Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola says his side deserves to be closer to Real Madrid than the current 10-point gap to the Primera Division leaders but vowed his team would not …
Swiss prosecutors have interrogated disgraced Neuchatel Xamax owner Bulat Chagaev as part of their investigation into the Chechen’s alleged mismanagement of the club’s finances. The handcuffed businessman smiled at photographers …
Partizan Belgrade coach Avram Grant says Iranian football club Sepahan has cancelled their friendly match in Turkey because he is an Israeli. The match was scheduled to be played on …
Mohamed bin Hammam will challenge FIFA in a two-day hearing in April at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a bid to overturn his life ban for alleged election …
Swedish national soccer team assistant coach Marcus Allback has been cleared of involvement in a case of bribery surrounding construction projects in western Sweden. Prosecutor Thomas Forsberg tells The Associated …
Valencia midfielder Ever Banega has undergone surgery for a double fibula-tibia fracture in his left leg, following an accident a day earlier. Banega, 23, has had an injury-plagued season and …
Australia’s Ethan Warren and Grant Nel narrowly missed out on booking the nation a spot at the London Olympics in the 3m synchronised springboard. The pair put in a strong …
Massimiliano Allegri defended the decision to let Italian World Cup winning midfielder Andrea Pirlo leave in the northern summer to join Juventus, saying the midfielder needed a new challenge. The …
Andre Villas-Boas admits his insistence he is at Chelsea for the long haul would carry more weight if publicly backed by the club’s hierarchy. Blues boss Villas-Boas was once again …
Joey O’Brien has hailed the resilience of West Ham as they look to reclaim top spot in the npower Championship with victory over Blackpool on Tuesday. The Hammers have taken …
Andre Villas-Boas says he has no fear for his Chelsea future ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League second round, first leg clash with Napoli in Naples because the culture at the …
France’s top two football divisions have witnessed an unwelcome upsurge in racist abuse from the terraces in the 2011-12 season to date, a police report released on Monday revealed. According …
Steve Bruce is the favourite to be the next manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers, according to the UK bookmakers. The former Sunderland, Wigan and Birmingham manager is now Wolves’ first choice …
Germany manager Joachim Loew says he has a back-up plan in place for Euro 2012 despite the rising number of injuries that threaten to scupper his attempt to win June’s …
The International Cricket Council Monday denied it had cleared Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria to play after he was implicated in a spot-fixing trial that resulted in the jailing of a former …
A large scale exercise will be staged this week to test how the emergency services will need to react if a major incident strikes during the London 2012 Games. Lessons …
Up to 2100 part-time military personnel will be called out to work as part of the security force for the London 2012 Games, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced. The …
Bulls and Springboks flanker Dewald Potgieter will probably miss the first two months of the Super Rugby season after badly cutting his arm trying to open a toilet window at …
