MANCHESTER - The destiny of the Premier League title will be firmly in Manchester City's hands if they beat leaders Manchester United at home on Monday, United manager Alex Ferguson has said.

United hold a three-point advantage going into the highly-anticipated showdown but a win for...

LONDON — The English Football Association approached West Bromwich Albion manager Roy Hodgson on Sunday about filling the national coach's job, almost three months after Fabio Capello's resignation.

The FA waited until the final weeks of the season to make its move to replace...

 BARCELONA— Rafael Nadal became the first player in the Open Era to win two tournaments seven times after beating David Ferrer 7-6 (1), 7-5 in Sunday's Barcelona Open final.

The second-ranked Nadal's 21st straight victory on clay followed up his eighth straight win in Monte...

LONDON- Fernando Torres, suddenly oozing confidence in front of goal, netted his first Chelsea hat-trick as the Champions League finalists capped a sensational week by routing Queens Park Rangers 6-1 in the Premier League on Sunday.

Chelsea remain firmly in the hunt for a top-four...

 NICOSIA - Limassol side Aris are staring relegation to the second division in the face after losing 0-2 at home to Enosis Neon Paralamniou on Sunday. But in Nicosia, Olympiakos managed to clinch three valuable points at home to Ethnikos Achnas at the GSP, significantly improving their chances...

LONDON - Southampton returned to the Premier League after a seven year absence when they beat Coventry City 4-0 on Saturday to clinch second place in the Championship (second division) and back-to-back promotions.

West Ham United, who could have pipped Southampton if results had gone...

BARCELONA - Top seed Rafa Nadal blasted his way past Fernando Verdasco 6-0 6-4 on Saturday to set up an all-Spanish final with David Ferrer as he homes in on a seventh Barcelona Open title.

Third-seed Ferrer reached the final for the fourth time after surviving two tie breaks...

LIMASSOL - AEL kept their title hopes very much alive on Saturday, retaining a two point lead over holders APOEL after a fiercely fought goalless draw at home at the Tsirio stadium. In the other big game of the day, Omonia trounced Anorthosis 4-0 away at the Antonis Papadopoulos in Larnaca to...

MADRID - Fernando Llorente netted a dramatic late winner for Athletic Bilbao to eliminate Sporting and Atletico Madrid comfortably held on to a first-leg lead to oust La Liga rivals Valencia on Thursday and set up an all-Spanish Europa League final.

A 3-1 success for Bilbao, chasing...

MADRID - Bayern Munich summoned up all their famous resilience to oust Real Madrid in a nerve-jangling Champions League penalty shootout on Wednesday, denying Jose Mourinho's expensively-assembled side a tilt at a 10th European crown and setting up a final showdown against Chelsea next month.
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