
Rodgers slams severity of Luis Suarez's punishment
Aggrieved at the severity of Luis Suarez's 10-match ban for biting an opponent, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers launched a robust defense of the ...

United signs 2-year deal with Japanese gaming firm
Manchester United has entered into a two-year sponsorship deal with a Japanese social gaming company as the new English champion looks to capitalize ...

Robin van Persie makes 1st return to Arsenal
Fresh from wrapping up a 20th English league title for Manchester United, Robin van Persie will make his first return to Arsenal looking to dent his ...
Wiggins to lead Team Sky in Giro d'Italia
Bradley Wiggins will lead Team Sky in next month's Giro d'Italia as he looks to follow up his victory in last year's Tour de France with success in ...

Suarez handed 10-game ban for biting opponent
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was handed a 10-match ban on Wednesday for biting an opponent during a Premier League game, one of the most severe ...

Man United secures deal with Vietnamese bank
Manchester United has entered into a five-year partnership with Vietnamese bank BIDV, building on the English champions' portfolio of financial ...

One day, United will have to replace Ferguson
With each trophy Alex Ferguson delivers for Manchester United comes the realization that he'll have to be replaced one day. But even at the age of 71, ...

Evra mocks Suarez by pretending to bite fake arm
Patrice Evra may have reopened his feud with Luis Suarez by pretending to bite into a fake dismembered arm during Manchester United's title-winning ...
AP Global Football 10 Quotebox
Will Tidey, Bleacher Report, United States. "There's a Mario Gomez song button you can press every time he scores. It's been pressed five times in the ...

Bayern tops AP rankings for 4th straight week
It's turning into a procession for Bayern Munich in the Associated Press global football poll. For the fourth straight week, the German champions were ...

Van Persie guides United to Premier League title
With 75,000 delirious Manchester United fans chanting "champions, champions" at full voice, Rio Ferdinand tugged the back of Robin van Persie's shirt ...
United swats aside another challenger to win title
Fuelled by money from the Middle East, Manchester City was supposed to have ushered in a new period of dominance in English football last season after ...

Manchester City hopes to delay title surrender
Manchester City can delay the inevitable by beating fifth-place Tottenham on Sunday in the Premier League. Manchester United, which leads City by 13 ...

Cyclist Hoy retires after winning 6 Olympic golds
Six-time gold medalist Chris Hoy retired from cycling Thursday, saying he had expended "every last ounce of effort and energy" in becoming Britain's ...

Faltering Tottenham look to do United a favor
After slipping out of the Champions League qualification places, Tottenham will look to halt its traditional end-of-season slump by beating Manchester ...

United's title charge stalled by draw as City wins
There is little doubt Manchester United will collect a record-extending 20th English league title, although the coronation will be delayed.

Heady days for the Welsh as Cardiff reaches EPL
As Vincent Tan threw his arms into the air and soaked up the applause of a delirious crowd, the Malaysian billionaire owner of Cardiff could be ...

Aguero apologizes to Luiz for nasty tackle
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has apologized to David Luiz for his ugly two-footed stamp on the back of the Chelsea defender's thighs during ...

Bayern tops AP rankings; Ronaldo is best player
Bayern Munich's players are used to scoring goals for fun, but this time it was the club netting a hat-trick as the German Bundesliga champion was ...

United looks to avoid jittery finish to title race
The English Premier League title is tantalizingly in reach for Manchester United, yet the jitters could begin to set in if the team fails to beat ...

Driving bans piling up for Man City players
The driving bans are piling up for the millionaires at Manchester City. England international Micah Richards has become the third City player in the ...

Chelsea leads quartet into Europa League semis
Chelsea stumbled into the semifinals of the Europa League despite losing to Rubin Kazan on Thursday, while Basel beat Tottenham in a penalty shootout ...

EPL to use Hawk-Eye; Spain, Germany stall on tech
The English Premier League on Thursday became the first national competition in world football to approve the use of goal-line technology, with ...