Soccer

Reports: Inter Milan fires Andrea Stramaccioni
Inter Milan reportedly fired coach Andrea Stramaccioni on Friday, five days after concluding Serie A with a highly disappointing ninth-place finish.
Porto sells Rodriguez, Moutinho to Monaco for $90m
FC Porto says it has struck a deal worth a combined 70 million euros ($90 million) with Monaco for midfield duo James Rodriguez and Joao Moutinho.
7 Rapid Vienna fans to stand trial in Greece
A panel of judges in Greece has ordered seven fans of Austria's Rapid Vienna to stand trial over violence that broke out last year during a Europe ...
4 footballers in England cleared of sexual assault
Four footballers in England, including the son of Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, have been cleared of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in ...
Fan violence worries overshadow Italian Cup final
Worries of fan violence are high ahead of Sunday's Italian Cup final and Rome derby between Roma and Lazio. After audiences with both Pope Francis and ...
Gibraltar accepted as full member of UEFA
Gibraltar was accepted Friday as a full member by the UEFA Congress, becoming Europe's 54th official football nation. The move had previously been ...
Platini wants a European sports police force
UEFA President Michel Platini wants to establish a European sports police force to tackle betting, corruption, match-fixing, doping and hooliganism.
Hoffenheim beats Kaiserslautern 3-1 in playoff
Roberto Firmino scored two goals and set up another as Hoffenheim beat Kaiserslautern 3-1 in the first leg of the Bundesliga playoff on Thursday.
United refinances high-interest debt, cuts costs
Manchester United announced Thursday that more than $290 million of its high-interest debt has been refinanced, cutting the club's interest costs by ...
Bayern, Dortmund take rivalry to new level
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will take their increasingly acrimonious rivalry to a new level Saturday in the first all-German Champions League ...
45 people indicted in Hungary in match-fixing scam
Hungarian prosecutors have indicted a Singaporean businessman known as Dan Tan and 44 Hungarians suspected of being involved in an international ...
UEFA introduces minimum ban for racist abuse
The UEFA executive committee on Thursday ratified a 10-match minimum ban for racist abuse by players or officials. The changes were first announced ...
Court orders Atletico Madrid pay $13 million debt
A Spanish court has ordered Atletico Madrid to pay a media company 10 million euros ($13 million) after finding the club had breached a television ...
David Beckham bids au revoir to football
David Beckham will give the world one last chance to see him on a football field on Sunday. The 38-year-old Beckham, who said last week he will retire ...
Rio Ferdinand signs new 1-year deal with MU
Rio Ferdinand has signed a new one-year contract with Manchester United that will take him into a 12th season at Old Trafford. The 34-year-old ...
Barcelona extends Adriano's deal through to 2017
Barcelona has renewed defender Adriano's contract through to 2017 and added a buyout clause at 90 million euros ($116 million). The club says the deal ...
Rosicky, Cech in Czech squad for Italy qualifier
Midfielder Tomas Rosicky and goalkeeper Petr Cech have been included in the Czech Republic squad for the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Italy next ...
Werder Bremen signs striker Petersen from Bayern
Striker Nils Petersen will remain in Bremen and not return to Bayern Munich after signing a four-year deal with Werder on Thursday. Petersen, who ...
France calls up Lacazette to replace injured Menez
France coach Didier Deschamps has called up Lyon forward Alexandre Lacazette for the first time to replace the injured Jeremy Menez for next month's ...
Werder Bremen wants Robin Dutt as coach
Werder Bremen wants Robin Dutt to become the Bundesliga club's new coach. The German Football Federation says Werder has asked it to release Dutt from ...
Chelsea players ready for Mourinho return
Chelsea players seem pleased Jose Mourinho appears headed back for a second stint as manager, even after he failed with Real Madrid. Midfielder Juan ...
Pellegrini to leave Malaga at end of season
Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini says he will leave the Spanish club at the end of the season despite having two years left on his contract.
Hamburg parts ways with sports director Arnesen
Hamburger SV parted ways with sports director Frank Arnesen by "mutual agreement" with immediate effect Wednesday. The Bundesliga club announced both ...
Roma, Lazio delegations meet Pope Francis
Players and officials from Roma and Lazio met with Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday in a peace initiative ahead of the ...