Football

Ruthless Juventus beats Celtic 3-0 in CLeague
Juventus punished poor defending with some clinical finishing to beat Celtic 3-0 in the first leg of their last-16 match in the Champions League on ...
PSG beats Valencia 2-1 in Champions League
Goals by Ezequiel Lavezzi and Javier Pastore gave Paris Saint-Germain an important 2-1 away win at Valencia in a the first leg of their Champions ...
Huddersfield sets up Wigan match in FA Cup
Huddersfield set up a match against Wigan in the last 16 of the FA Cup after beating fellow second-tier side Leicester 2-1 in a fourth-round replay ...
Pressure all on Mourinho ahead of Madrid-United
Outwitting Alex Ferguson has never been so important for Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho as he potentially puts his short- and long-term future on the ...
Hearts soothes fears over club's future
Scottish team Hearts says the future of the club is not at risk despite administrators moving into majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov's Lithuanian ...
South Korean footballer to get Olympic medal
A South Korean footballer who inflamed tensions with Japan by displaying a political banner after the third-place match at the London Olympics will ...
Millwall investigates alleged racism by own fans
English second-tier team Millwall said it is "deeply shocked and appalled" by television footage showing its supporters racially abusing striker El ...
Lewandowski banned for 3 Bundesliga matches
Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski has been banned for three Bundesliga matches. Lewandowski was sent off in the 4-1 loss to Hamburger SV ...
AP Global Football 10 Quotebox
Soeren-Mikael Hansen, Politiken, Denmark. "Even though Barcelona performed best as a team Cristiano Ronaldo must take the top spot individually.
Ronaldo tops AP rankings, Barca is top team
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo emerged from the shadow of Lionel Messi to top this week's Associated Press Global Football Rankings. The Portuguese ...
Bremen defender Gebre Selassie breaks hand
Werder Bremen says Czech Republic defender Theodor Gebre Selassie broke a bone in his left hand in Tuesday's practice and will need surgery.
Shakhtar meets Dortmund in Champions League
Shakhtar Donetsk hasn't been sitting idly by during the Ukrainian league winter break, waiting to welcome German champion Borussia Dortmund on ...
Quotes about match-fixing in soccer
Soccer, or football as it is known in most of the world, is being plagued by match-fixing linked to emboldened criminal gangs or corrupt officials.
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 ...
Soccer match-fixers choose their targets carefully
Mario Cizmek was convicted of rigging games in Croatia's first division in 2010. At his trial and in subsequent interviews with The Associated Press, ...
Betis draws 0-0 with Valladolid in Spanish league
Real Betis failed to capitalize on its chances and was held to a 0-0 draw at home against Valladolid on Monday in a mid-table clash in the Spanish ...
West Brom stuns Liverpool 2-0 in Premier League
West Bromwich Albion punished Liverpool for an inefficient display at Anfield on Monday, soaking up 80 minutes of pressure before scoring two late ...
Column: Europe will show champions' true worth
Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich are devaluing their own success by making it look too easy. Although it is still winter in Europe, they ...
Barcelona's Villa in hospital with kidney stones
Barcelona says striker David Villa has been taken to a hospital because of kidney stones. The club said the 31-year-old Spain forward would be ...
FIFA bans Canada forward Occean for 6 matches
FIFA has ordered Canada forward Olivier Occean to serve a six-match ban after being sent off and then insulting the referee during a World Cup ...
Celtic's profits soar to wipe out bank debt
Boosted by its progress to the Champions League knockout stage, Celtic has posted a pre-tax profit of nearly 15 million pounds ($23.5 million) for the ...
Celtic eyes another big win in Champions League
After beating Barcelona in one of the biggest shocks of the group stage, the visit of Juventus holds no fears for Celtic ahead of their last-16 match ...
Mancini to make big changes for Leeds game
Angry Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini is ready to ring the changes after his team's 3-1 defeat at Southampton left the champions trailing ...
Santos leaves Arsenal to join Gremio on loan
Arsenal has allowed much-maligned defender Andre Santos to join Brazilian team Gremio on loan for the rest of the season. Santos has become ...