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Messi edges Falcao at top of AP soccer rankings
Lionel Messi narrowly stayed on top of AP's Global Soccer Rankings this week despite breaking the record for goals in a calendar year. The Barcelona ...
Column: Van Persie makes millions seem cheap
Actor Tom Cruise was in the crowd, but Robin van Persie was the top gun. He supplied the Hollywood ending on a day of thunder for English soccer ...
Chelsea fires coach Roberto Di Matteo
Roberto Di Matteo's reign as Chelsea manager came to a sudden end Wednesday when he was fired only six months after guiding the club to an unlikely ...
Chelsea on brink of elimination following 3-0 loss
Chelsea could become the first defending Champions League winner not to reach the knockout rounds, losing 3-0 at Juventus on Tuesday night as Fabio ...
Column: Madness shouldn't be required of referees
The players were more boys than men, not yet 17. But they were furious. Mimicking the ugly behavior of professionals seen on TV, they swarmed around ...
Terry apologizes, won't appeal match ban for abuse
John Terry apologized Thursday for using inappropriate language during an on-field confrontation and will accept a four-match ban for racially abusing ...
Chelsea's Terry banned 4 games for racial abuse
Chelsea captain John Terry has been banned for four matches for racially abusing an opponent. The former England captain also was fined $356,000 by ...
Column: Arsenal, the real deal without Van Persie
Sshhh! Don't say this too loudly, but early signs point to Arsenal being a genuine Premier League title contender. Gervinho, the forward so mediocre ...
Column: Much ado in NFL and England on handshakes
This weekend, the two kinds of football played on opposite shores of the Atlantic for once have a shared fascination — handshakes. Which is stunning, ...
FA charges Terry over alleged race abuse
Chelsea captain John Terry was charged by the English Football Association on Friday with racially abusing an opponent, two weeks after he was cleared ...
MLS All-Stars top Chelsea 3-2 in exhibition game
Fans stuffed the parking lots hours before the All-Star game, tailgating and having a blast until they could rush inside PPL Park to bang drums, sing ...
Lukaku scores 2, Chelsea beats Sounders 4-2
There are still plenty of big names on Chelsea's roster keeping young Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku from getting significant playing time for the ...
Issues not over for Terry as FA mulls charges
Being acquitted by a court of racial abuse might not be the end of the matter for Chelsea captain John Terry. The English Football Association has to ...
Terry cleared of racially abusing player in match
After four days of foul-mouthed evidence that provided insight into soccer's crude culture, Chelsea captain John Terry was cleared Friday of racially ...
Terry tells court of anger about racism claim
Chelsea captain John Terry took the stand in his racism trial Tuesday to angrily deny he is prejudiced or racially abused an opponent during a Premier ...
Terry says helping Africans shows he's not racist
Chelsea captain John Terry pointed to his work helping African footballers and their charities as evidence he isn't prejudiced during police ...
Chelsea captain Terry insists he's not a racist
Chelsea captain John Terry repeatedly denied being a racist in taped interviews heard on the second day of his racism trial. The England defender ...
Chelsea captain John Terry's racism trial begins
The racism trial of John Terry began Monday with prosecutors claiming the Chelsea captain acknowledges using offensive language as a "sarcastic ...
Column: A mournful lament for a fabulous Euro 2012
With Germans wowing like Brazilians, the attack-minded Italians shedding their defensive skins and the Spanish hogging the ball to suffocate opponents ...
5 Famous Soccer Goal-Line Controversies
Soccer's seemingly endless argument about how to judge goal line decisions ignited again Tuesday, as Ukraine went out of the Euro 2012 tournament it ...