Wayne Rooney’s penalty kick clinched a record 19th English title for Manchester United on Saturday by salvaging a 1-1 draw at Blackburn.
United has required only a point to recoup the Premier League trophy from Chelsea with one game to spare, but the visitors fell behind after 20 minutes when Brett Emerton capitalized on poor defending [...]
FIFA opened the door to the introduction of goal-line technology at the 2014 World Cup but have put in place a rigorous testing program for companies hoping to win the contract.
The world governing body said Tuesday that prototype systems will need to demonstrate a 90 per cent accuracy rate in order to get through the [...]
Barcelona has took a big step towards setting up a semi-final face-off with Spanish rivals Real Madrid by beating Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday.
The Ukrainian champions are victorious at home in more than two years ahead of next week’s come back leg, but the 2009 titleholders took control of the quarterfinal [...]
Political commentator Tucker Carlson, told a news panel last Tuesday that he believes Michael Vick is not only unworthy of a second chance after being convicte on dog fighting charges, but that he deserves to die.
Pres. Barack Obama said that it is important to give the offenders a second chance but Carlos said, in response [...]
UAE League defending champions Al Wahda claimed their first win in this year’s UAE Etisalat Cup as they defeated Dubai 4-2.
Al Wahda, who played with their reserve squad, opened the scoring after 17 minutes through Mohamad Al Moamari before Dubai levelled the scores with a Hassan Mohamad strike six minutes before the break. Salem Saleh [...]
deflected Mikel Arteta shot secured a late point for Everton in a pulsating English Premier League encounter with Sunderland.
The Spanish midfielder’s 83rd minute effort flicked off defender Phil Bardsley and wrong footed Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon.
In a seesaw game, Danny Welbeck netted twice for the home side — once to equalize Tim Cahill’s opener, then [...]
FIFA and the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) of the University of Neuchâtel are pleased to announce that they have signed a new collaboration agreement. FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and CIES President Bertrand Reeb, along with FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke and CIES Director Denis Oswald, renewed the funding to CIES for the [...]
FIFA president Sepp Blatter praised South Korea’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup on Monday and said that the sport had the power to unite the divided northern and southern halves of the country.
The hosts for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be announced by FIFA on 2 December, with Australia, Japan, Qatar [...]
World football’s governing body FIFA is investigating a British newspaper report that two of its officials solicited a bribe in exchange for supporting particular countries’ bids to host the World Cup tournament.
In a statement, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said: “FIFA will immediately analyse the material available and only once this analysis has concluded will FIFA [...]
Italy dropped their first points of the Euro 2012 campaign after being held 0-0 by minnows Northern Ireland on Friday night, but World Cup finalists Spain and the Netherlands maintained their 100 percent records along with Germany.
Cesare Prandelli had presided over two consecutive Group C wins after taking charge of Italy following a miserable World [...]
