Joey Barton won’t face legal action over his Twitter remarks about the John Terry racism case, a statement released by the British government’s chief law officer says. After Terry was …

The lawyer for Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp says the use at his tax evasion trial of evidence from Rupert Murdoch’s now defunct News of the World tabloid is “repugnant”. …

Four Botafogo fans were wounded by gunshots after the team’s match against Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro during a weekend marked by violence between rival football supporters and police across …

South Africa have vowed not to allow agents appoint referees for friendly fixtures after allegations of match-fixing at pre-2010 World Cup warm-up games resurfaced. The Sunday Times claimed matches against …

A former chief executive of the Zimbabwean football federation will stand trial later this month on charges of fraud, bribery and corruption related to a match-fixing scandal involving the national …

AC Milan’s Swedish international striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss the top of the table clash with Serie A leaders Juventus on February 25 after he was suspended for three matches …

Dundee United’s reward for knocking Rangers out of the Scottish Cup is a home quarter-final against Celtic, the other half of the ‘Old Firm’. For Cup holders Celtic it is …

England manager Fabio Capello faced an awkward return to work on Monday after publicly condemning the Football Association’s decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy. And a former …

Seville have parted company with coach Marcelino Garcia Toral following a disappointing run of results, the Primera Division club have announced. Marcelino, who took charge last summer following the departure …

Former Football Association chief executive David Davies has suggested that England manager Fabio Capello may be in breach of contract after he openly challenged the decision to strip John Terry …

Canadian international Issey Nakajima-Farran has paid the price as Brisbane’s fifth-best import this A-League season by being left out of the Roar’s 25-man AFC Champions League squad submitted on Monday. …

Sydney FC have received a much-needed boost with marquee player Brett Emerton cleared to make his A-League return from injury against Perth at the Sydney Football Stadium on Saturday night. …

As questions remain over the age and quality of Melbourne Victory’s squad, skipper Adrian Leijer remains confident his team is just a winning run away from being A-League finals contenders. …

Goal-shy Australia face a pair of potential must-win matches to stay alive in the Olympic football tournament after crashing 2-0 to Uzbekistan in a freezing Tashkent. The loss leaves Australia …

A-League champions Brisbane Roar have become the first Australian club with Asian owners after the Indonesia-based Bakrie Group acquired full ownership on Monday. Bakrie took a 70 per cent share …

And then there were four – Mali and Ghana completed the semi-final line-up at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday with tense quarter-final wins over Gabon and Tunisia. Mali’s …

Juventus and AC Milan were held to draws to keep things tight at the Serie A summit as only one of the top seven teams managed to win on Sunday. …

Former Manchester United star Gary Neville wants the English Football Association to issue clear guidelines on the sanctions players will face if they are charged with criminal offences. Neville’s former …