JULIAN NAGELSMANN

Germany has hired Julian Nagelsmann to lead the men’s national soccer team.

Germany has removed Hansi Flick as coach of the men’s national soccer team.

Frank Lampard is returning to Chelsea as interim manager until the end of the season while the club searches for a fulltime replacement for Graham Potter.

Tom Brady says he has no regrets about coming out of his short retirement to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers again.

Real Madrid will play Liverpool in the Champions League the round of 16 after the draw was made Monday.

Lionel Messi is back in supreme form and it’s just in time for the World Cup.

American Jesse Marsch is no longer coach of Bundesliga team Leipzig.

A person with knowledge of the situation says Manchester United is in talks with Ralf Rangnick about becoming interim manager.

Bayern Munich fans have been stepping up their public criticism of the club for its ties to World Cup host Qatar.

Robert Lewandowski has scored a hat trick on his 100th Champions League appearance to lead Bayern Munich into the last-16 with a 5-2 rout of Benfica.

South American football’s governing body has joined Europe in opposing FIFA’s push for World Cups every two years.

American coach Jesse Marsch will take over at German soccer team Leipzig next season.

(Franck Fife/Pool Photo via AP)LISBON Emmanuel Macron was quick to appropriate France's unexpected Champions League prowess for political purposes. It has never happened before: two French teams in the Champions League semifinals after two nights of incredible results in Lisbon. You have to go back even longer to find a Champions League semifinals that didn't feature Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. With Pep Guardiola twice a Champions League winner as Barcelona coach outwitted by Lyon's Rudi Garcia, the last of the managerial heavyweights exited this mini-tournament. Diego Simeone, who has lost two Champions League finals with Atletico Madrid, was dumped out by Leipzig on Wednesday.

(Miguel A. Lopes/Pool Photo via AP)LISBON A day that ended with Tyler Adams producing the biggest moment in Leipzigs history and his own young career started in disappointment. Without a goal in his injury-disrupted 20 months at Leipzig, Adams confidence wasnt diminished that he could break the 1-1 deadlock in the quarterfinal. An American had never done so this late in the Champions League knockout stage. The Bundesliga was reached in 2016 and Champions League qualification secured within three years. It's a crazy, crazy journey for RB Leipzig," Nagelsmann said.