43 year old Romario coming out of retirement to play for Rio side America to fulfill father's wish

Eyewitnesses report Azteca crowd threw cups filled with urine, vomit while Donovan took corner

Bocanegra: US needs to improve concentration

Hull sign Ireland winger Stephen Hunt

Messi asks to miss Barca season opener to prepare in Argentina for WCQ vs. Brazil

Fulham extends USA M Dempsey's deal through 2013

Italian M Sam Dalla Bona loaned by Napoli to Greek club Iraklis Salonika

Ancelotti: Chelsea don't need any new signings

Triumph for Soccer City as South Africa's National Stadium is officially signed over to the City of Johannesburg

1-0 win for Esteghlal in opening game of the 2009/10 Iran Pro League

Peru's Total Chalaco furious for having to home match postponed because opponents Bolognesi turned out in similar red shirts and did not bring an away strip

Juan Veron takes pay cut to help Estudiantes youth teams

Lazio tops Inter in Italian Supercup at Bird's Nest in Beijing

Fulham, Roma advance in Europa League qualifying

Robbie Fowler named captain of North Queensland Fury

Ballack called up for Germany, Frings dropped

Ferguson gives vote of confidence to Ancelotti

Champions League qualifying draw pits Celtic vs. Arsenal

US F Altidore to join Hull City on loan from Villareal

Berlusconi reiterates that Milan are the world's best team

Xabi Alonso leaves Liverpool for Real Madrid

Ancelotti: Building team takes patience just like making cheese

Ibrahimovic still psychedelically happy over move to Barca

Liverpool close in on Roma's Aquilani and stay in talks with Real over Xabi Alonso

Chelsea’s Argentine F Franco Di Santo goes to Blackburn Rovers on loan

FC Porto D Joao Paulo Andrade joins Le Mans

Newcastle's Obafemi Martins joins Vfl Wolfsburg

Julio Cruz joins Lazio

Bent apologizes to Spurs chairman after bashing him on twitter

Juventus can Real Madrid in Peace Cup

Torres: Premier League still outshines La Liga

Dallas striker Kenny Cooper shifts to 1860 Munich

Christian Panucci moves from Roma to Parma

Tranmere Rovers up for sale on eBay

Ireland D Steve Finnan leaves Espanyol for Portsmouth

Tributes pour in for Sir Bobby Robson

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Manchester City's Elano joins Galatasaray

China's Tianjin’s Zhao Shitong banned for life after attacking referee

Real Madrid's Argentine defender Gabriel Heinze transferring to Marseille

Everton beats MLS All-Stars after 2 rounds of PKs

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Toure Kolo transfers from Arsenal to Man City

Barcelona's Hleb to snub Inter loan move and switch to Stuttgart instead

Beckenbauer slaps €94M tag on Ribery, hoping Real Madrid will pony up the cash...or not

Argentina's Juan Pablo Sorin retires

Liverpool to sell Alvaro Arbeloa to Real Madrid

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Gattuso: AC Milan needs transfer help at striker and fullback

Manchester United win 8-2 over Hangzhou Greentown

Liverpool over Singapore 5-0

Shearer still unaware of permanent job status 2 weeks before Newcastle begin season

Ibra: signing for Barcelona will make me "the happiest man in the world”

Inter tops AC in Foxborough, USA in 3rd meeting outside Milan: (Chiasso, Switzerland 1908; Yankee Stadium 1969)

Trophy winners of the day: Chelsea wins World Football Challenge; Mexico takes CONCACAF Gold Cup

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Benitez tells Xabi Alonso to stay at Liverpool

Chelsea over AC Milan 2-1 in front of record crowd in Baltimore, USA

Liverpool captain Gerrard's verdict: NOT GUILTY

Club America wins World Football Challenge

Gilberto quits Tottenham

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Mexico joins USA in CONCACAF Gold Cup final with PK victory over Costa Rica

CONCACAF Gold Cup: USA over Honduras 2-0 to advance to second major final in as many months

Illegal immigration expected to rise in South Africa due to lax border control during 2010 WC

FIFA fine Ivory Coast US$46,800 for deadly stadium tragedy

Fenerbahce set to make a staggering €25 million for Real Madrid Dutch winger Arjen Robben

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Ibrahimovic bids farewell to Inter teammates in Boston, flies back to Europe

