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Drogba Goals Put Chelsea Top, Arsenal Sneak Win
LONDON (Reuters) - Didier Drogba scored twice to lift Chelsea to a 4-1 victory over West Ham United on Saturday and back to the top of the Premier League while Arsenal shadowed them with a last-gasp victory at Hull City. ...
Liverpool Must Buy Several New Players, Says Torres
MADRID (Reuters) - Liverpool need to buy several players in order to challenge for honours next season, striker Fernando Torres said Saturday. ...
MLS Players Say They're Unified in Labor Talks
SEATTLE (AP) -- Kasey Keller wants to make sure fans who hear about a possible strike in Major League Soccer understand the current standoff is about player rights and not salaries. ...
SOCCER: Liverpool's Last Hope Dims as It Falls to Lille
Liverpool, a five-time European champion, is in danger of being eliminated from the Europa League competition after it lost, 1-0, at Lille in the first leg of the Round of 16. ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Fire has signed Dutch forward Collins John, a free agent and former striker for Fulham. ...
In the Arena: Dreaming of an End to Soccer's Nightmare
Soccer's leaders could learn from ice hockey, borrowing its tie-breaking solution to put an end to the wholly unsatisfying spectacle of penalty kicks. ...
Drogba Goals Put Chelsea Top, Arsenal Sneak Win
LONDON (Reuters) - Didier Drogba scored twice to lift Chelsea to a 4-1 victory over West Ham United on Saturday and back to the top of the Premier League while Arsenal shadowed them with a last-gasp victory at Hull City. ...
Liverpool Must Buy Several New Players, Says Torres
MADRID (Reuters) - Liverpool need to buy several players in order to challenge for honours next season, striker Fernando Torres said Saturday. ...
MLS Players Say They're Unified in Labor Talks
SEATTLE (AP) -- Kasey Keller wants to make sure fans who hear about a possible strike in Major League Soccer understand the current standoff is about player rights and not salaries. ...
SOCCER: Liverpool's Last Hope Dims as It Falls to Lille
Liverpool, a five-time European champion, is in danger of being eliminated from the Europa League competition after it lost, 1-0, at Lille in the first leg of the Round of 16. ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Fire has signed Dutch forward Collins John, a free agent and former striker for Fulham. ...
In the Arena: Dreaming of an End to Soccer's Nightmare
Soccer's leaders could learn from ice hockey, borrowing its tie-breaking solution to put an end to the wholly unsatisfying spectacle of penalty kicks. ...
BBC Sport | Football | World Edition
Everton reach Women's Cup final
Everton beat Southern Division Barnet 2-0 in the FA Women's Cup semi-final, while in the Premier League Doncaster beat Sunderland and Chelsea beat Blackburn....
Defensive errors prove costly as Arsenal's hopes of progressing to the Women's Champions League semi-finals are crushed....
Wenger points to Arsenal desire
Boss Arsene Wenger says Arsenal's 2-1 victory against Hull thanks to Nicklas Bendtner's last-gasp winner reflects their belief that they can win the title....
Mowbray uncertain over Keane stay
Manager Tony Mowbray is unsure whether striker Robbie Keane will remain at Celtic beyond the summer....
Chelsea to face Villa in FA Cup
FA Cup holders Chelsea will play Aston Villa in the semi-finals and Portsmouth will face either Tottenham or Fulham....
SFA dismisses Celtic accusations
Scottish FA chief executive Gordon Smith dismisses Celtic's claims that rejecting Scott Brown's red card appeal may have been a political decision....
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Beckham world cup hopes maybe over with Achilles injury
The injury curse has started already now beckham is in deep trouble who was hit with injury today with a achilles blow which saw him stretchered for AC Milan tonight. Sky italy TV reported that Beckham, 34, had probably torn his Achilles tendon. Visibly in pain, Beckham went to the sideline...
Score this summer with the world cup 2010 condom
Yes for all you football fans that want to impress the ladies this summer well now you can with the official world cup condom.Now you can pratice all your moves bringing football and sex together what more could you want. I can see these selling well dont go out without them...
Football Avatars: Carlos Valderrama is Pickles Toy story 3
We all remember Carlos Valderrama great player shocking hair, well how about this for a mini match from the new Toy story 3 enter new kid on the block pickles who has who must be a big fan of the Valderramas hair. Yes Pickles definitely has the cute factor look over the football star...
