Battling Sydney FC need to belatedly find some home form and stop conceding late goals to stay in the A-League finals race. Sydney fell three points behind sixth-placed Newcastle after …

Daunting sudden-death trips to Wellington or Perth are shaping as the rewards for the A-League clubs that clinch the bottom two berths for this season’s finals. The Phoenix climbed to …

Football broke out in the middle of the war of words surrounding Gold Coast United as the embattled A-League team battled mightily before falling 2-0 to Wellington Phoenix on Sunday. …

Central Coast coach Graham Arnold is excited about unleashing his talented youngsters in the Asian Champions League, but fears the A-League can do little to stop the talent drain to …

Melbourne Victory coach Jim Magilton has put himself on a collision course with Matthew Kemp, refusing to guarantee the defender another game at the club. The eighth-placed Victory’s A-League finals …

Reading manager Brian McDermott believes his gritty side are ready to mount a serious promotion challenge after battling to a 2-1 win at Millwall. The Royals moved to within a …

Brazil’s relationship with FIFA took a turn for the worse on Saturday, with both sides escalating a war of words which could further complicate the country’s preparations for the 2014 …

Football chiefs edged closer to bringing in goal-line technology after the idea was approved in principle by the sport’s law-makers on Saturday. Calls for technology to help officials decide if …

Forgotten Socceroo Nikita Rukavytsya has scored his opening goal of the Bundesliga season to lift Hertha Berlin out of the drop zone. The former Perth Glory player struck in the …

French champions Lille failed to exploit slip-ups by several of their rivals after throwing away a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw at home to second-bottom Auxerre on Saturday. With …

CSKA Moscow twice came back from a goal down to hold reigning champions Zenit St Petersburg to a 2-2 draw as the Russian league resumed after the winter break on …

West Bromwich Albion piled the pressure on Chelsea with a 1-0 victory on Saturday as Premier League leaders Manchester City downed Bolton to open up a five-point lead at the …

David Dunn’s late equaliser gave Blackburn a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa on Saturday and a valuable point in its battle against relegation. Villa took the lead in the 24th …

A makeshift Rangers side failed to clear the ever-darkening storm clouds gathering over Ibrox as they lost 2-1 to Hearts in what was their third successive home defeat on Saturday. …

Manchester City kept control of the English Premier League on Saturday with a straightforward 2-0 win over Bolton. Gretar Rafn Steinsson’s 23rd-minute own-goal put City ahead and Mario Balotelli doubled …

Malaga rallied to beat Getafe 3-1 on Saturday with three long-range shots and provisionally moved fourth in the Spanish league. After Diego Castro gave Getafe the lead in the 42nd …

Borussia Dortmund beat Mainz 2-1 and moved closer to defending its Bundesliga title following Bayern Munich’s loss on Saturday. Shinji Kagawa scored in the 77th minute, three minutes after former …

Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic marked his return from a three-match suspension on Saturday in thrilling style by hitting a first-half hat-trick as champions AC Milan enjoyed a 4-0 cruise at …