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Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title
Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League ...
Spain backs sending defensive arms to Syria rebels
Spain favors a partial lifting of sanctions against Syria that would allow the delivery of "defense material" to rebel groups to help protect the ...
Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at end of season
Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid after three years as coach, paving the path for his return to England and a second stint as Chelsea's manager.
Atletico wins Copa del Rey as Ronaldo ejected
The Copa del Rey trophy could have been coach Jose Mourinho's parting gift for Real Madrid, or at least a consolation prize after a disappointing ...
Top-ranked Djokovic beaten by Berdych in Rome
Novak Djokovic can't seem to find any consistency on clay courts. And with the French Open less than 10 days away, he will enter Roland Garros on the ...
Exit Becks: David Beckham retiring at season's end
End it like Beckham. David Beckham, whose curling free kicks, rugged good looks and celebrity marriage made him one of the most famous athletes in the ...
Beckham's role after retirement to remain global
After David Beckham's long and distinguished soccer career ends on an artificial turf field in northwestern France, his life promises to be perhaps ...
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.
Coetzee tells Spain: Drop pro-bullfighting law
Nobel Literature laureate J.M. Coetzee has called on Spain to abandon plans to protect bullfighting, making a rare public appeal against what he ...
Beckham to retire from soccer at end of season
David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that ...
Eurozone's struggling economies mired in recession
The eurozone is stuck in recession — its longest since the euro was founded in 1999. The latest figures from the European Union's statistics office ...
Dutch sociologist given Spain's Asturias prize
A Dutch sociologist has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias social sciences prize for her work in the field of globalization and urban sociology.
Lampard, Barcelona top weekly AP soccer poll
Frank Lampard earned the top spot in the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll for the first time after setting Chelsea's career goals record.
Lionel Messi could miss rest of Barcelona season
Lionel Messi's Barcelona season may be over because of a reoccurrence of a hamstring injury that has slowed him for more than a month. Barcelona said ...
Djokovic beats qualifier in Rome; Wozniacki loses
Novak Djokovic reached the third round of the Italian Open, beating Spanish qualifier Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday and appearing to have no ...
Man City fires Mancini 1 year after EPL title win
Manchester City fired manager Roberto Mancini on Monday, exactly one year after he delivered the club's first English league title in 44 years.
Venus loses to Robson, who faces Serena next
Beating one of the Williams sisters is an accomplishment any young tennis player should celebrate. Winning consecutive matches against both of them ...
Poll shows favorable views of EU in sharp decline
Positive views of the European Union by its citizens are near all-time lows. And no EU country is plunging faster into the abyss of gloom than France.
Europe at odds over next steps to banking union
European leaders are increasingly at odds over how to create a full-fledged banking union, the bloc's key project to stabilize its financial system ...
Spain, Portugal demand quick action on bank union
The leaders of Spain and Portugal on Monday demanded that the 17-nation eurozone speed up efforts to create a banking union and complained that credit ...
Official: UK fugitive won't fight extradition
A Spanish court says a British fugitive who was arrested while sunbathing at a luxury villa has told a judge he will not fight his extradition.
Dempsey goal, assist lift Spurs into EPL 4th place
Clint Dempsey scored the tying goal on a sliding shot into an empty net from 30 yards, then crossed to Emmanuel Adebayor for the a goal-ahead in the ...
Serena Williams & Rafael Nadal win Madrid Open
Serena Williams kept the No. 1, and added No. 50. Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Madrid Open Sunday to retain her No.
British fugitive caught sunbathing in Spain
Spanish police snuck up on a British fugitive as he sunbathed, arresting him in a dramatic raid that even saw the suspect leap onto the roof of a ...
Nadal beats Wawrinka in Madrid Open final
Rafael Nadal won his fifth title since returning from a knee injury by beating Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4 Sunday for the Madrid Open championship.