Gerhard Schroeder left the German chancellery after a narrow election defeat in 2005 with every chance of a future as a respected elder statesman.

DJ Taylor started his second consecutive game and scored in the 55th minute.

Sunday's decision stopped a four-game winless streak for the Loons, who got goals from Robin Lod and DJ Taylor.

Manchester City scored three goals in five minutes to turn around a tense and dramatic season finale and clinch a sixth Premier League title in 11 seasons, rallying to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and hold off Liverpool's challenge on Sunday.

The Ukrainian flag Oleksandr Zinchenko used to wipe away the tears also inspired Manchester City's Premier League title winner.

Manchester City had been here before, losing at home and risking throwing away the title.

Outnumbered Croatian police officers fired warning shots into the air and ground with live ammunition when soccer fans returning from a match in the capital attacked them on a highway with iron bars, bats and flares, authorities said Sunday. At least 35 people were injured, including four fans with bullet wounds.

Minnesota United attacker Robin Lod spent 10 winter weeks training in home country of Finland's forests.

While the Loons are winless in their last four, they haven't lost to FC Dallas in their last five consecutive matchups.

Shannon Boxx, Christie Pearce Rampone and Linda Hamilton all celebrated this week's landmark equal pay agreement with U.S. Soccer as the three women were enshrined Saturday in the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Kylian Mbappé celebrated with fans at Parc des Princes then scored a hat trick after signing a new three-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday and turning down the chance again to join Real Madrid.

The U.S. women's national team has not only been wildly successful on the field, the players have also been unabashedly outspoken, using their platform to advocate for equal rights for themselves and others.

With the Premier League title race coming down to the final day of matches, NBC is pulling out all the stops in its coverage of Championship Sunday.

Bayern Munich midfielder Malik Tillman is switching affiliation from Germany to the United States and is among 27 players invited to the Americans' next-to-last training camp ahead of the World Cup.

Russian athletes and officials who have been banned from international sports because of the war in Ukraine are being protected rather than punished, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Friday.

Clint Dempsey acknowledges the limelight changed him later in his career as he felt responsible for his club and American soccer.

FIFA intends to announce the 2026 World Cup sites during a news conference in New York on June 16.

Ismail Elfath is the lone American among 36 referees selected by FIFA on Thursday for this year's World Cup.

A high-profile libel court battle between two British soccer spouses concluded Thursday, with one lawyer accusing the claimant, Rebekah Vardy, of deliberately destroying key evidence that allegedly showed she leaked her opponent's private social media posts to tabloid reporters.

Female referees will make World Cup history this year by working games at a major men's tournament for the first time in Qatar.