ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Former AC Milan star Pato signed a one-year contract with Major League Soccer's Orlando City.

The team said Saturday that the 31-year-old Brazilian forward will join the...

BEIJING (AP) — Economic woes are taking a toll on China’s professional football clubs, with 11 being disqualified for failing to pay wages and five closing shop on their own terms, including last...

TIANJIN, China (AP) — Tianjin Tianhai has withdrawn from the Chinese soccer league and disbanded amid heavy debts only three seasons after former World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro guided the club...

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Orchestra is celebrating 40 years of official U.S.-China diplomatic ties with a new tour.

Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin will lead the tour in May to Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai, with Shanghai-born pianist Haochen Zhang as soloist.

The orchestra says that during a time of uncertainty in the countries' relations, they hope to serve as a "cultural bridge."

MUNICH (AP) — Former Germany striker Sandro Wagner is leaving Bayern Munich after one year to join Chinese club Tianjin Teda.

The 31-year-old Wagner's contract had been due to expire in 2020.

Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic says "Wagner came to us to ask us to free him from his contract. He received a very attractive offer from China and so we granted his wish."

TIANJIN, China (AP) — Second-seeded Caroline Garcia won her first tournament of the year with a 7-6 (7), 6-3 win over top-seeded Karolina Pliskova in the Tianjin Open on Sunday.

It was the 16th-ranked Garcia's first title since she won back-to-back trophies at the Wuhan and Beijing tournaments in Asia just over a year ago.

TIANJIN, China (AP) — Top-seeded Karolina Pliskova will be looking for her second title of the WTA's Asian swing when she plays second-seeded Caroline Garcia of France in the Tianjin Open final on Sunday.

Pliskova, playing on a wild card, needed only an hour to beat Timea Bascinszky 6-2, 6-1 in one of Saturday's semifinals. It was Pliskova's fourth consecutive win in the last two years over Bascinszky, who is returning from a long layoff with a right leg injury.

TIANJIN, China (AP) — Karolina Pliskova and Timea Bacsinszky both won Friday at the Tianjin Open, and they will next face each other in the semifinals.

The top-seeded Pliskova, who is still hoping to qualify for a third straight WTA Finals in Singapore, beat Katie Boulter 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 despite being down a break in the third set.

Bacsinszky, who had been sidelined for six months with a right leg injury, upset fourth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5).

TIANJIN, China (AP) — Second-seeded Caroline Garcia of France moved into the Tainjin Open quarterfinals after defeating Chinese qualifier Zhang Yuxuan 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday.

The 16th-ranked Garcia will play sixth-seeded Petra Martic of Croatia for a semifinal berth on Friday.

Third-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium also advanced by defeating Slovakian qualifier Jana Cepelova 6-2, 6-3.

TIANJIN, China (AP) — Karolina Pliskova and Aryna Sabalenka both moved closer to a spot in the WTA Finals by reaching the quarterfinals at the Tianjin Open on Wednesday.

The top-seeded Pliskova beat Polona Hercog 6-1, 6-2, while the fourth-seeded Sabalenka defeated Magda Linette 6-1, 6-3.

Pliskova, who saved the one break point she faced in the final game of the match, is 4-1 against Hercog and now in eighth place in the race to qualify for Singapore.

TIANJIN, China (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka moved closer to a spot in the WTA Finals by beating Sofia Kenin 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-0 in the first round of the Tianjin Open on Tuesday.

The fourth-seeded Sabalenka, who lost to Maria Sharapova in the final last year, won the Wuhan Open title two weeks ago. She also defeated Kenin en-route to that victory.

Second-seeded Caroline Garcia advanced by beating Chinese qualifier Xun Fang Ying 6-4, 6-1.

TIANJIN, China (AP) — Top-seeded Karolina Pliskova needed six match points to beat Varvara Lepchenko 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3 and advance to the second round of the Tianjin Open on Monday.

Pliskova will next face Polona Hercog, who defeated Lara Arruabarrena 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Also, Russian qualifier Veronika Kudermetova beat 2014 champion Alison Riske 5-7, 6-1, 7-5, fifth-seeded Hsieh Su-Wei beat Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6 (4), 7-5, and Magda Linette defeated Evgeniya Rodina 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

TIANJIN, China (AP) — Maria Sharapova says she will end her 2018 season early, withdrawing from the China Open in Beijing, the Tianjin Open, and the Kremlin Cup in Moscow due to her recovery from a right shoulder injury.

"I will miss competing at each of these tournaments, but it is important that I allow for proper rest and recovery in the upcoming weeks," Sharapova said in a statement on the WTA website.

Sharapova, ranked 24th in the world, was the defending champion at Tianjin.

Kashima Antlers cruised into their first Asian Champions League semifinals and ended Chinese participation by ousting Tianjin Quanjian 5-0 on aggregate on Tuesday.

Kashima, up 2-0 from the first leg, was in total control after first-half goals by Serginho and Hiroki Abe. Shoma Doi polished off the win in Macau, where the match was moved because Tianjin was hosting the World Economic Forum.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dejan Damjanovic scored two late goals to give Suwon Bluewings a 3-0 win over Jeonbuk Motors on Wednesday in the first leg of the Asian Champions League quarterfinals.

Jeonbuk, the 2016 champion and 21 points ahead of Suwon in South Korea's K-League, was expected to win at Jeonju World Cup Stadium but conceded three goals in the final 15 minutes.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Brazilian teammates Leo Silva and Serginho scored a goal each Tuesday to give Kashima Antlers a 2-0 win over Tianjin Quanjian in the first leg of the Asian Champions League quarterfinals.

