
Beckham brought credibility, visibility to MLS
Ask someone in Asia or Europe a decade ago what they knew about the Galaxy, and odds are the answer would have been limited to planets or stars.

ATP chairman Brad Drewett dies at 54
Brad Drewett, a former tour player who led the ATP as executive chairman and helped increase prize money at Grand Slam tournaments, died Friday after ...
O'Leary receives compensation after Al Ahli firing
Former Ireland defender David O'Leary will receive compensation of $5.2 million from Al Ahli after a legal battle with the Dubai club following his ...

Tebow era over in New York after Jets waive QB
Tim Tebow was waived by the Jets on Monday, the end of an unsuccessful one-season experiment in New York that had been expected for months.
Wimbledon announces 40 percent hike in prize money
This year's singles champions at Wimbledon will each receive 1.6 million pounds ($2.4 million) after the All England Club increased overall prize ...

FA charges Liverpool striker Luis Suarez for bite
Luis Suarez found himself in the familiar position of being an outcast on Monday, charged by the Football Association, fined by Liverpool, and rebuked ...
Spanish clubs owe 670 million euros in taxes
Spanish football clubs owe the government 670 million euros ($874 million) in taxes, Spain's Sports Council said Thursday. Council president Miguel ...

FIFA: Agents increase cut of transfer deals
Football agents got a lot richer last year. Agents took a bigger cut from international player transfers in 2012, even as trading in the ...
French Open prize money up by 3.3 million euros
Prize money at the French Open will rise significantly for both singles champions and players who lose in some of the early rounds. Roland Garros ...
Italy's Serie B introduces salary caps for players
Italy's Serie B is introducing a salary cap to help stave off financial crisis for its 22 clubs. Under the system approved Tuesday, contracts signed ...
Demichelis critical of Malaga's Qatari ownership
For Malaga defender Martin Demichelis, the decision by the club's Qatari owners to sell valuable players this season has created a "sense of ...
Nantes fights 1-year FIFA transfer ban at CAS
Nantes has asked sport's highest court to overturn a one-year transfer embargo imposed by FIFA for signing forward Ismael Bangoura from Al Nasr.

Swansea beats Bradford to win first major trophy
After accumulating titles with Europe's biggest clubs as a player, Michael Laudrup reached unexpected heights in his first year as Swansea manager on ...

Player regrets getting entangled with match-fixing
Soccer player Mario Cizmek thought it would just be one match. Ease up and let the other team win, he told himself, then collect the payoff and start ...

Column: Oh-la-la: When England buys, France swoons
Buy two French footballers, get another two for free. That isn't quite how things panned out but it is almost how they looked when the English Premier ...
Premier League clubs agree on restraining costs
English Premier League clubs agreed Thursday to restrain spiraling player salaries and rapid spending through financial controls that would see rule ...
UEFA: Player wages soar as club losses hit record
European clubs have allowed losses to collectively soar to a record $2.3 billion and failed to control escalating player salaries, despite repeated ...
Usmanov unhappy with Arsenal's selling policy
Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov is concerned that the team is turning into a feeder club by selling players in their prime, and claims that ...

Milan admits interest in signing Balotelli
AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani said on Saturday that the club is interested in signing Mario Balotelli but only if Manchester City drops its ...
Bolstered by young players, Bundesliga is booming
The stadiums are full, the games are close and all seven Bundesliga clubs have advanced to the knockout stage in European competitions for the first ...
FIFA aims to help clubs avoid using agents
FIFA aims to "revolutionize" the transfer market by helping clubs avoid using agents, who took commissions averaging 28 percent in cross-border player ...
UEFA bars Malaga from European cups for 1 season
Champions League contender Malaga was banned from European club competitions for one upcoming season by UEFA on Friday for failing to pay players ...
Yanks, Ichiro complete $13 million, 2-year deal
The New York Yankees and Ichiro Suzuki finalized a $13 million, two-year contract on Wednesday that keeps the 10-time Major League Baseball All-Star ...

Hamilton, Angels finalize $125M, 5-year deal
Feeling "a little upset" that Texas didn't move quickly enough to re-sign him, free-agent outfielder Josh Hamilton donned a Los Angeles Angels jersey ...
US Open adds extra day in 2013; men's final Monday
The U.S. Open tennis tournament is moving the women's final to Sunday and men's final to Monday in 2013, building in a day of rest ahead of each title ...