MADRID — With a recent improvement in form and several players recovering from injuries, Real Madrid hopes to cut the gap on Spanish league leader Barcelona this weekend.
MADRID — With a recent improvement in form and several players recovering from injuries, Real Madrid hopes to cut the gap on Spanish league leader Barcelona this weekend.
MANCHESTER - Owen Hargreaves has been left out of Manchester United’s Champions League squad in the latest indication that the midfielder’s rehabilitation following knee surgery is not going to plan.
Inter Milan must improve on recent performances to have any chance of beating Chelsea in the Champions League last 16, coach Jose Mourinho said.
LONDON - Hong Kong-based businessman Balram Chainrai became the fourth owner that Portsmouth have had this season, the struggling English Premier League club confirmed on Thursday.
ROME - Impetuous teenage striker Mario Balotelli paid the price for not following Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho’s orders when he was substituted midway through the second half of the 1-0 Coppa Italia semi-final, first leg victory over Fiorentina.
Saudi Arabian soccer chiefs will dole out a $1 million bonus if any of their clubs win the Asian Champions League this year.
ABU DHABI — After Italian clubs AC Milan, Inter Milan and German club Bayern Munich, in the recent past, the lovely UAE weather drew another football club. Seventeen-time Swiss League champions Servette FC held their winter training camp in the UAE from January 15 to 27.
PARIS - Newly crowned African champions Egypt were the biggest climbers in the FIFA world rankings published on Wednesday, leaping 14 places to 10th after their third straight Africa Cup of Nations triumph.
Carlo Ancelotti has backed John Terry to come through his personal crisis and lead Chelsea to the title despite his side’s disappointing failure to overcome Hull City at the KC Stadium.
BERLIN - Hamburg’s new star signing Ruud van Nistelrooy needs more time to get fit before making his Bundesliga debut, his coach Bruno Labbadia said on Wednesday.