Video: Rafael Nadal wants to play for Real Madrid
With Madrid having a few problems at the moment maybe they should give tennis star Nadal a run out as you can see he has good feet skills to match his hands.In the past Nadal’s father made him choose between football and tennis so that he would do his school work Nadal...
Video: Stephan Keller from Sydney FC is a bogey lover
For all you Sydney FC fans well this is just dirty play caught on live tv here is Stephan Keller having a right pick from down under looks to me like he needs tweezers, or pliers ewww gross. But he gets the job done in the end scoring with his nose as...
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Video Highlights: Sporting Lisbon 3 Everton 0, 25/2/2010
Everton's transfer target was on target when Sporting Lisbon beat Everton 3-0.What is your interest? Do you want to write football for Soccer Updated? If the answer is yes, then get in touch with me. Any articles posted here will be fully credited to you.Email the story to soccerupdated@gmail.comSCROLL FURTHER...
Video Highlights: Unirea Urziceni 1 - Liverpool 3, 25/2/2010
Were Liverpool showing their true potential or was it just a flash in the pan? Unirea Urziceni were beaten 1-3 by Liverpool in the Europa League.What is your interest? Do you want to write football for Soccer Updated? If the answer is yes, then get in touch with me. Any...
Video Highlights: Birmingham Vs Manchester United,1-1,9/1/10
Manchester United drew 1-1 against Birmingham.- Soccer...
Video Highlights: Arsenal Vs Everton, 2-2, 9/1/10
Arsenal were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Everton. The Gunners were lucky to escape with 1 point having to come from behind twice in the game....
Vdieo Highlights: Stoke Vs Fulham, 3-2, 5/1/10
Stoke City held on to all three points despite conceding 2 late goals at the Britannia Stadium....
Video Highlights: Tottenham Vs Peterborough,4-0,3/1/10
Tottenham beat Peterborough 4-0 in White Hart Lane....
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DAVID BECKHAM TEARS ACHILLES, OUT OF WORLD CUP
Former England Captain David Beckham has torn his Achilles tendon playing for AC Milan; out of World Cup, says coach Leonardo...
NIKE (RED) LIMITED EDITION RANGE
This weekend the Premier League match balls will be RED to raise awareness of the fight against AIDS in Africa. We've got the range of football products to support the campaign, and they are cool!...
FERNANDO TORRES GATECRASHES TOP OF CASTROL RANKINGS
Liverpool striker within touching distance of Ronaldo & Messi, despite only making 1 Premier League start at time of ranking....
NIKE iD LAUNCHES THE CUSTOMISABLE T90 LASER III
With no new colourways since the launch in December, Nike want you to design the T90 Laser III any way you want! Find out how, how much and see what we've been creating!...
VIDEO: CRISTIANO RONALDO - MIRRORS
Nike’s latest video offering gives a glimpse into the Portugal captain’s training regime, but more importantly it shows why he’s so keen to hit the gym every day......
ANY SANDWICH IS MORE EXCITING….
Frank Lampard is amongst a host of faces focused on making the town of Sandwich very exciting, see how they did it here.......
OleOle - Football News and Opinion
Not only is David Beckham’s World Cup dream over after rupturing his Achilles tendon today while playing for AC Milan, but his career might be over also. Beckham sustained the injury without coming into contact with anyone else,...
Inter Can Guarantee A Comeback?
It would have taken more than a pretty sign… After losing to Catania (under shorthanded circumstances) Inter Milan has promised that it can answer such humiliation ...
Week by strong and conflicting emotions, after the crushing debacle in Manchester on Tuesday, resulting in exclusion from the Champions League, arrived Friday night's unexpected and sudden debacle Inter Catania with the opening scenes of unimaginable until 4 weeks ago . ...
From Our special envoy Gabry ...
A fantastic second half hat-trick from Leo Messi earned Barça three points tonight against Valencia in a game that could have been a lot more complicated if Valencia had taken advantage of their dominance in the first half an hour. Messi's recital began in the 56th minute with a magnificent individual...
Happy Hour (Hull 0 London(Arsenal ) 4).
Yesterday's game turned out to be a game that could make the difference between Arsenal winning the league and another season of being also rans. We managed to snatch a win from the jaws of a draw and with...
EPL Talk
What Was Your Highlight of the Premier League Weekend?