Maradona eyes Portsmouth backroom job; new owner is close friends with Diego's cousin

Eto'o agrees personal terms with Inter

Agent: Eto'o deal with Inter to be completed today; Ibra misses training with Inter in Boston

Club America defeats AC Milan 2-1 at Georgia Dome

Brazil's Ronaldo to play himself in Iranian movie

Tim Borowski leaves Bayern and returns to Werder Bremen

Liverpool draw 1-1 against Thailand

Livorno step up interest in USA's Landon Donovan and Ricardo Clark

Chelsea over Inter Milan 2-0 in Pasadena

AC Milan expect to sign Beckham again in January

Liverpool's Gerrard accused of lashing out "like a boxer" in bar brawl

Javi Garcia switches from Real Madrid to Benfica

Arsenal's Nasri out for 3 months with cracked fibula

Sven Goran Eriksson in talks with England’s Notts County for director of football post

Agent says Eto'o to Inter and Ibra to Barca swap nearly complete

Ballack leaves Chelsea USA tour to get treatment for toe injury back in England

Mourinho begins media silence after poor USA friendlies and Inter's failure to get Deco and Carvalho

Juventus close in on Barcelona's Uruguayan D Martin Caceres

Bolivian 12 year old Mauricio Baldivieso makes senior debut for Aurora

Owen scores in Man U's 2-0 win over Malaysia 11

Portugal's Maniche joins Cologne

Guardiola: D's Puyol and Marquez to extend contracts at Barca

Former Ukraine and Tottenham F Serhiy Rebrov retires from the game and becomes coach for Dynamo Kiev

Beckham expected hostile reaction from LA home fans

Fulham to sign John Arne Riise's brother Bjorn Helge

Middlesbrough reject offer from an unnamed club for Afonso Alves

Sweden U-21 striker Marcus Berg heads to Hamburg from Groningen

Chelsea over Seattle Sounders 2-0

Atlante sign former Argentina midfielder Santiago Solari

Adebayor completes switch to Man City

CONCACAF Gold Cup: USA, Honduras advance to semis

Ancelotti confirms Terry staying at Chelsea

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Inter President Moratti admits swap deal Ibrahimovic for Eto'o is being negotiated with Barcelona

Juventus' Del Piero extends contract to 2011

Stuart Downing completes switch to Aston Villa

Sochaux complete signing of US international striker Charlie Davies

German Rainer Zobel appointed coach of South Africa’s Moroka Swallows

Maxwell to Barca, Alex Hleb on way to Inter

Man United tour in doubt following Jakarta blasts

D.C. united signs Danny Szetela of Racing Santander

But Becks gives them a salute anyway when he is substituted

Red Bull fans shower Beckham with monopoly money and boos at Giants Stadium

India national team training for Asian Cup at FC Barcelona facilities in Catalonia

Marseille sign GK Elinton Andrade from Rapid Bucharest; Mathieu Valbuena on his way out

Monaco sign Sebastien Puygrenier from Zenit St. Petersburg

Argentina's Rodrigo Palacio set to join Genoa from Boca Juniors

Sulley Muntari: Ibrahimovic has told Inter teammates he is going nowhere

Fiorentina land M Marco Marchionni from Juventus

Glasgow Rangers' Barry Ferguson headed to Birmingham City

Felipe Melo completes switch from Fiorentina to Juventus

Beckham: Capello has advised me to go on loan in Europe again after this MLS season

Estudiantes over Cruziero to win 4th Copa Libertadores

Chelsea US tour: Terry in, Joe Cole out (for a month)

Brazil Captain Lucio moves from Bayern Munich to Inter Milan

Peter Crouch set to join Sunderland

Barcelona targets Atletico Madrid's Diego Forlan

NEC Nijmegen sign D Niels Wellenbergfrom FC Twente

Hull sign Ireland's Daryl Murphy from Sunderland

Inter's GK Toldo suffers concussion in Los Angeles training

Tottenham enters Patrick Viera chase

Guardiola: Eto'o out, we will wait for Villa

Obama hosts MLS champs Columbus Crew at White House

Fergie: Man U are done with transfers

Paraguay skipper Paulo da Silva joins Sunderland

Carlos Alberto Parreira sacked by Fluminense

Beckham: Issues with Donovan have been resolved

Nakamura receives rousing welcome at Espanyol

Carlos Tevez joins Man City

Puyol still weighing Man City offer

Berlusconi expects Ronaldinho to reprise old form

Manchester United striker Federico Macheda robbed at Manchester home

Donovan now wants to stop talking publicly about Beckham

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Enyimba of Aba over Sharks of Port Harcourt to win their second Nigerian Cup

