2019 Soccer news, photos, stats, schedules, standings and videos

• CBS acquires Champions League broadcast rights two years early after Turner Sports bails on UEFA8 July 2020, 10:54 pm
  Get ready to need CBS All Access to watch UEFA games, soccer fans.
  
• Barcelona wins derby against Espanyol, relegates city rival8 July 2020, 10:45 pm
  Barcelona kept its title hopes alive with a 1-0 win in the city derby against Espanyol in the Spanish league on Wednesday, sealing the rival's relegation for the first time in nearly three decades. Luis Suarez scored the winning goal early in the second half to move Barcelona within a point of leader Real Madrid and send Espanyol to the second division after 26 straight seasons in the top flight. Real Madrid can reclaim a four-point lead with three rounds left with a home win against relegation-threatened Alaves on Friday.
  
• Record-signing Lozano starting to fit in at Napoli8 July 2020, 10:30 pm
  ROME (AP) -- Small in stature and with the speed to match fellow forwards like Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne, Hirving Lozano fits right in at Napoli.
  
• Barcelona stay in touch with Real Madrid and send down rivals Espanyol8 July 2020, 10:29 pm
  Barcelona kept their faint title hopes alive and doomed Espanyol to relegation on Wednesday as Luis Suarez's goal proved the winner in a pivotal Catalan derby at the top and bottom of La Liga. A cagey contest at Camp Nou exploded into life for six frantic minutes at the start of the second half as Ansu Fati and Pol Lozano were sent off, leaving each side with 10 men before Suarez struck. Suarez profitted after another superb contribution from a reinvigorated Antoine Griezmann, his backheel setting up Lionel Messi to shoot, with Suarez turning in the rebound.
  
• No 'softening' from Liverpool as Salah keeps record chase on track8 July 2020, 10:18 pm
  Jurgen Klopp hailed Liverpool's desire not to ease up after clinching the Premier League title as two goals from Mohamed Salah kept the Reds on course for a record points tally with a 3-1 win at Brighton on Wednesday. "We are champions and it could be softening but it is not - the boys go with everything," said Klopp. Klopp's men were quick off the mark with two goals in the first eight minutes to end a run of five games without a goal away from home either side of the coronavirus shutdown.
  
• Suarez goal gives Barcelona win, relegates neighbors Espanyol8 July 2020, 10:17 pm
  Suarez's goal was a nice one after Antoine Griezmann's back heel pass to Lionel Messi saw the Argentine's shot deflect onto the path of the Uruguayan.
  
• Solskjaer realistic on transfers but keen to keep Pogba8 July 2020, 10:08 pm
  Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will not seek huge funds for transfers this summer due to the economic realities of the coronavirus crisis, but is keen for the club to tie down Paul Pogba to a long-term contract. United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has warned it will not be "business as usual" in the transfer market and said during football's shutdown from COVID-19 that "speculation around transfers of individual players for hundreds of millions of pounds this summer seems to ignore the realities that face the sport". The form of Solskjaer's men since returning to action last month has also suggested United do not need to spend tens of millions in the upcoming window.
  
• Liverpool boost record bid, Man City crush Newcastle8 July 2020, 10:08 pm
  Mohamed Salah kept Liverpool on track to set a new Premier League points record as the champions won 3-1 at Brighton, while Manchester City bounced back to form with a five-goal rout of Newcastle on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp's side are hoping to break the 100-point record established by Manchester City in 2018 and they remain on course after securing their first away win since February. Liverpool have 92 points and need nine more from their remaining four games against Burnley, Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle to clinch the new record.
  
• Klopp reacts to Liverpool wins, says Henderson injury ‘not nothing’8 July 2020, 10:04 pm
  "I don't know exactly but it was something with the knee I think," Klopp said of his captain. "We know it's not nothing."
  
• Atalanta see off Sampdoria to go third in Serie A8 July 2020, 10:03 pm
  Atalanta beat Sampdoria 2-0 on Wednesday as second-half goals from Rafael Toloi and Luis Muriel secured their ninth straight league victory and moved the Bergamo outfit to within nine points of leaders Juventus. Gian Piero Gasperini's men appeared set to battle it out with Roma for the fourth and final Champions League spot when the division restarted following the coronavirus lockdown, but their excellent form has seen them climb above Inter Milan into third.
  
• Salah steps up Golden Boot bid with 2 goals in Liverpool win8 July 2020, 9:34 pm
  Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah stepped up his bid to win the Golden Boot for a third straight season by scoring twice for the champions in their 3-1 win over Brighton in the Premier League on Wednesday. Salah moved onto 19 goals and is three behind the league's top scorer, Leicester striker Jamie Vardy. The Egypt international won the Golden Boot in his first year at Liverpool in 2017-18, and then shared the trophy with teammate Sadio Mane and Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang last season.
  
• Extended highlights: Brighton 1, Liverpool 38 July 2020, 9:16 pm
  Mohamed Salah netted a brace as Liverpool continued their title procession with another victory over a lively Brighton side.
  
• Liverpool march continues with 3-1 win at Brighton8 July 2020, 9:11 pm
  Salah is now three goals behind league leader Jamie Vardy, and Liverpool's 92 points are 23 more than Man City as the Reds push for more records.
  
• Salah's second goal seals the points for Liverpool8 July 2020, 8:57 pm
  Mohamed Salah glances Jordan Henderson's corner inside the near post to restore Liverpool's two-goal cushion and seal their win over Brighton.
  
• Guardiola praises 'incredible' Silva as Man City rout Newcastle8 July 2020, 8:45 pm
  Pep Guardiola praised David Silva as the "incredible" Manchester City playmaker turned on the style one more time in Wednesday's 5-0 rout of Newcastle. Silva scored a superb free-kick and set up goals for Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling at the Etihad Stadium. Although all games are currently being played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus, Guardiola wants Silva to return for a farewell game to allow City fans to give him a proper send-off.