One of the advantages of Premier League clubs being more desperate for points at this stage of the season is that it means that we get to see more open matches. It also creates more end-to-end action. This past weekend was a perfect example of this. I had the chance to...
How Many Football Matches Do You Watch Per Week?
The football supporter is an interesting specie. The sheer amount of time we devote to our passion relegates us to individuals that can be described as borderline obsessive, half psycho, quite anxious and certainly neurotic. Such is the grasp that the beautiful game holds on the strings of our lives...
EPL Talk Podcast: How Are We Doing?
In the past few weeks, the EPL Talk Podcast has undergone some major changes. Kartik Krishnaiyer was replaced by Richard Farley. We’ve since increased the quality and quantity of episodes. And we’ve published interviews with some of the biggest names in soccer including Dwight Yorke, Andrew Cole, Martin Tyler, Barney...
Arsenal And The League Title: Looking Good
Let me just start off by saying that I’m so glad I put Nicklas Bendtner in my fantasy premier league team this week. So often dismissed as an arrogant egotist, he’s showed real ability in this past week, netting a hat trick against Porto and scoring the late winner in...
Daylight Savings Time: How It Impacts the Premier League
In the United States, the clocks go forward an hour tonight for Daylight Savings Time. However the clocks don’t go forward in the United Kingdom for another two weeks until March 28. That means that for viewers in the United States, Premier League games will begin one hour later than usual...
Super Nick Rescues Arsenal With Last Gasp Winner Against Hull
Two teams with two different objectives. Hull City battling for Premier League survival. Arsenal battling to win the Premier League title. So, it was no wonder that the KC Stadium on Saturday resembled a battlefield with both teams getting physical as they attempted to become victorious. As it ended up, it...
Everyone's Blog Posts - Soccerama - Bloggin' La Vida Soccer
Michelle Obama fighting Obesity with Soccer (Photos)
See more images. According to the First Lady’s Press Office… “Mrs Obama joins the US Soccer Foundation, Major League…...
In soccer/football, speed is great, but changing speed is VICTORIOUS!
When I’m talking with players at practices, at clinics or individual lessons, I always try to emphasize the concept of changing speed, individually and as a team. When I see players just walking around on the field, while the action is close to them, according to my sarcastic character, I suggest...
Women's Soccer, Tiger and the Sports Role Model Thing
The periodic debate about whether athletes should be role models (recently, think John Terry,…...
Doping at the Vancouver Olympics
As the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games gets underway, the first athletes have already tested positive for relatively well-known doping substances. Many of them didn't even make it to Vancouver, having been screened and excluded in advance of the Games. But, why should anyone care about doping in sport? Certainly, people...
As Girls Become Women, Sports Pay Dividends
By TARA PARKER-POPE Stuart Bradford Almost four decades after the federal education law called Title IX opened the door for girls to participate in hi…...
American soccer, “Don’t make the European football mistakes!”
If you have never seen football-soccer games like Celtic against Rangers, or Barcelona against Real Madrid, or A.C.Milan against Inter Milan, or Manchester United against Manchester City, or Liverpool against Everton, or Chelsea against Arsenal, or Bayer Leverkusen against Bayern Munich and other dozens of games of this caliber, I...
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Barcelona fullback Alves: Kaka should never have joined Real Madrid
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Van der Vaart thrilled to be back in Real Madrid starting XI
Rafael van der Vaart was delighted with his role in Real Madrid's victory over Real Valladolid. After appearing to have no future at Real, Van der Vaart has completed a remarkable fight-back in recent weeks filling in for the injured Kaka. He was at it again yesterday and said: "I'm happy because...
Real Madrid coach Pellegrini heaps praise on Higuain after hat-trick
Gonzalo Higuain struck a superb hat-trick as Real Madrid thumped Real Valladolid 4-1 last night. Cristiano Ronaldo was also on target for Madrid as they swept past Real Valladolid on Sunday night to stay level on points with Barcelona at the top of the Primera Division. Raul Albiol's own goal, which briefly...
Real Madrid GM Valdano: We want to keep Higuain
Real Madrid GM Jorge Valdano insists they want to hold onto striker Gonzalo Higuain. Higuain struck a hat-trick in last night's 4-1 thrashing of Real Valladolid, but is baulking at agreeing new contract terms with Madrid. "He [Higuain] has made a tremendous reaction, because he is a high class player and character....
