Tunisian international defender Aymen Abdennour has extended his contract with Ligue 1 club Toulouse until 2016, the French outfit confirmed on Tuesday. Abdennour arrived in southwestern France in the summer …

The Hungarian Football Federation is cracking down on match-fixing by imposing tougher penalties against players, coaches, referees and others who are suspected of being involved in such cases. The federation …

Athletic Bilbao have their sights set on a cup double this season. The Primera Liga outfit have already reached the final of the Copa del Rey, where they will face …

Lyon overcame APOEL Nicosia’s tight defense with a goal from Alexandre Lacazette to win 1-0 in the home leg of their Champions League round of 16 match on Tuesday. Lacazette …

A high court judge says Jack Warner has denied any knowledge about the whereabouts of the Trinidad and Tobago accounts from the 2006 World Cup amid a dispute over bonuses …

Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone is set to go under the knife again as he battles back to fitness following an ankle injury, the Premier League club confirmed Wednesday. The 25-year-old …

West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison faces disciplinary action by the Football Association after being charged with an alleged homophobic comment posted on Twitter. Morrison, who joined West Ham from Manchester …

Zambia has soared in the FIFA rankings after winning the African Cup of Nations while at No.22 Australia became the highest ranked team in the Asian confederation in the monthly …

Nicolas Anelka, the most high-profile foreign footballer ever to sign for the Chinese league, arrived to join up with his new side Shanghai Shenhua on Wednesday, the club said. The …

A teenager playing his first A-League match will captain Gold Coast United against Melbourne Heart on Friday night. Australian under 17 striker Mitch Cooper will lead what will be one …

Brisbane Roar can thank 20-month-old Amar Berisha for securing the services of goal-scoring genius Besart Berisha for another two years. The defending A-League champions added some security to their future …

Melbourne Heart defender Michael Marrone has declared it’s time for the underperforming A-League side to deliver or risk squandering the finals platform they have built. Winless in eight games and …

Adelaide United say they’re entering the unknown in Thursday’s Asian Champions League qualifier against Indonesia’s Persipura Jayapura. The Reds thought they’d already qualified for the lucrative tournament. Last December, Adelaide …

Argentina Football Association (AFA) president Julio Grondona said on Tuesday he did not know whether FIFA could sanction the country for naming its top-tier tournament after ARA General Belgrano – …

Scottish champions Rangers – with a rich 140-year history – face a battle for financial survival after entering administration on Tuesday and being hit with a 10-point penalty, all but …

A congressional commission in Brazil has delayed a vote on a key World Cup bill, handing another setback to FIFA and local organisers trying to speed up the country’s preparations …

Former US coach Bob Bradley received a bonus of $US400,000 ($A376,000) after the Americans won their group at the 2010 World Cup, according to US Soccer Federation tax documents seen …

Southampton came from behind to force a 1-1 draw against 10-man West Ham in Tuesday’s top-of-the-table English Championship soccer clash. A Jos Hooiveld strike 15 minutes from time secured a …