Aguirre suspended 3 games by CONCACAF

Mancini claims Moratti wanted to choose formation at Inter

Beckham and Zidane attend LA Galaxy's win over Chivas USA

Tottenham F David Bentley assaulted in Hertfordshire restaurant

Huracan fans demand life bans for referees over errors that cost them Argentine championship to Velez Sarsfield

Real Madrid enter talks with Udinese for M Gaetano D'Agostino

Brazilian striker Jo joins Everton on season-long loan from Manchester City

Manchester City abandon campaign for Samuel Eto'o

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Borussia Dortmund D Lee Young-Pyo signs 1 year deal with Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal

Iraq over Palestine 3-0 in first home win in 7 years at Fransou Hariri Stadium in Irbil

FMF to punish manager Aguirre internally hoping to avoid CONCACAF wrath

El Zhar joins Gerrard in extending Liverpool deals this week

USA F Jozy Altidore goes on loan from Villareal to Olympiakos

Ajax's Martin Jol tells record signing Serbian Miralem Sulejmani to improve fitness or risk losing first-team place

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Wigan Athletic sign Swansea City F Jason Scotland

Valdano: Reaching Champions League final is not everything (yeah right)

Ribery to miss Bayern friendly vs Salzburg due to knee injury

Real Madrid training begins with Ronaldo, Benzema but minus Kaka, Albiol, Casillas, and Ramos

Maicon, Ibrahimovic happy to return to Inter Milan

Mourinho lowers Inter improvement expectations citing lack of player sales adding "I’m not Harry Potter."

Real Madrid negotiating sale of Klaas Jan Huntelaar to VfB Stuttgart

Mexico moves up WC Qualifier vs USA to afternoon from night at Azteca

Former Vietnam coach Austrian Alfred Riedl named Laos boss with a Vietnamese club paying his salary

Mexico manager Aguirre sorry for kicking Panama's Ricardo Phillips

Liverpool's manager Rafa Benitez: D Fabio Aurelio out "One, maybe two months"

"I think I will be back in the autumn," Arsenal's Tomas Rosicky

Saudi Arabia's Al Ahli sign Argentinian F Javier Toledo from Chacarita Juniors

Laporta: I can't get in contact with Eto'o, maybe he changed his number or something

Czech M Jaroslav Plasil joins Girondins Bordeaux from Spanish side Osasuna

Shakhtar Donetsk and Ukraine D Dmytro Chygrynsky turns down Barcelona offer

Xerez appoint Jose Angel Ziganda as coach

Atletico Madrid sign GK Sergio Asenjo from Real Valladolid

CONCACAF Gold Cup: Haiti, US score 2-0 victories

Yokohama F-Marinos president cuts his own salary by 50% in apology for failing to sign Nakamura, who signed with Espanyol

Copa Libertadores final: Cruziero gain upper hand with 1st leg scoreless draw at Estudiantes

Freddy Adu leaves US team to attend Benfica preseason

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No one hurt after River Plate F Ariel Ortega's car crash

Hamburg SV’s Brazilian D Alex Silva out 8 months after injury in friendly

Riquelme banned by AFA for Basile's 1st match back at Boca for "insolent remarks"

Champions League Qualification: Mogren (Montenegro) advance over Hibernians (Malta) 8-0 aggregate

Veteran Senegalese M Salif Diao signs 1 year deal with Stoke City

Iran extend contract of manager Afshin Qotbi for 18 months

Yossi Benayoun extends Liverpool pact

Everton's Gary Neville: "From an English football point of view I was gutted to see Cristiano Ronaldo leave."

