South Africa and Pakistan gear up for next year’s World Cup with a five-match one-day series starting here from Friday, as captains Graeme Smith and Shahid Afridi urged their teams to keep focus.
South Africa and Pakistan gear up for next year’s World Cup with a five-match one-day series starting here from Friday, as captains Graeme Smith and Shahid Afridi urged their teams to keep focus.
FIFA’s executive committee begins a two-day meeting with the task of reducing the confusion surrounding a World Cup bidding process being played out against the backdrop of a corruption scandal.
ABU DHABI - Manchester City Football Club often refers to its supporters as the “greatest fans in the world.” And now, the club is looking for the UAE’s most passionate followers with the launch of the City SuperFan competition.
England’s complaint that 2018 World Cup bid rival Russia broke competition rules by criticizing London was being studied by FIFA on Wednesday.
MOSCOW - A spat between Russian and English football officials over their rival bids for hosting the 2018 World Cup has escalated with the Russian Football Union’s honorary president denouncing an English complaint as “absolutely primitive.”
PARIS - Mathieu Bastareaud was omitted from France’s squad for next month’s home tests and warned by coach Marc Lievremont on Wednesday to improve his fitness or he’ll miss out on the 2011 World Cup.
MADRID - Striker Karim Benzema is facing increased pressure after an unimpressive performance in Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey match.
BERLIN - Germany striker Miroslav Klose’s bid to get over a torn thigh muscle injury stalled Wednesday after the Bayern Munich forward broke down again with the injury in training.
LONDON - Sunderland defender Anton Ferdinand was banned from driving for six months on Wednesday after being convicted of using a mobile phone while at the wheel of his car in July.
Bastian Schweinsteiger struck twice to give holders Bayern Munich a 2-1 win over Werder Bremen on Tuesday which sent them into the German Cup third round.