China’s Football Association has banned 43 people for life over allegations of match-fixing and other forms of corruption in the latest effort to weed out graft in the country’s notoriously underperforming team sport.
Ryan Hollingshead scored late in the first half and defending champion LAFC advanced to its second straight MLS Cup final with a 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.
João Félix is a major doubt for the first round of Barcelona’s round-of-16 Champions League tie against Napoli after spraining ligaments in his ankle in training on Tuesday.