Soccer

Saints ensure Reading plunges closer to relegation
Last-place Reading plunged closer to relegation from the Premier League after losing 2-0 to Southampton on Saturday for a club-record eighth straight ...
Hoffenheim 'keeper Gomes breaks bone in hand
Hoffenheim goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes has been ruled out for the rest of the season after breaking a bone in his left hand. Coach Markus Gisdol says ...
US lets 2-goal lead slip in 3-3 draw with Germany
The American women stumbled a bit in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Soccer Federation. Abby Wambach scored her 155th international ...
Ruben Castro scores 2 in Betis' 5-1 win at Granada
Ruben Castro scored two goals and set up another to steer Real Betis to a 5-1 win at 10-man Granada in the Spanish league on Friday. Granada bossed ...
Marseille beats Bordeaux 1-0 to cut PSG's lead
Marseille took advantage of a defensive howler to beat Bordeaux 1-0 and provisionally cut the gap to French leader Paris Saint-Germain to four points ...
Hoffenheim beats Duesseldorf 3-0 in Bundesliga
With a new coach in charge, Hoffenheim seized a lifeline in its fight for Bundesliga survival with a 3-0 win over fellow relegation-candidate Fortuna ...
FIFA: World Cup qualifying is clean of fixing
FIFA's top investigator believes the 2014 World Cup qualifying program has been clean of match-fixing after more than 500 matches played so far.
Cagliari to play match against Inter in Trieste
The Italian League says Cagliari will play Inter Milan nearly 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) away in Trieste amid ongoing confusion about the rest of ...
Barcelona complains about refereeing in PSG draw
Barcelona has sent a letter to UEFA in protest against some of the referee's decisions in the 2-2 draw at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League ...
Valencia president quits amid financial turmoil
Valencia president Manuel Llorente quit Friday amid ongoing financial turmoil for the Spanish football club. In an emotional news conference, the ...
Bale set to return 'within 2 weeks' after injury
Tottenham winger Gareth Bale should be back in training "within two weeks" after spraining ligaments in his right ankle while playing against FC Basel ...
Ancelotti defends Beckham from criticism
Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti has hit back at criticism of David Beckham and said the former England midfielder will "definitely start" ...
Ancelotti says Beckham will start vs Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti says David Beckham will "definitely start" against Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League ...
Juventus' Buffon to miss Pescara match with flu
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has the flu and will not play in Saturday's Serie A match against Pescara. Buffon came in for heavy criticism ...
O'Neill: I deserved to stay on at Sunderland
Martin O'Neill says he deserved the chance to keep Sunderland in the Premier League after saving the club when it was "on its knees" last season.
Spanish league to hold elections for new president
The Spanish football league will hold elections this month to elect the successor to outgoing president Jose Luis Astiazaran. In a statement published ...
AEK player gets 5-match ban for Nazi-style salute
A Greek professional football player has received a five-match ban for giving a Nazi-style salute last month while celebrating a goal for struggling ...
Little respite for Di Canio at Sunderland
Paolo Di Canio has endured a trying first week as Sunderland manager off the pitch and it won't get any easier on it Sunday when his ...
Casillas to rejoin Madrid squad for Levante game
Real Madrid assistant coach Aitor Karanka says goalkeeper Iker Casillas will be included in the squad for the team's Spanish league match against ...
Blatter softens position on relegation for racism
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has softened his stance on calling for clubs to be punished with relegation after serious racist abuse, suggesting fans ...
Blatter: Havelange's FIFA honor on congress agenda
The issue of whether to strip Joao Havelange of his honorary FIFA presidency following a kickbacks scandal will be discussed at next month's congress, ...
Chelsea, Benfica, Fenerbahce win in Europa League
Chelsea, Benfica and Fenerbahce closed in on the Europa League semifinals with victories on Thursday while Basel claimed crucial away goals with a ...
FIFA hosts SAfrica officials on match-fixing case
Allegations that South Africa's warm-up matches before hosting the 2010 World Cup were fixed will be discussed with the country's sports minister and ...
Yaya Toure signs new 4-year deal at Man City
Yaya Toure has signed a new four-year deal at Manchester City, keeping the powerful Ivory Coast midfielder at the English champions until 2017.
Ferguson offers advice to strikers ahead of derby
Alex Ferguson has some basic advice for misfiring striker Robin van Persie ahead of the Manchester derby — don't tap the ball, batter it. After a ...