Arsenal’s season has been marked by too many false dawns but Thomas Vermaelen believes the FA Cup victory over Aston Villa can help salvage the club’s faltering challenge for a …

QPR are likely to be the busiest side on transfer deadline day. Press Association Sport understands they hope to make as many as three late additions on Tuesday. It has …

Giovani Dos Santos is no closer to ending his nightmare spell at Tottenham and has snubbed interest from both Russia and the United States, according to his agent. Dos Santos …

Inter Milan have completed the signing of Brazilian youngster Juan from Internacional. They have reportedly also reached a deal for Colombia midfielder Fredy Guarin, as Serie A clubs strengthened their …

Joe Jordan insists Tottenham’s poor performance against Watford last weekend was not due to Harry Redknapp’s absence from training. Tottenham manager Redknapp is on trial on two charges of tax …

Brendan Rodgers will face a Chelsea side without John Terry at the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday night but the Swansea manager has offered his support to the Blues skipper, saying …

Scotland striker Kris Boyd, the Scottish Premier League’s all-time leading scorer, is joining Major League Soccer’s Portland Timbers. Timbers general manager Gavin Wilkinson announced the move on Monday, with the …

Atletico Madrid have continued their good recent form since former Argentinian international midfielder Diego Simeone took over as coach with a 1-0 away win over Osasuna. Uruguayan centre-half Diego Godin …

Sudan have reached the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations for the first time in 42 years on Monday, beating Burkina Faso 2-1 to squeeze through on goal difference …

Vladimir Weiss has quit as coach of Slovakia’s national football team, the Slovak Football Association says. “Slovakia’s Football Association has agreed with Weiss on ending their contract effective January 31,” …

Midfielder Lucho Gonzalez looks poised to return to Porto from Marseille. The 31-year-old, who left the Portuguese side for Ligue 1 in 2009, impressed as Marseille won the French title …

Celtic have beaten arch-rivals Rangers to the signing of Polish striker Pawel Brozek on loan from Turkish side Trabzonspor. The 28-year-old will spend the remainder of the season at Parkhead, …

The Zimbabwe Football Association has suspended 67 players, including most of the national team, after a longstanding match-fixing investigation. A ZIFA probe last year led to a number of Zimbabwe …

Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye has been charged with violent conduct following an incident in Saturday’s FA Cup fourth round defeat at Brighton. The Football Association on Monday evening confirmed that …

A virtual reserve Ivory Coast side cruised to a 2-0 win over Angola on Monday in a lacklustre Group B match at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Emmanuel Eboue …

The football chairman accused of sending kickbacks to Harry Redknapp has told a court of their rollercoaster friendship. Milan Mandaric said he agreed to pay STG4.2 million ($A6.25 million) a …

Players may be deterred from reporting racist abuse in the future after witnessing Patrice Evra’s treatment by Liverpool fans at the weekend, players’ chief Gordon Taylor has warned. Liverpool fans …

Portsmouth’s bank accounts have been frozen as part of a winding-up order from British authorities over the Championship side’s failure to pay a STG1.6 million ($A2.38 million) tax bill, the …