National Football League linebacker Daryl Washington of the Arizona Cardinals was arrested Friday on two counts of aggravated assault.

Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung amassed tens of millions of dollars in unexplained deposits, prosecutors said Friday after a Hong Kong court rejected an attempt to have his money-laundering case thrown out.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter dropped a hint he plans to stand again for another 4-year term as the head of world soccer's governing body during a speech to AFC delegates in Malaysia on Friday.

Bayern Munich stormed fortress Nou Camp to claim a berth in the first all-German Champions League final when they routed Barcelona 3-0 on Wednesday for a crushing 7-0 aggregate success that saw them hailed as the new kings of Europe.

Borussia Dortmund needed every bit of its first-leg advantage to stave off a comeback attempt by Real Madrid on Tuesday and reach its first Champions League final since 1997.

Aston Villa moved closer to avoiding relegation from the Premier League after Christian Benteke scored a second-half hat trick in a 6-1 thrashing of Sunderland on Monday.

Barcelona conceded a late equalizer to spoil what would have been another heroic effort by Lionel Messi, with the 2-2 result at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday meaning the leaders must wait another week for a chance to clinch the Spanish league title.

Atletico Madrid's 14-year wait for a win over their neighbors continued as Real Madrid came from behind to win 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon.

Three-time defending champion Santos beat Palmeiras on penalties to advance to the semifinals of the Sao Paulo state tournament on Saturday.

Aggrieved at the severity of Luis Suarez's 10-match ban for biting an opponent, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers launched a robust defense of the striker Thursday and said the punishment was given “against the man rather than the incident.”