
English soccer to tackle racism with education
All professional soccer players and managers in England and newcomers from abroad will have cultural lessons regarding discrimination as part of ...

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 ...
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 ...

No handshake, no goals as Chelsea, QPR draw 0-0
Anton Ferdinand's snub of John Terry in the pre-match handshake overshadowed Chelsea's 0-0 draw at Queens Park Rangers on Saturday. The result ended ...

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 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 ...

Goal-line technology, headscarves get soccer's OK
Soccer gave its stamp of approval Thursday to goal-line technology and headscarves for female Muslim players. Also adopted was a proposal for a ...

Soccer rule-makers approve goal-line technology
Soccer finally embraced goal-line technology. The sport's governing body said Thursday it will introduce the format at the seven-team Club World Cup ...

Italy beats England on penalties at Euro 2012, 4-2
After two hours of clever, often dominating but in the end fruitless play, Italy found the answer against England. Penalty kicks. Alessandro Diamanti ...

EURO 2012 LIVE: Italy beats England on pens
Italy beat England 4-2 on penalties after the match ended 0-0 after extra-time. The Italians will now play Germany. Here's the best of the action.

Blatter: Goal-line technology a 'necessity'
The most powerful man in soccer called goal-line technology a "necessity" Wednesday, only hours after Ukraine was denied what appeared to be a ...

England beats Ukraine 1-0 to advance at Euro 2012
Only one goal counted, and it belonged to Wayne Rooney. The England striker returned from a two-match suspension to head in the lone goal Tuesday and ...
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 ...

EURO 2012 LIVE: Final Group D matches
England beat Ukraine 1-0 on Tuesday, while Sweden — already eliminated — beat France 2-0. Co-host Ukraine is now out of the tournament. Here is a ...

EURO 2012 LIVE: Sweden 2, England 3
France and England both recorded much-needed victories at the European Championship Friday. The French beat Ukraine 2-0 to top the group, while ...