Universidad de Chile win domestic league title

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Alexandre Pato marries Brazilian TV actress Sthefany Brito

Brazil captain Lucio will stay at Bayern Munich

Former Liverpool player and reserves manager Gary Ablett named manager of Stockport County

Atletico Madrid D Mariano Pernia is recovering from multiple injuries after car accident in Argentina

Los Angeles galaxy sign Trinidad and Tobago M Chris Birchall

Tottenham's Ivory Coast M Didier Zokora signs with Sevilla

Southampton saved by Swiss business magnate Markus Liebherr

Egypt's Mido conspicuously absent as Middlesbrough opens training

Ajax to sign FC Volendam GK Jeroen Verhoeven

VFL Bochum's Iranian striker Vahid Hashemian retires from international football

Real all but give up hope on Ribery

Italian D Matteo Ferrari joins Besiktas from Genoa

Marseille transfer M Karim Ziani to Wolfsburg

Birmingham City have sign West Ham United M Lee Bowyer

South Africa World Cup stadium workers go on strike

AC Milan: Our only target is Luis Fabiano

Robin Van Persie inks long term deal with Arsenal

Paris Saint-Germain's Jerome Rothen has been suspended for 7.5 days for comments detrimental to club

Ajax's first signing of season is left-back Thimothee Atouba

FC Schalke 04 sign Germany U-19 winger Lewis Holtby from D2 Alemannia Aachen

Nancy's Landry N'Guemo to follow teammate Fortune to Celtic

John Obi Mikel closing in on long-term Chelsea deal

Fiorentina ready to trade Felipe Melo for Arsenal D Emmanuel Eboue

S-league: Singapore Armed Forces extend S-League lead to 8 pts with 4-1 win over 2nd place Gombak United

Birmingham City sign Ecuadorian F Christian Benitez from Mexican side Santos Laguna

Brede Hangeland reiterates desire to stay at Fulham

Allardyce admits Blackburn lost out on Ruud van Nitelrooy and Peter Crouch

Nancy striker Marc-Antoine Fortune joins Celtic

1st Champions League result of the season: UE Sant Julia (Andorra) advances over Tre Fiori (San Marino) in qualification

Copa Lib final first leg in la Plata still on despite Argentina swine flu outbreak

Czech Football Association chief Ivan Hasek to coach national team for remainder of WC qualifying

Iraq to play first home game in 7 years on Friday vs Palestine

Bosnia's Edin Dzeko decides to stay at Wolfsburg

Victor Valdes extends Barca contract through 2014

Carvalho: I want out of Chelsea

Owen shirts not a big seller at Man U megastore

Sheffield United suspend Ireland international GK Paddy Kenny for failed drugs test

Argentine striker Lisandro Lopez set to join Olympique Lyonnais from Porto

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USA defender Oguchi Onyewu joins AC Milan

Feyenoord sign Côte d'Ivoire F Sekou Cisse from Roda JC

Philippe Mexes: I'm staying at Roma

Hungarian goalkeeper Gabor Babos to captain Nijmegen (NEC)

Pirlo: I will remain at AC Milan

Hamburg sign F Eljero Elia from FC Twente

Qatar League champions Al Gharafa name Brazilian Caio Junior as manager

Liverpool to play pre-season friendlies in Thailand and Singapore July 22 and 26

Lorient D Christophe Jallet moves to Paris St Germain

England vs. Brazil friendly planned for November in Doha, Qatar

Nilmar double helps Internacional top Brazilian championship with 2-0 win over Nautico

Moratti: Inter do not need to buy Deco and Carvalho from Chelsea

Bordeaux confirm French U-21 MF Gabriel Obertan likely headed to Manchester United

Ribery denies wanting to quit Bayern, saying: "I have never said that I wanted to go."

Former Russia captain and Chelsea midfielder Alexei Smertin retires

Real Madrid ponder move for USA's Onyewu if bid for Liverpool's Arbeloa fails

Espanyol sign Argentine right back Ivan Pillud on loan from Tiro Federal

Chelsea sign CSKA Moscow winger Yuri Zhirkov

Berlusconi statement that Milan have the best squad in Italy leads to fan protests over lack of transfer activity

CONCACAF Gold Cup: Guadeloupe over Panama 2-1

Inter's Mario Balotelli, South Africa's Matt Booth, and Steaua Bucharest winger Banel Nicolita to receive Anti-racism award

