
AC Milan reaches Italian Cup quarterfinals
AC Milan beat second-division Reggina 3-0 Thursday night to set up a showdown with Serie A leader Juventus in the Italian Cup quarterfinals.

AC Milan beats Reggina 3-0 to reach Cup quarters
AC Milan beat Serie B side Reggina 3-0 Thursday to set up a showdown with Serie A leader Juventus in the Italian Cup quarterfinals. Colombian defender ...

Inter heads to title rival Lazio in Serie A
After beating Napoli to move into second place in the Serie A last weekend, Inter Milan faces another direct rival in fourth-placed Lazio on Saturday.

Juventus advances to Italian Cup quarterfinals
Juventus advanced to the Italian Cup quarterfinals by beating Cagliari 1-0 on Wednesday, but the Serie A leader lost two players to injury.
AP Global Soccer 10 Quotebox
Quotes from panelists voting in the AP Global Football 10 poll for the week ended Monday Dec 10: ___ Cedric Rouquette, Eurosport, France. "Messi or ...

Messi stays top of AP rankings - by 1 point
Lionel Messi only narrowly stayed on top of AP's Global Soccer Rankings this week despite breaking the record for goals scored in a calendar year, ...

Lazio draws, takes control of 4th place in Serie A
Lazio took control of fourth place in Serie A following a 0-0 draw at Bologna on Monday. The Roman club kept the score level despite being reduced to ...

Napoli could be penalized for match-fixing
Napoli went on trial for match-fixing Monday and could be docked points after its former goalkeeper confessed to arranging the result of a game three ...

Messi sets goal record for a year; Falcao scores 5
Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Radamel Falcao were unstoppable Sunday on a night when both stars again demonstrated why their teams ...

Juventus beats Palermo 1-0 on coach Conte's return
Defending champion Juventus celebrated coach Antonio Conte's return with a win, beating Palermo 1-0 in Serie A on Sunday. Stephan Lichtsteiner scored ...

Totti leads Roma to 4-2 win over Fiorentina
Roma captain Francesco Totti scored twice and set up two more goals in a 4-2 win that ended Fiorentina's nine-match unbeaten run on Saturday.

Conte returns to Juventus for trip to Palermo
Juventus coach Antonio Conte will be back on the bench following a four-month suspension as the defending champions visit Palermo on Sunday in Serie A

Juve through, Chelsea out in Champions League
Exactly 200 days after winning the Champions League, Chelsea lost its grip on the trophy to mark the shortest title defense in the competition's ...

Chelsea routs Nordsjaelland 6-1 but exits CL
Fernando Torres rediscovered his goal-scoring touch too late for Chelsea's Champions League hopes on Wednesday, with the English side becoming the ...

Juve wins, advances to last 16 of Champions League
Juventus advanced to the knockout stages of the Champions League by winning 1-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk to clinch top spot in Group E on Wednesday.
Giraudo's sentence reduced in Calciopoli case
The prison sentence for former Juventus executive Antonio Giraudo in the 2006 Italian match-fixing scandal was reduced from 36 to 20 months and ...

Peerless Messi stays top of AP rankings
Edging closer to a world-record goal tally, Lionel Messi has retained his place at the top of the AP Global Football rankings this week. The Argentina ...

Chelsea needs helping hand in Champions League
A season after spirit and good fortune swept Chelsea to an unlikely Champions League title, the defending champions will be relying on those same ...

Juventus fined for banner offending crash victims
Juventus has been fined €10,000 ($13,000) after its fans unveiled an offensive banner during the 3-0 derby win over Torino that referred to the 1949 ...

Chelsea's hopes in balance in Champions League
Although Rafa Benitez can't be blamed for Chelsea's current plight in the Champions League, elimination this week would give his many critics further ...

Napoli routs last-place Pescara 5-1 in Serie A
Chasing its first title since Diego Maradona played for the club, Napoli thrashed 10-man Pescara 5-1 Sunday to move back within two points of Serie ...

Juventus beats 10-man Torino 3-0 In Serie A derby
Juventus provisionally extended its Serie A lead by beating 10-man Torino 3-0 in the Turin derby on Saturday. Claudio Marchisio, who was born in ...

Juve's grip on Serie A lead could be in question
Juventus' grip on the Serie A lead doesn't appear so firm anymore, and there's more than one club within striking distance of the defending champions ...
Quotes about the AP Global 10 football rankings
Comments from panelists voting in the AP Global Soccer 10 poll for the week ending Nov. 25: ___ Christian Schaetzle, derfussballblogger.de, Germany: ...

UEFA bans Shakhtar's Luiz Adriano for 1 match
Shakhtar Donetsk forward Luiz Adriano was banned for one Champions League match on Tuesday for a lack of fair play in scoring a goal uncontested ...