Soccer

Mesut Ozil says the whole world will be watching Wednesday evening's Copa del Rey semi-final first leg clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. The German international said in an interview published on Madrid's official website on Tuesday that clasicos were the biggest games in football,...

Malaga coach manager Manuel Pellegrini believes the Champions League quarter-final against Dortmund is “absolutely open” after the two sides played out a 0-0 in the first-leg in Spain. Both teams failed to trouble the score-sheet and the tie now heads to Dortmund with everything to play for. But despite failing to...

Marseille midfielder Joey Barton took a gentle swipe at David Beckham on Tuesday, saying that Paris Saint-Germain's new star signing was no longer a feared opponent and would not be a major threat when the two French title rivals meet on Sunday. The former England captain is set to make...

Inter Milan striker Diego Milito is likely to miss the rest of the season after damaging knee ligaments in Thursday's Europa League win over Cluj. The Argentina international sustained the injury just seven minutes into the 2-0 victory at the San Siro and is now set for a long spell...

Toni Kroos and Thomas Mueller scored early in the first half, leading Bayern Munich over the Gunners 3-1 Tuesday night in the first leg of their Champions League second-round matchup. Goals by Kroos in the seventh minute and Mueller in the 21st built a 2-0 lead. After Lukas Podolski scored...

Inexplicable mistakes by Joe Hart and Gareth Barry gave Manchester City's Premier League title hopes a potentially decisive blow as Southampton secured its first win under Mauricio Pochettino in style. City goalkeeper Hart admitted in the build-up that anything but victory at St. Mary's would all but end any their...

Two goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic saw Paris St Germain through to the quarterfinals of the Coupe de France on Wednesday night at the expense of bitter rivals Marseille. It was the second meeting between the two teams in a matter of days, with PSG winning 2-0 in the league fixture...

Germany is without Borussia Dortmund trio Marcel Schmelzer, Marco Reus and Mario Goetze for its visit to France in a Paris friendly set for Wednesday. Defender Schmelzer misses out with an ankle problem, midfielder Goetze has a flu virus and Reus picked up an adductor muscle injury in Sunday's 3-2...

Liverpool yielded two goals in less than three minutes to fall 2-0 at Zenit St Petersburg, leaving the visitors' Europa League hopes hanging in the balance. Despite having failed to properly test goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev with a number of chances the Reds seemed to be managing to hold on in...

Jerry Bengtson took advantage of a defensive mix-up to score the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute, and Honduras rallied to beat the United States 2-1 Wednesday in the opener of the final qualifying round for next year's World Cup. Clint Dempsey put the U.S. ahead in the 36th minute...

Real Sociedad fought back to claim a long-coveted 3-1 victory at Athletic Bilbao on Friday in the 66th and final Basque Country derby to be played at San Mames stadium. Bilbao bossed the opening stages of the match and went ahead through Ibai Gomez's vicious volley at the half-hour mark. But...

After scoring England's first match-winner against Brazil in 23 years, Frank Lampard was told by coach Roy Hodgson that moving to the United States could jeopardize his international prospects. The 34-year-old midfielder has been informed by Chelsea that his contract won't be extended when it expires at the end of...