Barcelona No2 Vilanova tribute to Henry after Valencia victory
Barcelona No2 Tito Vilanova heaped praise on Thierry Henry after their 3-0 win over Valencia. Lionel Messi struck a hat-trick, but Vilanova was quick to highlight the contribution of Henry in the victory. Vilanova, who was in charge for the game due to Pep Guardiola's suspension, said: "His presence allowed depth in...
Barcelona hat-trick hero Messi: Henry changed game
Barcelona ace Lionel Messi struck a superb second-half hat-trick in yesterday's 3-0 defeat of Valencia. Following an evenly-disputed first period in which Valencia gave as good as they got, Messi took centre stage with a spectacular treble. The winger beat three Valencia players to give Pep Guardiola's side the lead after 56...
This Is American Soccer, US Soccer, MNT, WNT, and MLS
greenwich village resident outlines a major league vision for manhattan’s pier 40 In just ten days, the brand new and beautiful Red Bull Arena will finally open to soccer fans with a sold-out exhibition between Red Bull New York and Brazil’s famed Santos football club. New Yorkers will hop on the...
fubu (bring the boys back home)
In the last few years, I’ve spoken with Frank Dell’apa, Ray Hudson, Grant Wahl, Ives Galarcep, Jack Bell, Bruce McGuire, Jeff Carlisle, Buzz Carrick, Mitch Peacock, Robert Abramowitz, Beau Dure, and others, but it’s been a while since I sat down with one of the flashlight bearers in this little...
AMERICAN SOCCER MEDIA LANDSCAPE NEEDS TO GET BEYOND THE BLOG Ives Galarcep moved to Fox Soccer. MLS hired my Waiting For Gaetjens co-host Greg Lalas and Sports Illustrated’s Jonah Freedman to run MLSnet 2.0. Jose Romero left the Sounders beat at the Seattle Times. Glenn Davis got laid off from the...
two sides of the mexican pipeline
After hearing from a few people about the poor sound quality of the interviews on last week’s Waiting For Gaetjens podcast (sorry about that), I figured I’d transcribe the two interviews and post them here. I normally wouldn’t do this–I hate the whole, I write the same thing that I...
vietnam star or league minimum
Did I just learn why the negotiations over the collective bargaining agreement are so contentious? Did I find out just how disrespected the Vietnam league is? Or did I discover that MLS doesn’t think he’s worth it? There is plenty to learn from the professional path taken by Lee Nguyen,...
fifa & the year of african football
Do FIFA and its international tournaments really make a difference for the countries that host them? Could they? Should they? And what responsibility must the host country take on? What if instead of leftover stadiums host nations received fully integrated, brand new transportation systems? Will that be what South...
NYT > Soccer
Drogba Goals Put Chelsea Top, Arsenal Sneak Win
LONDON (Reuters) - Didier Drogba scored twice to lift Chelsea to a 4-1 victory over West Ham United on Saturday and back to the top of the Premier League while Arsenal shadowed them with a last-gasp victory at Hull City. ...
Liverpool Must Buy Several New Players, Says Torres
MADRID (Reuters) - Liverpool need to buy several players in order to challenge for honours next season, striker Fernando Torres said Saturday. ...
MLS Players Say They're Unified in Labor Talks
SEATTLE (AP) -- Kasey Keller wants to make sure fans who hear about a possible strike in Major League Soccer understand the current standoff is about player rights and not salaries. ...
SOCCER: Liverpool's Last Hope Dims as It Falls to Lille
Liverpool, a five-time European champion, is in danger of being eliminated from the Europa League competition after it lost, 1-0, at Lille in the first leg of the Round of 16. ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Fire has signed Dutch forward Collins John, a free agent and former striker for Fulham. ...
In the Arena: Dreaming of an End to Soccer's Nightmare
Soccer's leaders could learn from ice hockey, borrowing its tie-breaking solution to put an end to the wholly unsatisfying spectacle of penalty kicks. ...
Drogba Goals Put Chelsea Top, Arsenal Sneak Win
LONDON (Reuters) - Didier Drogba scored twice to lift Chelsea to a 4-1 victory over West Ham United on Saturday and back to the top of the Premier League while Arsenal shadowed them with a last-gasp victory at Hull City. ...
Liverpool Must Buy Several New Players, Says Torres
MADRID (Reuters) - Liverpool need to buy several players in order to challenge for honours next season, striker Fernando Torres said Saturday. ...
