The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday dismissed an appeal of former world football top official Amos Adamu of Kenya against a three-year ban in connection with a corruption …

Blackburn Rovers says it has reached a deal to sell defender Christopher Samba to big-spending Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala. The English Premier League club did not provide financial details of …

Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes says he is giving no thought to being fired despite the troubles at the club. The DPA news agency reports Heynckes as saying that “the …

German football club Borussia Moenchengladbach failed to consolidate second place in the Bundesliga by allowing Hamburger SV to salvage a 1-1 draw Friday. Tolgay Arslan’s 56th-minute equaliser cancelled out Mike …

Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner plans to sue a Trinidad and Tobago newspaper that he accuses of libel and defamation regarding stories involving funds slated for Haiti reconstruction efforts. …

Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic claims some of his players turned on each other using witchcraft at the Africa Cup of Nations, according to a report published by the BBC on …

Wolves chiefs have defended their decision to axe Mick McCarthy after a protracted search for a replacement ended with assistant Terry Connor being given the job until the end of …

Struggling Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has been dropped by Spain for the first time in more than five years. Torres was missing from the squad announced on Friday by coach …

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp voiced his support for England caretaker Stuart Pearce on Friday but revealed he had not yet been approached over taking the job full-time. Redknapp is regarded …

Terry Connor has been asked to stay on as Wolves manager until the end of the English Premier League season, the club confirmed on Friday. Connor took over as caretaker …

Three-time champion Olimpia picked up its first win in this year’s Copa Libertadores by defeating Lanus 2-1 on Thursday with goals by Colombian Vladimir Marin and Argentine Maximiliano Biancucchi. The …

Guadalajara hasn’t won in 13 matches, and the spiral of poor results has prompted one of Mexico’s most famous football brands to call for outside assistance in the shape of …

Jeon Sang-wook made four saves in the penalty shootout to give South Korean club Busan I’Park victory over Melbourne Heart following a goalless draw at the Hawaiian Islands Invitational tournament …

Beleaguered Blackburn manager Steve Kean has revealed that a bodyguard accompanies him at all times following a vitriolic campaign to have him sacked as Rovers boss. Kean, a controversial appointment …

Tarek Elrich scored his first goal of the season to give Newcastle Jets a 1-0 victory over Adelaide United on Friday night, effectively putting United out of contention for the …

Their outspoken owner Clive Palmer might have cheekily backed an under 23s Gold Coast United outfit to down the ill-fated Olyroos. But the Gold Coast’s interim coach Mike Mulvey agrees …

When Dean Heffernan missed the 2007/08 A-League grand final with a broken leg, then-Mariners assistant coach Ian Ferguson assured the speedy defender he would get another crack. If all goes …

Sydney FC’s Nick Carle isn’t letting an impending Socceroos return distract his focus from a potentially season-defining A-League match against Wellington on Saturday. Carle, 30, is set to end more …