
Conclave chatter dominates Vatican soccer league
Vatican-sponsored soccer league matches went ahead as scheduled this weekend on a hill overlooking St. Peter's Basilica. For the 16 teams of ...

Italian FA considers biological passport program
The Italian football federation is considering introducing biological passports and surprise tests to combat doping. Anti-doping is listed as one of ...
FIFA bans 74 for match-fixing in Italy, SKorea
FIFA banned 74 more officials and players from world football on Wednesday for helping fix matches, this time in Italy and South Korea. Sanctions were ...

Gennaro Gattuso takes charge at Swiss club Sion
Italian midfielder Gennaro Gattuso was made player-coach of Swiss team FC Sion on Monday, with current manager Victor Munoz demoted to another role ...
Serbia says expulsion from 2015 U21 Euros avoided
Serbia has survived the threat of expulsion from the 2015 European Under-21 Championship by UEFA over racist abuse directed by fans at England players

Police track elusive figure in soccer match-fixing
At 5:45 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2011, when early risers would have been sipping espressos and buttering toast, a man dressed in black disembarked at Milan's ...

Arrested Singaporean reveals match-fixing secrets
When police arrested Wilson Raj Perumal in Finland, it didn't take long for him to realize that his criminal buddies had ratted him out. He's been ...

Match-fixing probe keeps Italian prosecutor busy
Two years ago, a curious case landed on the desk of Italian prosecutor Roberto Di Martino in the town of Cremona. Five players on the local ...

AC Milan strikers lead Italy against Netherlands
Mario Balotelli and Stephan El Shaarawy had a dream start as AC Milan's new strike force. Now they are looking to take the chemistry to the ...

Balotelli praised after impressive AC Milan debut
Mario Balotelli is earning rave reviews after marking his return to Italy with two goals in his AC Milan debut. Balotelli scored both goals — ...
Scolari begins repair job with stuttering Brazil
Luiz Felipe Scolari begins his mission to restore Brazil's flagging fortunes ahead of next year's World Cup with a glamor match against England on ...

Balotelli wants 'to win as a protagonist' at Milan
Mario Balotelli declared his lifelong love for AC Milan during a packed presentation with his new club Friday. There wasn't much love for England, ...

Gomez back in Germany squad for France friendly
Mario Gomez is back in Germany's squad for Wednesday's friendly against France in Paris. Germany coach Joachim Loew announced the squad on Friday, ...

Prandelli: Mario Balotelli will become the best
Mario Balotelli will realize his true potential, Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said, and Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is the right man to ...
Juventus extends Buffon's contract to 2015
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon extended his contract with the Serie A club on Wednesday, keeping him in Turin through 2014-15 season.

Fight against match-fixing 'will never finish'
The fight against match-fixing in football "will never finish," Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said Thursday at a two-day conference on ...
Deschamps steadily making France competitive again
France coach Didier Deschamps has been successful wherever he's played and coached. In attempting to turn the national team back into the force it ...
Bolstered by young players, Bundesliga is booming
The stadiums are full, the games are close and all seven Bundesliga clubs have advanced to the knockout stage in European competitions for the first ...

Blatter: Players facing abuse shouldn't walk off
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has advised players encountering racial abuse during matches against walking off the pitch like AC Milan did last week.
Brazil to play Italy in friendly in March
World Cup host Brazil will play Italy in a friendly in Switzerland next year ahead of the teams' Confederations Cup match in June. Hugh Quennec, ...