MLS Players Say They're Unified in Labor Talks
SEATTLE (AP) -- Kasey Keller wants to make sure fans who hear about a possible strike in Major League Soccer understand the current standoff is about player rights and not salaries. ...
SOCCER: Liverpool's Last Hope Dims as It Falls to Lille
Liverpool, a five-time European champion, is in danger of being eliminated from the Europa League competition after it lost, 1-0, at Lille in the first leg of the Round of 16. ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Fire has signed Dutch forward Collins John, a free agent and former striker for Fulham. ...
In the Arena: Dreaming of an End to Soccer's Nightmare
Soccer's leaders could learn from ice hockey, borrowing its tie-breaking solution to put an end to the wholly unsatisfying spectacle of penalty kicks. ...
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Nicklas Bendtner Secures Another Win For Arsenal
European Leagues Results: 3/12 – 3/14 Bundesliga Bayern Munich came from behind to beat Freiburg 2 – 1 on two goals by Arjen Robben. Wolfsburg scored their fourth win in a row by trashing Borussia M’gladbach 4 – 0. Hannover capitalized on Eintrach Frankfurt being one man down and won 2 –...
Marseille Recorded a Valuable Tie
UEFA Europa League Round of 16 The first leg of last 16 teams gave us a couple of surprising results. Liverpool continues with a poor showing this season by losing in France to LOSC Lille Métropole. Panathinaikos FC fell apart in front of their fans to the Belgian Standard Liege with a 3-1...
TV Schedule For Europe And Mexico
TV schedule for March 12 – 14, 2010 TV schedule for soccer matches from top European Leagues and Mexico play this weekend. All show times are in EST. Return here for the latest news and results from the world of soccer. Enjoy the show. Premier League 03/13/10 Tottenham vs Blackburn 7:30 AM ESPN2 03/13/10 Birmingham City vs Everton 10:00 AM FSC 03/13/10 Hull City vs Arsenal 12:30 PM FSC 03/13/10 Bolton vs Wigan 5:00 PM FSC 03/14/10 Sunderland vs Manchester...
FC Porto Debacle in Emirates Stadium
Arsenal 5 – 0 FC Porto Two players who were criticized lately came through for Arsenal on Tuesday night. Nicklas Bendtner scored a hat-trick and Andrey Arshavin set up three of those five goals. Samir Nasri put himself on the scoreboard with one goal and substitute Emmanuel Eboue also scored one. Porto experienced...
AC Milan Has a Mountain To Climb
Champions League: Round of 16, second leg March 8, 2010 UEFA Champions League continue on Tuesday and Wednesday with second leg of first knock out round. Arsenal is hosting FC Porto and will be without Cesc Fabregas who sustained a hamstring injury in a Premier League match on Saturday. The good news is...
Champions League TV schedule: March 9 – 10, 2010
Champions League TV schedule: March 9 – 10, 2010 UEFA Champions League continues with Round 16 of the second leg stage. Fox Soccer Channel will show all four matches. The most interesting one of them all is the duel between AC Milan and Manchester United. What makes this match so special is the fact...
GoSounders.com
Why SoundersFC is looking to Starfire for CCL match
Well, in addition to the Portland match last week, there was one other match you all should be aware of. The Columbus Crew played Mexican team Toluca to a 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Quarterfinal play. The weather was min 50’s during the match, but only drew...
my tickets are travelling 3487 miles to get here
i got an email, like many of you did, saying that my tickets are on the way. when clicking on the fedex tracking link, it seems that these are shipped from Alberta, Via memphis (of course) and then on to seattle what is my point? i don’t have one… but i...
Sounders Reserves down Seattle U.
Goals from Levesque (2), Fucito, and Ianni. Official Game Summary… Scoring Summary: SEA – Roger Levesque (Nathan Sturgis) 7 SEA – Mike Fucito 18 SEA – Roger Levesque (Sanna Nyassi) 22 SEA – Patrick Ianni (James Riley) 52 Seattle Sounders FC – Terry Boss (Derby Carillo 46), James Riley, Zach Scott, Jeff Parke (Patrick Ianni 46), Tyson...
