Jose Mourinho remains adamant he will not ask Roman Abramovich for money for emergency signings next month despite Chelsea suffering their eighth defeat in the first 15 games of a dismal Premier League title defense. Newly-promoted Bournemouth won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening thanks to an 82nd-minute goal from substitute Glenn Murray. That […]

Major League Soccer's board of governors approved the planned new stadium location for David Beckham's expansion team in Miami on Saturday and backed future MLS expansion to 28 teams. On the eve of the 20th MLS Cup championship match between the Columbus Crew and Portland Timbers, club owners backed the deal announced a day earlier […]

New Valencia coach Gary Neville watched on from the stands as Santi Mina's late equalizer handed his side a shock 1-1 draw at home to European champions Barcelona. Luis Suarez had put the visitors into a controversial lead as he appeared to be offside before slotting in at the near post, but Valencia's work rate […]

In a candid interview with Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport, Palermo sporting director Manuel Gerolin stated that the club will do their best to bring in a minimum of four or five players during the upcoming January transfer window. “We will intervene in an important way in January, we already know what to do,” […]

Chelsea will be hoping to continue their good run of form when they play Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge in Saturday’s late game. The Blues have won two and drawn one of their last three games in all competitions after losing three of the previous four, restoring some belief that they can rescue their season. Jose […]

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has warned he will quit Old Trafford if he loses the support of his players. Van Gaal has come under fire this season for his conservative tactics and United's subsequent failure to play the kind of entertaining soccer that was their hallmark during the Alex Ferguson era. Fans have […]

Arsene Wenger claims Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez could have been killed when Norwich defender Ryan Bennett pushed him into the Carrow Road camera pit last weekend. Chile international Sanchez landed heavily in the cameraman's area on the touchline during an incident in the first half of Sunday's 1-1 draw and was later forced off with […]

The head of Ecuador's soccer federation, one of 16 officials newly charged with corruption by US authorities, turned himself in Friday in his home country, which does not extradite its nationals. Luis Chiriboga, who is also a member of the executive committee of South American confederation CONMEBOL, was among those named Thursday in the latest […]

Brazilian legend Ronaldinho will arrive in Singapore next week to establish a youth academy in the soccer-mad city-state, a local club said Friday. The World Cup winner will partner with local club Tampines Rovers and the International Football Group to jointly establish the Ronaldinho Football Academy, a Tampines Rovers statement said. A memorandum of understanding […]

Ivory Coast striker Gervinho has shaken off injury and could play a part on Saturday as Roma seek redemption for recent sins at home and in Europe with a morale-boosting win at Torino. Gervinho had been on scintillating form for Rudi Garcia's Serie A title challengers until he suffered a muscle injury playing against Liberia […]

Fallen Trinidad and Tobago soccer honcho Jack Warner said Friday the latest fallout from the corruption scandal gripping world soccer showed the United States was winning its battle to "take over FIFA." Speaking outside a court hearing where he is seeking to stave off his extradition to the United States, Warner said there were ulterior […]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic set up one goal and notched two more to break yet another scoring record as Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain crushed 10-man Nice 3-0 on Friday. Edinson Cavani got the opener for PSG at the Allianz Riviera before Nice had Niklas Hult sent off for conceding a penalty that Ibrahimovic scored just before […]

After two years of frustration and failure, retired English star David Beckham's Major League Soccer expansion group announced Friday it has secured a stadium development site northwest of downtown Miami. Miami Beckham United has a contract to buy the property in Overtown, near a major interstate highway and the Miami River, and the final crucial […]

A top official in Guatemala's Football Federation, Hector Trujillo, was arrested in the United States on Friday after being indicted in a massive corruption scandal rocking the sport's world body FIFA, a top Guatemalan judge said. Trujillo was apprehended in Florida, where he had been on a family vacation, the head of Guatemala's Constitutional Court, […]

When he was battling kidney cancer, going through chemotherapy, and losing his long, wavy hair in the winter 2012, eight-year-old Atticus Lane-Dupre of Portland contacted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He wanted his soccer team, the Green Machine, to play a game against the Portland Timbers. Atticus would be cancer free by late spring 2013, and […]