The eight-time Japanese champions got both goals in the second half.

The winner of the two-leg series will face South Korean opposition in the semifinals. Jeonbuk Motors, champion in 2006 and 2016, hosts K-League rival Suwon Bluewings on Wednesday.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tianjin Quanjian will be looking to Alexandre Pato in the quarterfinal of the 2018 Asian Champions League against Kashima Antlers of Japan on Tuesday as the Chinese Super League club is without other star imports Axel Witsel and Anthony Modeste.

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Axel Witsel is joining Borussia Dortmund from Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian.

The German club triggered the release clause in the Belgium midfielder's contract to bring him back to Europe. He previously played for Standard Liege, Benfica and Zenit St. Petersburg.

Dortmund says Witsel has agreed to a four-year deal and the transfer should be confirmed this week.

BEIJING (AP) — The head of a major bank in northern China was found dead in his office in an apparent suicide, state media reported Monday, in the latest in a recent string of deaths among government and ruling Communist Party officials.

Tianjin Rural Commercial Bank Chairman Yin Jinbao was found Saturday afternoon with both of his wrists slit, official state media said.

Yin also served as head of the bank's ruling Communist Party committee, giving him quasi-government official status.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tianjin Quanjian advanced to the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League by beating Chinese league rival Guangzhou Evergrande on away goals following a 2-2 draw Tuesday in the second leg.

Wang Jie scored the deciding goal in the second half and former AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato added the other. Ricardo Goulart scored both for the home team.

Tianjin held Guangzhou to a 0-0 draw in the first leg.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Fabio Cannavaro faced his former club on Tuesday in the second round of the Asian Champions League and neither side was able to score.

Two-time champion Guangzhou Evergrande, now coached by Cannavaro, was held to a 0-0 draw at Tianjin Quanjian in the first leg of the series.

Cannavaro left Tianjin in November to move to southern China.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tianjin Quanjin became the third Chinese team to reach the knockout stage of the Asian Champions League after beating Japanese club Kashiwa Reysol 3-2 Wednesday.

Tianjin finished second in Group E to advance. Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai SIPG have also reached the last 16, while only Shanghai Shenhua failed to make it through.

South Korean club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors also advanced and finished first in the group after beating Hong Kong team Kitchee 3-0.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean club Ulsan Horangi joined Shanghai SIPG in the second round of the Asian Champions League after routing Melbourne Victory 6-2 Wednesday.

Junior Negrao and Mislav Orsic each scored two goals for the hosts.

Shanghai SIPG is in first place in Group F with 11 points, three more than 2012 champion Ulsan. Only the top two teams from each of the eight groups advance to the second round.

Shanghai SIPG was held to a 1-1 draw by last-place Kawasaki Frontale.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nemanja Gudelj and Alan Carvalho scored a goal each Wednesday to give big-spending Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande a 2-0 win over Jeju United in the Asian Champions League.

Guangzhou, a two-time champion of the tournament, now has eight points from four games in Group G.

In the other group match, Thai club Buriram drew 2-2 with Japanese team Cerezo Osaka. Both have five points.

The top two teams from each of the eight groups will advance to the knockout stage.

BEIJING (AP) — One of China's biggest cities has imposed curbs on traffic and factories due to a spike in air pollution and told elderly people and children to stay indoors.

The government of Tianjin, a port city of 15.5 million people east of Beijing, said half its cars will be barred from the road each day starting Sunday based on whether their license plate numbers are odd or even.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forward Derrick Williams has signed a 10-day contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers announced the deal Friday before their game at Denver.

Williams has played for Minnesota, Sacramento, New York, Miami and Cleveland since the Timberwolves made him the No. 2 overall selection in the 2011 draft. He spent this season in China, averaging 20 points per game for the Tianjin Gold Lions.

Alexandre Pato saved Chinese side Tianjin Quanjian from a first loss in its first Asian Champions League when his late goal earned a 1-1 draw with Kashiwa Reysol of Japan on Tuesday.

Tianjin was heading for defeat in its second Group E game after Cristiano put Kashiwa ahead in the second half to atone for squandering a first-half penalty shot.

With two minutes remaining, former Brazil international Pato hit a rebound into an open net.

Fabio Cannavaro has returned to seven-time Chinese Super league champion Guangzhou Evergrande as head coach to replace Luiz Felipe Scolari, two years after he was fired by the big-spending club.

Cannavaro, who was captain of Italy's 2006 World Cup winning squad, left Evergrande in June 2015 after just seven months in the job.

Scolari took over in 2015 and helped deliver three titles for the club before his contract expired.

BEIJING (AP) — A prominent activist who called himself the Ultra Vulgar Butcher as he put pressure on local Chinese officials he said had done wrong stood trial Monday accused of subverting state power, a court confirmed.

Wu Gan's one-day trial took place and the verdict will be announced later at an unspecified date, the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People's Court said in an online statement.

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court has convicted a prominent Christian human rights lawyer on charges of subverting state power and sentenced him to three years in prison, with the sentence suspended for four years, the court said Friday.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Fredy Montero on loan from Tianjin Teda of the Chinese Super League.

Montero, who is on a one-year loan, previously played for Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders and is a three-time league All-Star. The 29-year-old Colombian striker is the Sounders' all-time leading scorer with 47 goals and 34 assists in 119 regular-season matches from 2009-12.