccer clubs face an uncertain future after learning that they will lose their financial backers.

Alberto Costa scored in injury time to earn Montpellier a draw against 10-man Bordeaux and keep the teams level on points at the top of the French soccer league.

LONDON (Reuters) – Liverpool’s Champions League aspirations suffered a serious blow when they slipped to a 1-0 defeat away to Wigan Athletic on Monday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Crew head into Tuesday’s CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal without a labor contract, the first Major League Soccer team to play a competitive game since the five-year deal expired last month.

LONDON (Reuters) – Portsmouth administrator Andrew Andronikou is confident the ailing club will receive their cash reward for reaching the FA Cup semi-finals, he told Reuters on Monday.

MILAN (Reuters) – AC Milan midfielder David Beckham returns to Old Trafford for the first time in seven years on Wednesday and fully expects to face Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.

Cellphone maker will pay about 7 percent less annually to remain the tennis tour’s premier, but no longer its title, sponsor.

Five years ago, Joe Johnson orchestrated a trade to Atlanta, and now he is generally considered a borderline maximum-salary player.

With LeBron James sidelined by a sore ankle, Delonte West lifted Cleveland down the stretch in a narrow victory over the San Antonio Spurs.