Novara coach Emiliano Mondonico’s return to Italian soccer’s Serie A proved disappointing as he witnessed his new team lose 2-1 to Chievo Verona on Thursday and look even more certain …

Dutch Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven held firm to beat NEC Nijmegen 3-2 at the Philips Stadium on Thursday night and book their place in the semi-finals of the KNVB Beker, …

A court in northeastern Brazil has ruled workers building a World Cup stadium in Recife must end their strike. The court said on Thursday it considered illegal the strike started …

Flamengo has fired coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo following disputes with club directors and players. President Patricia Amorim said on Thursday it made the decision after listening to the “opinion of players …

Sydney FC are set to embark on a worldwide search for a new coach after the A-League club and Vitezslav Lavicka mutually agreed to part ways at the end of …

France star Franck Ribery on Thursday criticised Bayern Munich’s lack of spending over the winter break and said the German league leaders missed a chance to strengthen their squad. Bayern …

Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti told AFP on Thursday that the club have not wasted their money and that their aborted move for Carlos Tevez shows that they will not …

Fenerbahce and Besiktas both failed to take advantage of leaders Galatasaray’s shock draw with lowly Antalyaspor as they crashed to defeat in the Turkish Super Lig. Fenerbahce would have gone …

New Zealand soccer captain Ryan Nelsen could make his debut for Tottenham Hotspur next week after completing his move to the English Premier League soccer heavyweights. The 34-year-old’s transfer to …

Serie A champions AC Milan suffered a slip-up at the start of a tough series of games that continues Sunday with a home game to Napoli. The second-placed Rossoneri lost …

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich and champions Borussia Dortmund don’t want to be frozen out in their weekend evening games at SV Hamburg and Nuremberg. Bayern and Dortmund are level on …

Equatorial Guinea admit they did not want to face Ivory Coast Saturday in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals. The Estadio de Malabo pairing appears to be the mismatch …

Mali owe their appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations in no small part to ‘old timers’ Cedric Kante and Seydou Keita. “With Cedric we’re the two veterans in the …

Victory over Sudan Saturday will take Zambia into the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals for the first time in 16 years. A last-four place was the bottom line set by …