
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 ...

Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title
Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global football poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League ...

AP Global Football 10 Quotebox
Quotes from voters in this week's AP Global football poll: Mike McGrath (The Sun/Wardles Agency) "Gareth Bale showed again what a player he is, rising ...

Russia says alleged spying case was 2nd this year
A Russian security services operative — his features bathed in shadows — went on state television Wednesday to claim that the U.S. diplomat who was ...

Lampard, Barcelona top weekly AP football poll
Climbing to the top of Chelsea's all-time scoring leaderboard earned Frank Lampard the top spot in the weekly Associated Press global football poll ...

Colo. Corrections Dept. chief shot, killed at home
In the weeks before Colorado's top prisons official was fatally shot after answering his front door, he carried out a variety of functions including ...

Profiles of 7 Nev. Army depot explosion victims
A mortar shell explosion Monday at an Army depot in Hawthorne, Nev., killed seven Marines and injured eight other servicemen. Here are profiles of the ...

Barcelona earn maximum points in AP football poll
It was difficult to vote for any other team. Barcelona received maximum points in the AP's latest global football rankings on Tuesday, with the team's ...

Catholic newspaper draws rebuke from bishop
A newspaper known for unflinching coverage of the Catholic church sex abuse scandal was rebuked by a bishop in its own backyard after calling for his ...

NY Cardinal Dolan a 'happy warrior' for church
Challenging a White House mandate for birth control coverage in health insurance, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan sounded like a general rallying the ...

Barcelona drops in AP football rankings
With nine goals in one week, Bayern Munich has dislodged Barcelona from the top position in The Associated Press global football rankings. And despite ...

New PAC stirs GOP rivalries, tea party angst
Republicans' struggles to redefine their party are intensifying, as tea party insurgents and establishment Republicans vie to control congressional ...

Balotelli tops AP rankings after 1st Milan game
Back in Italy after a turbulent period in England, Mario Balotelli has been voted player of the week in the Associated Press global football rankings ...

Cavani's hat trick topples Messi from AP rankings
It took something very special to topple Lionel Messi from his position on top of the first AP Global Football rankings survey of 2013, and it was ...
Investigation into NFL murder-suicide complete
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was apparently worried he would lose his baby and money to his longtime girlfriend before fatally shooting ...

US defends $1.9B deal with British banking giant
American authorities on Tuesday cited "astonishing" dysfunction at the British bank HSBC and said that it had helped Mexican drug traffickers, Iran, ...