
Beckham: A sports icon of our times
David Beckham's retirement will bring an end to a footballing career that went far beyond his sport, and turned a gangly teenager from east London ...

Blatter appalled at racist incident in Milan-Roma
FIFA president Sepp Blatter was "appalled" when he learned that AC Milan's match against Roma was suspended because of racist chanting. Sunday's game ...
Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler extends contract
Schalke announced the extension of the contract of rising star Julian Draxler on truck-mounted panels driven through the city on Thursday.

Moyes to leave Everton; wants to join United
Everton confirmed Thursday that manager David Moyes is leaving the club at the end of the season and wants to replace Alex Ferguson at Manchester ...

Man United set for future with Moyes in charge
Manchester United will attempt to make a smooth transition when Alex Ferguson leaves the dugout for the last time this month by handing over the ...

Fiorentina striker Ljajic handed 2-match ban
Fiorentina's hopes of Champions League action next season have been dealt a blow with a two-match ban for striker Adem Ljajic. Ljajic was punished by ...

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.
Joe Schmidt hired to coach Ireland's rugby team
Joe Schmidt was hired as Ireland coach on Monday, charged with reviving the fortunes of the floundering national team and building on his successful ...

Justice says Armstrong was 'unjustly enriched'
The Justice Department laid out its case in a lawsuit against Lance Armstrong on Tuesday, saying the cyclist violated his contract with the U.S.

Goetze to move to Bayern Munich from Dortmund
Germany midfielder Mario Goetze is going to Bayern Munich. Bayern said Tuesday it was "prepared to activate the contractual release clause" in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wilkinson plays down chances of Lions call-up
Former England flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson has played down his chances of being selected by the British and Irish Lions for the upcoming tour of ...
Rangers send slumping star Gaborik to Blue Jackets
The New York Rangers have traded slumping Slovakian forward Marian Gaborik to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second trade of star players between ...

Baseball still lacks MLB guarantee for Olympic bid
Baseball and softball's joint bid for Olympic reinstatement is still lacking a guarantee that major league stars would be freed up to play ahead of ...
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 ...

Edwards: I nearly quit union after Lions snub
Shaun Edwards says he nearly quit rugby union and moved to Australia after missing out on a place in the coaching staff for the upcoming British and ...

Schalke blames 2012 deficit on players' contracts
Schalke made a €4.55 million ($5.9 million) loss last year according to financial figures released by the German football club on Friday.
Giggs extends deal, to stay at United into his 40s
Ryan Giggs signed a 12-month extension to his contract at Manchester United on Friday, taking his Old Trafford career into a 24th year and ensuring ...
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.

Despite title drought, Arsenal commits to prudence
In the Arsenal boardroom, maintaining a diligent financial approach is as important as ending the team's title drought. Releasing the latest set of ...

Turkoglu banned 20 games for positive steroid test
Orlando Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu of Turkey was suspended 20 games by the NBA on Wednesday after testing positive for steroids. The NBA said ...

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 ...
Goalkeeper Pinto to stay at Barcelona until 2014
Barcelona says goalkeeper Jose Pinto has accepted a one-year contract extension until the end of the 2013-14 season. The Spanish club says Pinto will ...

FIFA fines Hodgson's agent over rules breaches
Football agent Leon Angel, whose clients include England coach Roy Hodgson, was warned by FIFA about his future conduct on Friday after breaking rules ...