Roma close to signing Inter Milan's Argentina forward Julio Cruz

Bolivar win their 16th Bolivian Apertura championship

Cerro Porteno win Paraguay’s Apertura championship

Ajax, Birmingham City, and Genoa vie for USA defender Oguchi Onyewu

Velez Sarsfield win 1-0 over Huracan to claim Argentine Clausura championship

CONCACAF Gold Cup: Mexico 2 Nicaragua 0

Real Madrid president calls for Euro Super League where only richest teams play each other

van Gaal wants quick resolution to Ribery "problem" as it is effecting entire Bayern squad

Norway: Molde move within 4 points of leaders Rosenborg with 4-2 win at Bodo/Glimt

Palestine set for friendlies at Iraq and China

S-league: Geyland United upend struggling Balestier Khalsa 2-0 to move into 7th place

Bernardo Corradi thankful for "second chance" in football after signing for Udinese

CONCACAF Gold Cup: Honduras over Haiti 1-0

Francesco Totti set to ink new 5 year deal to remain at Roma

"If I play for Manchester City I don't think the United fans will feel I am a traitor." -Carlos Tevez

Henan Jianye move within a point of leaders Beijing Guoan after win over Shenzhen 2-0

Wayne Rooney suffers concussion after slipping on a yacht in St. Tropez

Arsenal open talks with Fiorentina for Brazilian Felipe Melo

Wolverhampton Wanderers sign Marseille defender Ronald Zubar

Michael Chopra signs for Cardiff City

van Gaal wants to introduce fines for players asking out of Bayern before end of contract, a la Ribery

Walter Smith: Glasgow Rangers are willing to sell anyone off current roster

US over Grenada 4-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup opener

Inter Milan sign Thiago Motta from Genoa

Mowbray confirms Paul Hartley and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink will not be offered new contracts at Celtic

Udinese give Juventus until Monday to buy M Gaetano D'Agostino

Donadoni: I'm counting on Ezequiel Lavezzi being at Napoli this season

Beijing Guoan go two points clear in Chinese Super League after win over Dalian Shide

Michael Owen arrives at Carrington training ground for Man U medical

Vincenzo Montella retires

Bayern holding on to Ribery to the bitter end

Corinthians' Ronaldo: "My days in Europe are history."

Donovan torches Beckham's work ethic, leadership, and teammate skills adding "he doesn't take criticism well".

Maradona asks to switch from River Plate to louder Rosario Central stadium for WC qualifier.

Cruziero reach Copa Lib final

Chelsea reject Man City's outrageous offer for John Terry

Materazzi extends Inter Milan deal

Boselli double puts Estudiantes into Copa Lib final

Real Madrid's Ruud Van Nistelrooy to replace Karim Benzema at Lyon

Gheorghe Popescu says he was informer for secret police during Ceausescu regime

David Villa: I want to join Barcelona

Wigan sign Honduran midfielder Hendry Thomas

Lyon's Ivory Coast striker Kader Keita joins Galatasaray

Ze Roberto rejects offers from UAE, USA to join Hamburg

Manchester City release Dietmar Hamann, Danny Mills, and Darius Vassell

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UEFA referees can now abandon matches due to racism

Arsenal's Arshavin: "If I could play for Barcelona, I'd be really happy."

CONCACAF teams will no longer take part in Copa Sudamericana amid row with CONMEBOL

Swedish women's football champions Umea IK to play America's club stars in the first WPS All-Star Game

Roberto Di Matteo appointed coach of West Bromwich Albion

Real Madrid's new #8 Kaka unveiled at Bernabeu

Luca Toni: I'm staying at Bayern

Very interim: Czechs sack Stracka after one month as interim manager

Veteran Croatian D Josip Simunic signs for Hoffenheim from Hertha Berlin

Southampton in real danger of going out of business after investment group withdraws

Ruben de la Red will remain inactive for Real Madrid the entire '09-'10 season after collapsing in October

Lyon's chatty player Miralem Pjanic reveals Benzema on way to Man U with Porto's Lisandro Lopez incoming

FC Twente's Arnautovic to sign with Inter

Manchester United sign Ecuadorian winger Antonio Valencia from Wigan

Kevin Doyle leaves Reading to sign with Wolverhampton

Australia's Gold Coast United can't make Singapore friendly due to plane troubles.

Santa Fe's Uruguayan coach Ruben Israel resigns and leaves Colombia after getting death threat for not starting a particular player

Stuart Pearce signs 2 year extension as England U-21 coach

Emmanuel Villa of Argentina is joining Cruz Azul from Derby County

Diego Milito joins Inter from Genoa

New York acquires Senegalese GK Bouna Condoul from Colorado and releases GK Jon Conway.

