Lionel Messi is the highest-paid player in Major League Soccer for the third straight year with total annual compensation of $20.4 million, greater than the entire payroll of 21 teams.

Joseph Paintsil and Dejan Joveljic scored in the first half, and the LA Galaxy won their record sixth MLS Cup championship with a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls.

Jesse Marsch’s Leipzig side has won the first Bundesliga duel between teams with American coaches by beating Pellegrino Matarazzo’s Stuttgart 4-0.

It always felt like a set piece would settle a tough-to-watch European Championship match between Sweden and Slovakia.

Ivan Perišić scored a second-half equalizer to give Croatia a 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic at the European Championship.