LONDON — Rafael van der Vaart scored a goal in each half Saturday as Tottenham come from behind to beat Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League.
LONDON — Rafael van der Vaart scored a goal in each half Saturday as Tottenham come from behind to beat Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League.
WEST BROMWICH, England — James Morrison scored a late equalizer Saturday to negate Johan Elmander’s second-half goal in West Bromwich Albion’s 1-1 draw with Bolton in the Premier League.
LONDON — Manchester United were left two points behind English Premier League leaders Chelsea after being held to a goalless draw away to Sunderland on Saturday.
LONDON — Manchester United was held to a 0-0 draw by Sunderland on Saturday, drawing its second straight Premier League match and squandering a chance to draw level with Chelsea before the leaders play Arsenal.
LONDON — Clint Dempsey returned to haunt Robert Green in their first meeting since the England goalkeeper’s howler at the World Cup, scoring with a left-footed volley in Fulham’s 1-1 draw at West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday.
STOKE, England — Jon Walters scored his first goal for Stoke to earn his side a 1-0 win over Blackburn, which moved the Potters up to seventh in the Premier League.
BIRMINGHAM, England — Everton finally recorded its first win of the Premier League season and climbed off the bottom of the table by beating Birmingham 2-0 away.
WIGAN, England — Jordi Gomez and Hugo Rodallega scored in the second half to lift Wigan out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 victory over 10-man Wolverhampton in the Premier League on Saturday.
Rooney should be available for England’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro on October 12, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said.
The UAE under-17 national team won the seventh edition of the Gulf Juniors Championship with a fabulous 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia in the final at the Jaber Al Ahmed Stadium in Kuwait on Thursday night.