Edgar Castillo of Tigres turns back on Mexico and says he will play for USA internationally

Germany blank England 4-0 to take Euro U-21 championship

Campeonato Brasileiro leaders Atletico Mineiro suffer 1st defeat in 8 rounds at Gremio

Once Caldas win Colombian Apertura championship

England trail Germany 2-0 in 2nd half of Euro U-21 final

GK Mickael Landreau joins Lille from PSG

Hristo Stoichkov named coach of South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns

Real sell over 2,000 numberless Kaka shirts

Pavel Nedved considering move to MLS

Estudiantes' Juan Veron to miss Libertadores Cup semi-final 2nd leg at Nacional of Uruguay with leg injury

PSG sign Gregory Coupet from Atletico

Xabi Alonso: "I don't know where I will be playing next season."

Buffon: "We have to cancel the gap with Inter"

Yuri Zhirkov to sign for Chelsea on Wednesday

Jamaica looking to add Chivas USA's Shavar Thomas to Gold Cup roster

Jorge Vergara: Mexico has "more talent, more ability" than USA

Blatter gives South Africa a 7.5 out of 10 for Confederations Cup

Paris St Germain to sign Turkish striker Mevlut Erding from Sochaux

Bordeaux have signed goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso from Toulouse

Donovan: "We don't want respect, we want to win."

FINAL: Brazil over USA 3-2 to take Confed title

Lucio pulls brazil ahead 3-2

Fabiano evens score at 2-2

Fabiano cuts US lead to 2-1 in opening minutes of 2nd half

Halfway to the summit: US up 2-0 at the half

Donovan has put the US up 2-0 still in 1st half

Dempsey has given the US a 1-0 1st half lead

FINAL: Spain take Confed third place with 3-2 win of South Africa

Alonso has put Spain ahead in the 107th minute

Amazing! Mphela caps his own 2 goal performance for South Africa by nailing a 93rd minute score to send the match to extra time.

Supersub Daniel Guiza has scored twice in the waning minutes of the match to push Spain to a 2-1 lead over South Africa in Confed Cup 3rd place match

Is this the most important game in US Soccer History?

Lothar Matthaus turns down Hungarian side FC Fehervar

Man U and Real Madrid both continue to chase Villa and Benzema

Former Brazil and Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo dismissed by Palmeiras

Palmeiras confirm they have received an official offer from Barcelona for striker Keirrison

Dunga: Ronaldinho still has a future with Brazil

Milan: Adebayor is 2nd option if Dzeko bid fails

Sweden's Hansson to referee Confed final

Euro U-21 semifinals: Germany over Italy 1-0 (Beck)

Deco continues to lobby for Inter move

England over Sweden 5-4 on penalties following 3-3 draw to reach U-21 Euro Final

Tevez: Berbatov signing forced my exit

Luca Toni wants to return to Italy even if it means a paycut

Javier Saviola leaves Real Madrid for Benfica

Italy and Germany meet for first time in an U-21 tourney when they meet today at U-21 Euros

Sydney FC sign defender Byun Sung-hwan from Korean outfit Jeju United

37-year-old Rivaldo leading the Uzbekistan League goal scorers chart with 10 goals for Bunyodkor

Bayern dangling Toni and Borowski, but no takers

Bocanegra: "We want to impose ourselves on them rather than sit back"

Fabregas pledges Arsenal loyalty...again

Swiss consortium has failed to agree on a takeover of AS Roma

Norwegian Tippeligaen: Molde cut gap to 7 points behind leader Rosenborg with 1-0 win over Lillestrom

Agent: Simone Perrotta not leaving AS Roma to unite with Luca Toni at Bayern

Middlesbrough sign Colchester winger Mark Yeates

Gael Givet signs 4 year Blackburn deal

Royal Bank of Scotland: Liverpool FC is "financially healthy and able to service comfortably its debt"

Arsenal's Arshavin sacks agent and opts for self-representation

Deportivo La Coruna sign teenage Colombian defender Brayam Anguloon on loan from Portuguese club Leixoes SC

Pele: I follow Man U the most

Blatter: Africa could get more WC places based on 2010 performance

Juventus wait on Lyon's Fabio Grosso before trying to snap up Andrea Dossena from Liverpool

Viera: If Inter don't want me, I will go back to play in France
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Bayern reiterates: Ribery is not for sale

Thierry Henry: "I could possibly play for New York Red Bulls in 2011."

