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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 ...
Messi sets goal record for a year; Falcao scores 5
Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Radamel Falcao were unstoppable Sunday on a night when both stars again demonstrated why their teams ...
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 ...
Beckham wins 2nd MLS title, Galaxy beat Dynamo 3-1
David Beckham stood on the podium with his three sons, an oversized Union Jack knotted around his Los Angeles Galaxy jersey. With a practiced lift and ...
Messi, Ronaldo, Wambach up for FIFA awards
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta are the finalists for FIFA's world player of the year award. They were picked from a list of 23 ...
Messi back at top of AP rankings, Iniesta 3rd
Lionel Messi moved back to the top of the AP Global Soccer rankings, and Barcelona stayed No. 1 in the team poll after a 4-0 win over Levante in the ...
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 ...
Beckham says MLS Cup is his final game with Galaxy
David Beckham will play his final game for the Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS Cup next month. Beckham and the Galaxy announced the English midfielder's ...
Messi jumps back to top AP soccer rankings
Lionel Messi has returned to the top of the AP Global 10 soccer rankings by breaking Pele's 54-year-old goal-scoring record with his 76th tally, while ...
Inter and Milito head AP Global Soccer 10 poll
Inter Milan moved to the top of the AP Global 10 soccer rankings by The Associated Press on Tuesday, replacing Barcelona after ending Juventus' ...
Column: Man United flying with Wayne-Man and Robin
Two minutes, 34 seconds. That's all it took for Robin van Persie to score in his first match against Arsenal and, in doing so, prove how ridiculous ...
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 ...
Global Soccer 10 List
The Associated Press' inaugural AP Global Soccer 10 for the week ending Oct. 20. Voting is by an 18-member panel of international soccer writers: ...
Messi leads inaugural AP soccer poll
The Associated Press has released its inaugural AP Global Soccer 10 rankings, with Lionel Messi voted the best soccer player in the world and his ...
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 ...
Column: Ref! Ghost goals making soccer look dumb
Hey, referee! That was a goal! Or it was very, very close. To be fair to Howard Webb and his crew of sideline assistants, it wasn't humanly possible ...
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 ...
Man United's loss widens on disappointing season
Manchester United on Tuesday reported a wider loss for its fiscal fourth quarter after the celebrated soccer club was knocked out of lucrative ...
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 ...
Murray caps Britain's golden sports summer
First came the victory in the Tour de France. Then there were the stacks of medals at a dazzling Olympics at home. If that weren't enough to lift the ...
Murray's victory caps amazing summer for Britain
After reveling in a rousing Olympic summer of sporting success, Britain awoke Tuesday to another major milestone: Finally, after 76 years of waiting, ...
Murray finally wins Grand Slam with US Open title
For Andy Murray, and for Britain, this was all rather fitting. Forced into a fifth set, despite winning the first two, against defending champion ...
US Open men's final moved to Monday again
With a potentially dangerous storm bearing down on the U.S. Open, play was suspended in the first set of defending champion Novak Djokovic's semifinal ...