Highlights

The “door is still open” for Jan Vertonghen to follow the lead of Toby Alderweireld and commit to a new contract at Tottenham, says the defender’s agent.

Everton have picked up form since the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti and winger Theo Walcott says that Moise Kean is a ‘workaholic’ who is beginning to find his feet in the Premier League

The race to acquire Marcus Morris Sr. was another major event in this growing crosstown stare-down.

Lionel Messi’s frustrations with his team are boiling over. Could the unthinkable actually happen?

Real Madrid and Barcelona have been eliminated in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals

Two berths in the Tokyo Games are on the line Friday night in the Olympic soccer qualifying tournament semifinals in Carson, California

Jay Berhalter is leaving the U.S. Soccer Federation and will not become head of the organization that employs his brother as men’s national team coach

Free-agent point guard Darren Collison settled into a second-row seat near Lakers owner Jeanie Buss during L.A.’s game Thursday night, hours after the trade deadline passed without the team making a move.

Michigan guard Zavier Simpson reportedly crashed a vehicle registered to the wife of the Wolverines’ athletic director late last month, shortly before the school announced he was suspended for a game.

Former Astros manager AJ Hinch isn’t dismissing the idea that Houston’s 2017 World Series championship has been tainted by the sign-stealing scandal that cost him his job, telling MLB Network in an interview, “It’s a fair question.”

For the second year in a row, leading All-Star vote-getter LeBron James drafted Anthony Davis — now his teammate on the Lakers — first overall. Giannis Antetokounmpo took Philadelphia big man Joel Embiid with his No. 2 pick.

Concussion substitutions could be trialed in English football next season after proposals were presented to the game’s lawmakers