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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
One of England’s most famous soccer clubs has been sold to the American owners of baseball’s Boston Red Sox following a protracted Trans-Atlantic legal battle.
John W. Henry, the head of New England Sports Ventures (NESV), confirmed in London Friday that the company’s $480 million deal to buy Liverpool Football Club had finally been completed.
Liverpool’s previous [...]
Palermo secured their first win of the series in a season with a shock 3-1 overcome Juventus in the Stadio Olimpico in Turin. They have now won four straight against Juventus after completing the double over them last season and made a dream start with Javier Pastore putting them on top after only two minutes.
It [...]
Bayern Munich started to kick their Bundesliga campaign with a last-gasp victory at Hoffenheim as Daniel van Buyten scored an injury-time winner. Defending champions Bayern trailed deep into the second half of the game to a Veded Ibisevic goal within the first minute of the game but the team became stable after an hour, Mark [...]
Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia could return to action in February, manager Alex Ferguson said.
Valencia dislocated and cracked his left ankle after tangling with Rangers protector Kirk Broadfoot in a UEFA Champions League match on Tuesday, and it was feared he may miss the remainder of the season.
However, Ferguson allayed these concerns, saying the injury [...]
France has slipped to 27th place in the FIFA world rankings, their lowest position since football’s governing body introduced the table in 1993. The drop reflects a slump in the team’s fortunes on the field, including a disastrous performance at the 2010 World Cup.
Les Bleus, world champions in 1998 and finalists in 2006, were knocked [...]
