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

SA Union: Confed attendances are disappointing

No takers for Atletico's Aguero or Forlan

Rapids Get Pat Noonan from Crew

Roberto Martinez Finally Takes Over as Wigan Boss

Lazio names former Palermo manager Davide Ballardini as their new coach

Ribery and Villa Asking Prices Too High for Real

Arsenal Sign FC Zurich Swiss Sensation Martin Angha

Cannavaro Out Injured For USA Match

Tiko United Win Their First Cameroon League Title

Portuguese Nelo Vingada Leaves Jordan National Team to Manage Al-Ahly of Egypt, the Most Successful African Club in History

Middlesbrough Move for Aging Gary Neville

Zidane Tells Ribery to Join R.Madrid

Confed: South Africa and Iraq Play to Scoreless Draw

Mowbray Set to Manage Celtic

Maldini to Join Chelsea Staff

Villa to Real Madrid Close to Done Deal, Say Both Teams

Riise's Champions League Medal Stolen from His Oslo Apt.

Blatter Happy Football is Recession-proof

Chile top France to Win U-21 Toulon Tourney; Argentina Take 3rd

Confed Tuneup: Italy Trounce Tshwane XI 6-0 in Pretoria

Leverkusen's Helmes Out for 6 months