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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 ...
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 apologizes for part in Hillsborough tragedy
The English Football Association apologized Thursday to the city of Liverpool and the families of 96 fans who died in the Hillsborough stadium tragedy ...
UK police blamed the dead for 1989 stadium tragedy
British police and medics whose failures contributed to the deaths of 96 soccer fans in the country's worst sports disaster unfairly blamed the dead ...
US bounces back to beat Jamaica 1-0 Gomez's goal
Spurred on by a roaring crowd decked out in red, white and blue, the United States used all of that emotion as fuel to pull off a significant World ...
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 ...
Jamaica beats US 2-1 in World Cup qualifier
After Clint Dempsey scored the fastest U.S. goal in World Cup qualifying, the Americans played a listless game, lost to Jamaica for the first time and ...
FIFA sets date for SKorea Olympic banner case
A South Korea soccer player who displayed a political sign after the bronze-medal match at the London Olympics will have his disciplinary case heard ...
USA women's soccer coach Sundhage to step down
The U.S. women's soccer team's post-Olympic victory tour also will be a goodbye tour. Coach Pia Sundhage is stepping down, returning to her native ...
Former player sues DC United over concussion
A former D.C. United defender has filed a $12 million lawsuit against the team and former coach Thomas Soehn, saying they rushed him back onto the ...
Donors standing by Lance Armstrong's foundation
Lance Armstrong's reputation may be permanently stained but in the eyes of corporate and individual donors, his charity still wears an unsullied ...
New Yorkers organize interim World Cup soccer
In a field in Harlem, emotions run high as the U.S. soccer team battles to defeat Angola and move on to the World Cup quarterfinals. In a penalty ...
Billionaire Soros takes piece of Manchester United
Billionaire financier George Soros is getting in on the game, taking a minority stake in soccer club Manchester United. Soros disclosed in a ...
La Liga, Serie A vanish for many US viewers
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's league matches will disappear from the television sets of many American soccer fans, starting this weekend.
US beats Mexico in Mexico for 1st time
The United States defied expectations — and a rowdy crowd elated by Mexico's Olympic gold — to break a 75-year winless streak at its neighboring rival ...
Muamba retires 5 months after cardiac arrest
Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba retired from soccer Wednesday after suffering an on-field cardiac arrest in March during an FA Cup quarterfinal match ...
Bin Hammam: Payments came out of personal accounts
Mohamed bin Hammam said accusations he enriched his family and supporters while president of Asian soccer are politically motivated and that he plans ...
Russian goes from jail to pro soccer in Chile
Fog blankets the grassy soccer field surrounded by chickens and grazing cows as the players of Santiago Morning sprint through a practice game.
Now to Rio, full of Olympic 2016 jitters
The snuffing out of the Olympic flame in London Sunday marked a conclusion for most, but for 2016 host city Rio de Janeiro it kicked off four years ...
EYES ON LONDON: Marathon, Referees, Living Legend
MARATHON GOLD FOR UGANDA Uganda has its first medal at the London Olympics — and it's a big one. Stephen Kiprotich surged ahead late in the race to ...