Confederations Cup has drawn near-record South African TV viewers World Football News Soccer News

Leverkusen's Bernd Schneider is retiring due to persistent injury Football News Soccer News

Japanese midfielder Daisuke Matsui leaves St.Etienne for Grenoble

AFA gives Maradona a pay raise; pretty nice for the captain of a sinking ship, wouldn't you say matey?

South Africa's valiant effort falls short as Brazil advance on Alves 88' FK.

Villa says he will not leave Spain for club football

Werder sign Marko Marin from Borussia MG

S-league: Singapore international striker Noh Alam Shah scores late equaliser in 1-1 draw for Tampines Rovers vs Sengkang Punggol

Dynamo Kiev sign Leandro Almeida from Atletico Mineiro

AZ Alkmaar snap up goalkeeper Erik Heijblok from De Graafschap

Besiktas in talks with Villarreal over the transfer of Turkey international striker Nihat Kahveci

AFC Champs Lge: Pohang Steelers trounce New Castle Jets 6-0

USA announces Gold Cup roster made up largely of inexperienced players with only Freddy Adu, Charlie Davies, Heath Pearce and Luis Robles retained from Confed squad

Birmingham City have signed Cardiff City defender Roger Johnson

Davies: I got into a trash-talking duel with Puyol in the second half.

Sour Spanish Grapes on US win, Casillas: "We would lose against them only one time in 10"

Indian officials left embarrassed after 16 of 30 players on U-16 team found to be overage

Real Madrid net Albiol from Valencia

Copa Lib: Cruziero 3-1 over Gremio in Belo Horizonte

Mexico roll 4-0 over Venezuela in Atlanta friendly

Chivas USA acquire MF Harmes from Toronto FC

Del Bosque: "US caught us by surprise."

Riquelme: I have no intention of returning to the national team.

coach Bradley: Shutting down Xavi was the key

South Africa manager Santana on Brazil match: "We're going to take the game to them playing attacking football."

Djibril Cisse to transfer from Marseille to Panathinaikos

Argentina goalkeeper Mariano Andujar to join Catania from Estudiantes

FINAL: USA comes of age as a footballing nation with historic 2-0 win over Spain

73rd minute: Dempsey has scored to make it 2-0 USA

Halftime: USA leads Spain 1-0 (Altidore)

USA Lineup: 1-Tim Howard; 21-Jonathan Spector, 15-Jay DeMerit, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra; 8-Clint Dempsey, 12-Michael Bradley, 13-Ricardo Clark, 10-Landon Donovan; 9-Charlie Davies, 17-Jozy Altidore

Spain Lineup: 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 3-Gerard Pique, 5-Carles Puyol, 11-Joan Capdevila; 10-Cesc Fabregas, 14-Xabi Alonso, 8-Xavi, 18-Albert Riera; 7-David Villa, 9 Fernando Torres

AFC Champs League: Nagoya over Suwon 2-1

Halilhodzic to quit as Ivory Coast coach

Ecuador's Espinoza joins Birmingham

Ribery's Agent: Franck wants a move to Real Madrid

Kevin Prince Boateng chooses to play internationally for Ghana over Germany

UAE's Al-Fahim closes in on Portsmouth FC purchase

GK Hart loaned from Man City to Birmingham

AFC looks to ban 8 managers in India's 12 team I-league due to lack of experience and pressure from FIFA to improve credentials of league coaches

U-21: Italy tops Belarus 2-1 on Aquafresca double

Alfio Basile returning to Boca

Copa America Argentina 2011 venues: La Plata, Mendoza, San Juan, Salta and Jujuy; (surprisingly no Buenos Aires or Rosario)

Denilson shockingly quits Vietnamese Hai Phong Cement FC after just half a game claiming injuries

More Superliga: Chicago over Chivas USA 1-0

Podolski completes move to Cologne

San Luis tops Tigres 3-1 in Superliga

FIFA says it gave away 70,000 tickets to locals for Confed Cup

Univ. of Navarra study finds Messi has toppled C.Ronaldo as football's biggest star

