London (AFP) – England great Peter Shilton said Tuesday that Wayne Rooney should have retired from international football after this year's European Championships. Manchester United forward Rooney, 30, has said he intends to retire from England duty after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, but former goalkeeper Shilton believes he should already have called time […]

San Salvador (AFP) – Members of El Salvador's national team say a businessman offered them bribes to ensure their World Cup qualifier against Canada on Tuesday helps Honduras make it through to the next round. At a press conference hosted by El Salvador captain Nelson Bonilla, the group played an audio recording they said was […]

Milan (AFP) – A Rome court on Tuesday rejected a 444-million-euro lawsuit by Italian champions Juventus over damages suffered by the loss of their 2006 Serie A title and consequent demotion to Serie B. Juventus were handed the sanctions following their role in the "Calciopoli" match-fixing affair which rocked the world of football in the […]

Shenyang (China) (AFP) – China's World Cup hopes brightened on Tuesday when they held heavyweights Iran 0-0 and group rivals South Korea slipped up in an embarrassing stalemate against war-ravaged Syria. Defeat to Asia's top-ranked side would have dented China's hopes of reaching only their second World Cup but in the end it was a […]

Major League Soccer today announced that the 2016 MLS Cup final will be played on Saturday, December 10 during primetime and will be televised live on FOX broadcast network, Univision Deportes and UniMas in the United States. By broadcasting the game at 8pm ET on the over-the-air FOX network, MLS ensures that the league will […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen has signed a four-year contract extension, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday. Eriksen had been in negotiations with Tottenham since early last season and those talks have finally yielded an extended deal worth a reported £75,000 per week ($100,000, 90,000 euros). The 24-year-old had been linked […]

Shenyang (China) (AFP) – China held heavyweights Iran to a gritty 0-0 draw to lift their hopes of reaching just their second World Cup in Asian qualifying on Tuesday. Asia's sleeping giants lacked ambition in the first half but they went for broke in the second in a performance that was good enough to earn […]

Seremban (Malaysia) (AFP) – South Korea hit a speed bump in their bid to reach a 10th World Cup as they were held to a goalless draw on Tuesday against a Syrian side that is unable to play at home due to the country’s long-running, bloody conflict. The frustrated South Koreans dominated possession during the […]

Shah Alam (Malaysia) (AFP) – Nawaf Al Abed buried two penalties in the last nine minutes as Saudi Arabia came from a goal down to beat regional rivals Iraq 2-1 in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday. War-torn Iraq, playing their home fixture in Malaysia's Shah Alam, struck early through Mohannad Abdul-Raheem and looked headed for […]

One World Sports has been added to AT&T U-verse's programming in the same 24 hours that the sports network was made available on DirecTV. The One World Sports channel was added to AT&T U-verse on Monday afternoon, and is now available on channel number 1665. In what has been a great week for soccer fans […]

If you're trying to find out how you can watch Brazil vs. Colombia, you've come to the right place. After last week's 3-0 victory against Ecuador in Quito, Brazil is looking to get back-to-back victories in CONMEBOL qualifying to push the team up the World Cup qualifying table in South America. Here are all of […]

Milan (AFP) – Former Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini has slammed "envious" Ruud Gullit after the Dutch great suggested the Italian had failed to prepare the club's players for the start of the season. Mancini was replaced by Frank De Boer, Gullit's former teammate in the Dutch national side, when he was sacked by the […]

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Wales manager Chris Coleman backed Gareth Bale to break Ian Rush's national goal-scoring record after his brace inspired the Euro 2016 semi-finalists to a 4-0 defeat of Moldova. Bale scored three times as Wales reached the last four at Euro 2016 and he struck twice in Monday's home win over […]

London (AFP) – Painful memories of their humiliating Euro 2016 elimination by Iceland contributed to "nervous tension" during England's opening World Cup qualifying win in Slovakia, according to new manager Sam Allardyce. England needed a 95th-minute goal by Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana to secure a 1-0 victory over 10-man Slovakia in Trnava on Sunday in […]

Zagreb (AFP) – Croatia captain and Real Madrid midfield star Luka Modric regretted being held 1-1 by Turkey in their opening World Cup qualifier at an empty Zagreb stadium on Monday. "We were much better as a team and we created much more chances ... No one is to blame but ourselves," Modric told state-run […]