The corruption crisis in world soccer has removed another top FIFA official. Jailed in Spain on suspicion of financial wrongdoing as head of the Spanish football federation, Angel Maria Villar has resigned his top positions at FIFA and European governing body UEFA. FIFA confirmed Thursday that Villar resigned as its senior vice ...
Jordan Morris scored a tiebreaking goal in the 88th minute, and the United States beat Jamaica 2-1 Wednesday night for its sixth CONCACAF Gold Cup title and first since 2013. Jozy Altidore's goal on a 25-meter free kick in the 45th minute beat backup goalkeeper ...
FC Tokyo and Cerezo Osaka booked their spots in the quarterfinals of the J. League Cup with second-leg home wins in the group stage playoffs on Wednesday night. Tokyo beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-0, Sei Muroya grabbing the winner with a superb second-half strike to send ...
Chelsea has sent Brazilian defender Kenedy home from its Asian tour after he made offensive comments about China on social media. Kenedy and Chelsea previously issued apologies for the comments made ahead of Chelsea's 3-0 friendly win over Arsenal in Beijing on Sunday. The since-deleted messages ...
V-Varen Nagasaki were hit with a ¥3 million yen for inflating attendance figures, the J. League announced Tuesday. The second-division club padded its attendance in 45 of its 46 home games from the start of the 2015 season to April 2, the league said. Nagasaki ...
Former Brazil goalkeeper Waldir Peres, a member of three World Cup teams, died on Sunday at the age of 66 after a heart attack. His death was announced by his family. Peres was having lunch with friends in the city of Mogi Mirim in Sao ...
Neymar gave Barcelona fans a dazzling reminder of what they could be about to lose on Saturday, scoring twice as the Spanish giants defeated Juventus 2-1 in a preseason friendly. The 25-year-old Brazilian superstar is at the center of frenzied speculation linking him to a ...
Striker Takumi Minamino was on target to help visiting Austrian Bundesliga champion Salzburg beat Wolfsberg 2-0 on the opening day of the season Saturday. Reinhold Yabo fired Salzburg into a 28th-minute lead and Munas Dabbur set up Minamino to seal the victory in the dying ...
Cerezo Osaka kept a firm grip on the J. League's top spot by beating Urawa Reds 4-2 on Saturday for their fourth successive win. In the day's only J1 game, Cerezo exploded for all four of their goals in the first half at Yanmar Stadium, ...
A son of Brazilian soccer legend Pele has returned to jail to serve a sentence of more than 12 years on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. A Brazilian court Friday ordered Edson Cholbi do Nascimento returned to jail after turning down his appeal. He is ...
Jamaica got an early goal from Shaun Francis and led the rest of the way, holding off Canada 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Thursday night. Romario Williams put Jamaica up 2-0 five minutes into the second half. Canada's Junior Hoilett scored ...
Real Madrid will host Barcelona in an El Clasico match in late December, just after Madrid returns from playing at the Club World Cup. The Spanish League calendar, released Friday, pits Madrid against Barcelona on Dec. 20, a Wednesday, in the Spanish capital. That will ...
Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil is close to signing a new contract with the Gunners, according to British media reports on Friday. The German World Cup winner's current deal runs out at the end of the 2017-18 season, but Arsenal is confident of wrapping up negotiations ...