Xavi: "It will not be easy" against US

Zola snaps up Chilean 'Wizard' Jimenez for West Ham on loan from Inter

AFA plead with Maradona to bring back Riquelme

Paulo Sousa takes over as Swansea manager

RBS close to refinancing Liverpool FC debt

Man City snare keeper Stuart Taylor from Aston Villa

Chelsea grab teenager Daniel Sturridge from Man City

Peru's Universitario robbed of their boots and shirts from Lima's Monumental Stadium

Hull step up interest in Michael Owen

Landon Donovan on USA-Spain: "we have a chance to win the game"

Abedi Pele: Africa has a chance of "getting the trophy" at next year's World Cup

Report: Toni, Gattuso, and Zambrotta could face Italy axe

FIFA "satisfied" with Confed Cup organisation, but cite lack of hotel rooms, transport, and low attendance as areas of improvement ahead of WC2010

Spain considering ending tax benefits for foreign players

Australia striker Kennedy joins Nagoya of Japan

A-League newcomers the North Queensland Fury part ways with Brazilian Felipe

Kuwait SC claim Amir (domestic) Cup

Mexico roster favors youth, Salcido, Guardado left home

Cannavaro: Enough about us being "oldies"!

Juventus sell Mellberg to Olympiakos

Toronto FC signs Canadian Ali Gerba from MK Dons

Bari release coach Antonio Conte

Santa Cruz recruiting Tevez for Man City

India captain Bhutia's move to East Bengal blocked by his former club Mohun Bagan over row

Malouda signs extension to stay at Chelsea 4 more years

FIFA gives away 6,000 free tickets for USA-Spain

Altidore texts Capdevila saying Spain should be careful against US

Confed: South Africa claim they have "nothing to lose" against Brazil

Drogba and Eto'o headline charity match for orphans of 1994 Tutsi genocide

Prospective Roma owners target Drogba or Adebayor

Slovenian Katanec takes over as Emirates manager

Santa Cruz to Man City complete

Glen Johnson signs with Liverpool

Owen: I'm leaving Newcastle "in a matter of weeks."

ESPN to share US La Liga rights with GolTV starting this season

Lippi asks "What young players?" as he plans to stick to his old guard Italy squad.

Onyewu close to Fenerbahce deal after talks with English clubs break down

Mario Balotelli banned for U-21 match vs. Belarus after losing temper against Sweden

Obama accepts Blatter's invitation to WC2010 Opening Ceremonies

Adriano hat trick leads Flamengo over Internacional

Roque Santa Cruz has Man City medical ahead of proposed move

Dassier named new chairman of Marseille

SuperLiga: Revolution past Santos 4-2, Wizards-Atlas draw 0-0

Moratti hints at Ibra, Maicon exits

FINAL: US over Egypt 3-0, advance to semifinals vs Spain wednesday while world champion Italy eliminated

FINAL: Brazil over Italy 3-0

Davies,Bradley,Dempsey have
Scored for USA

2nd half: US & BRA both up 3-0

Gillett sells NHL's Canadiens to funnel much needed cash to ease Liverpool debt

Confed Halftime: Brazil 3-0 over Italy (Fabiano x 2 + Dossena OG), and US leads Egypt 1-0 (Davies)

Nakamura headed to Espanyol byTuesday

El Guzano in, Howard out as GK in Confed Cup vs. Egypt

Bora: Our Confed showing has earned us a valuable "moral" victory for the country of Iraq.

North Korea takes finger off the big red button for a minute to honor national team for securing first WC berth since 1966.

Klinsmann: Current Bayern spending spree shows they didn't give me enough talent to work with.

Juan Carlos Osorio sprinkles post-game comments with "disappointing" as tension over his future mounts.

Not much has changed as the US gets spanked by Brazil...again.

Park keeps S.Korea undefeated in WC Qualifiers with equalizer in 1-1 draw with Iran in Seoul

Malaga signs Xavi Torres from Barcelona

Villa lifts Spain to 1-0 win over Iraq

Hahnemann Returns to Premier League with Wolves

Nakamura in talks with Espanyol for transfer from Celtic

Lyon's Juninho in Qatar for transfer talks with Al-Garrafa

Toni's agent says he's staying at Bayern

Australia beat Japan 2-1 in Melbourne WC Qualifier