Soccer Topics

May 24, 2013

Ex-defender Greenhoff dies at 60

Former Manchester United and England defender Brian Greenhoff has died at the age of 60, according to reports in the British media on Wednesday. The Manchester Evening News website said he had passed away at his home in Rochdale, near Manchester, on Wednesday morning, ...

Yankees, City to co-own MLS team

May 23, 2013

Yankees, City to co-own MLS team

Hoping their baseball success will translate to titles in another sport, the Yankees are combining with English power Manchester City to own a Major League Soccer expansion team in New York that will start play in 2015. The team, the 20th in a league ...

Mourinho out at Real Madrid

May 22, 2013

Mourinho out at Real Madrid

Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid after three years as manager, paving the path for his return to England and a second stint as Chelsea’s manager. Real Madrid president Florentino Perez announced at a news conference following a board meeting Monday that a mutual ...

Arsenal prevails in race for final spot in Champions League

May 21, 2013

Arsenal prevails in race for final spot in Champions League

Arsenal qualified for the Champions League for the 16th straight season after edging Tottenham for fourth place in the Premier League, as Alex Ferguson bowed out as Manchester United manager with a 5-5 draw against West Bromwich Albion. Laurent Koscielny’s 52nd-minute volley sealed an ...

Sekizuka targets survival with Jubilo

May 21, 2013

Sekizuka targets survival with Jubilo

New Jubilo Iwata manager Takashi Sekizuka was introduced to the media by the struggling J. League first division club on Monday. Sekizuka, who steered the Japanese men’s team to a fourth-place finish at last summer’s London Olympics, will take charge following Saturday’s away game ...

May 21, 2013

J. League mulling huge calendar shakeup

The Japanese soccer calendar could be due for a huge shakeup in 2014, with the Emperor’s Cup final being moved to December and the J. League possibly going back to the two-stage system it abandoned nine years ago. The Japan Football Association decided on ...

May 20, 2013

Sekizuka named Jubilo manager

Jubilo Iwata on Sunday named Japan’s London Olympic coach Takashi Sekizuka as the first-division club’s new manager. Sekizuka returns to club management for the first time since leaving Kawasaki Frontale in 2009 and will take charge for Iwata’s league game away to fellow strugglers ...

May 20, 2013

Hasebe sent off in Wolfsburg draw

Japan captain Makoto Hasebe was sent off for a foul on Blue Samurai teammate Takashi Inui and Eintracht Frankfurt came from two goals down to hold Wolfsburg 2-2 at home on the final day of the Bundesliga season on Saturday. Goals from Jan Polak ...

Antlers thump Grampus as Zico watches on

May 19, 2013

Antlers thump Grampus as Zico watches on

Kashima Antlers swept past Nagoya Grampus 3-1 in the J. League on Saturday in the presence of the club’s legendary architect Zico. Yasushi Endo, Atsutaka Nakamura and Yuya Osako scored for Antlers, who are in fourth after seizing the matchup that helped launch the ...

Ronaldo, Mourinho sent off in loss

May 19, 2013

Ronaldo, Mourinho sent off in loss

The King’s Cup trophy could have been coach Jose Mourinho’s parting gift for Real Madrid, or at least a consolation prize after a disappointing season filled with locker room turmoil and failure in La Liga and the Champions League. Instead, Atletico Madrid ended a ...