Win Two Tickets to the Sounders Opener
We’re at it again… First, we’re giving away $70 in Sounders Gear from SeattleTeams.com. Now, GoSOUNDERS.com is giving away a pair of tickets to the sold-out Seattle Sounders FC vs. Philadelphia Union home opener on March 25th. All you have to do is… 1) LOGIN to GoSOUNDERS.com via Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, FriendFeed, or Blogger...
and really, i have no other word for it. what a poor performance. yes, it is preseason, but we are only a few weeks away (maybe) from the season opener, and if that is the effort we are going to put forth, we are in trouble. the lack of effort was...
Sounders Lose Scrimmage to Timbers
Portland got a 44th minute goal from Gabriel Obatoli on a sneak through pass by Ryan Pore to give the Timbers a 1-0 victory in the 1st annual Charity Shield match on Thursday night from Qwest Field in front of 18,600 fans. The Sounders had their chances early, and often. In...
World Soccer News
Nesta could be out for the season
Nesta could be out for the season...
Brown apologises for Hull fracas
Brown apologises for Hull fracas...
Moyes optimistic about keeping Donovan at Everton
Moyes optimistic about keeping Donovan...
Drogba named African Player of the Year
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Benitez confident despite defeat
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is confident his side can still progress in the Europa League despite losing 1-0 to Lille in the first leg of their last 16 encounter....
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed that he would not be interested in managing Real Madrid if they launch another attempt to lure him to the Bernabeu. Reports in Spain suggest that Real manager Manuel Pellegrini is on the verge of the sack after the Primera Liga leaders were knocked...
The Beautiful Game
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Monday is a busy, busy day for me. A couple stories due for the day job and a big meeting.Be sure to check out Jozy Altidore's first EPL goal somewhere. That's the biggest news of the weekend.I'm gonna have to take today off.Don't hate me. Check out my "Soccer buddies"...
VIDEO: That goal covered more area than Verizon
Certainly the best long-distance effort in recent memory....
VIDEO: Pitch invader 1, security 0
Check out the player celebrate.Now that's good, fair, light-hearted comedy. Unlike all this JT stuff....
John Terry dropped as England's captain
Inevitable. Here's coach Fabio Capello's statement:Capello issued the following statement: "After much thought, I have made the decision that it will be best for me to take the captaincy away from John Terry. As a captain with the team, John Terry has displayed extremely positive behaviour. However, I have to...
You know it's gonna be good when the Russian starts rambling on about his teammates....
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Efficient '85 Villanova team mounted tourney's greatest upset
How intimidated was Villanova by defending national champion Georgetown before the teams met in their classic 1985 national title matchup? ...
North Carolina, Connecticut bring star power to NIT field
North Carolina and Connecticut are lending some serious star power to the NIT. The Tar Heels were a No. 4 seed in the bracket released Sunday, ... ...
Els captures CA Championship for first win in two years
Ernie Els wore down countryman Charl Schwartzel on the back nine Sunday on the sun-splashed, wind-whipped Blue Monster at Doral Golf Resort and ... ...
Durant, Westbrook ignite Thunder over short-handed Jazz
Kevin Durant scored 35 points, Russell Westbrook added 30 points and 11 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder made up ground in the race for ... ...
Capitals rally, beat Blackhawks despite Ovechkin's ejection
Nicklas Backstrom raced up the ice and scored with 1:50 left in overtime Sunday and the Washington Capitals completed a remarkable comeback without ... ...
Invincible? Syracuse still has things to prove in Big Dance
Syracuse will look for a Final Four performance and more in the NCAA men's tournament to prove it did not go from overlooked to overrated in ... ...
BBC Sport | Football | Premier League | World Edition
Ferguson predicts tightest finish
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is predicting the closest finish in Premier League history....
US group 'to make Liverpool bid'
Liverpool are the subject of a £118.5m takeover bid from private equity firm Rhone Group, according to a report....
Pompey cool takeover bid reports
Portsmouth's administrator expresses surprise at reports that a new consortium intends to buy the cash-strapped club....
Spurs worried by Lennon progress
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp admits Aaron Lennon is "quite a way off" being fit with the start of the World Cup less than three months away....
Nicklas Bendtner's late goal takes Arsenal level with Chelsea at the top of the table via a win at 10-man Hull....
Saturday's football as it happened
Arsenal leave it late to beat Hull in Saturday's late Premier League game after Chelsea return to the top of the table with a thumping victory over West Ham, and there are wins for Tottenham, Wolves and Bolton....