It was the thing Melbourne Victory coach Jim Magilton could least afford. Now it looks like it could pay off. Patience, usually a no-no for coaches on short-term deals like …

Harry Redknapp may be the fans’ favourite to become the next England manager but the man himself is in no hurry to take the job, saying he wants to see …

Fabio Capello walked out on the England manager’s job due to a “misunderstanding”, the 65-year-old Italian says. Speaking to a light-hearted Italian TV show, due to be aired on Friday …

Disrupting Brisbane Roar’s possession-based game will be key if Wellington Phoenix want another A-League home win on Sunday, coach Ricki Herbert says. The Phoenix are sitting second on the table …

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas wants the Premier League to clamp down on players making the most of challenges which result in penalties. The Blues looked to be cruising to a …

Harry Redknapp has criticised Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service for putting him through a “horrendous” and “farcical” tax evasion trial that distressed his wife. Speaking to the media on Friday, Tottenham …

Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has come out fighting ahead of a proposed fans’ protest before Sunday’s home game with Manchester City, insisting he’ll get it right at the club. …

England’s players’ chief Gordon Taylor says he doesn’t believe there is still an issue between Paul Ince and Stuart Pearce over a racism incident 18 years ago. In 1994 Pearce …

Borussia Monchengladbach captain Juan Arango has signed a two-year contract extension that will tie him to the club until 2014. The 31-year-old midfielder extended his deal on Friday, the day …

Petr Jiracek scored two goals as Wolfsburg edged out bottom-place Freiburg 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Friday. Freiburg twice came back to level but had no answer after Jiracek’s second …

Sunderland defender Titus Bramble has appeared in a British court to deny sexual assault charges. The 30-year-old is accused of indecently touching two women in separate incidents during a night …

Two early goals were all Olympiakos needed to beat third-place AEK Athens 2-0 on Friday and take the provisional lead in the Greek league. Olof Mellberg opened the scoring in …

The Football Association have rejected claims they paid STG1.5 million ($A2.21 million) in compensation to Fabio Capello following the Italian’s resignation as England coach. Capello has been on a STG6 …

Soccer is a victim of its own popularity as shown by the swathe of match-fixing scandals in the past year, FIFA President Sepp Blatter says. Speaking after attending the Confederation …

Trabzonspor have thrashed Gaziantepspor 4-1 to move up to fourth place in the Super Lig. The hosts were gifted an early lead through Ivelin Popov’s sixth-minute own-goal on Friday night. …

Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta says he’s confident that coach Pep Guardiola will extend his contract with the Spanish and European champions beyond the end of the current season. Guardiola …

He wriggled a little bit. He squirmed. He even tried ignoring the subject. But in the end, Harry Redknapp had to admit managing England is the ultimate job. After Thursday’s …

No force in the world can order fans to go to matches, Issa Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), says. Hayatou was defending CAF against criticism at …