BARCELONA - With a Barcelona shirt on, pretty much everything has gone right for Lionel Messi in the past four seasons, a run of form that has helped the Catalan club to 13 trophies and the Argentine to three World Player of the Year awards.

Messi, who is yet to convince many of his...

BARCELONA - Successive defeats by Chelsea and Real Madrid have not diminished Pep Guardiola's faith in his players or his belief that they will immediately get back to winning ways, the Barcelona coach said on Monday.

The Spanish and European champions host Chelsea on Tuesday needing...

LONDON - Former England goalkeeper David Seaman would not have wanted to be part of a Great Britain football team at the Olympics and instead believes the Games should provide a chance for amateurs to shine.
Contention has surrounded the composition of a British squad with the Welsh,...

LONDON - Arsenal striker Robin van Persie was named the English Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) player of the year on Sunday after scoring 27 league goals to revive his club's season.

The Dutch international, 28, tops the Premier League scoring charts and Arsenal's third...

MANCHESTER — Steven Pienaar grabbed a late equaliser as Everton salvaged a stunning 4-4 draw with Manchester United on Sunday to halt the defending champion's title charge, Manchester City then closed the gap in the title race by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers - a result which relegated the...

Bahrain — Two-time world champion Sebastian Vettel held off a charging Kimi Raikkonen to win an incident-free Bahrain Grand Prix Sunday for his first victory of the season.

Vettel started from pole for the first time this year and led from start to finish. Raikkonen worked his way up...

NICOSIA - Ivan Tričkovski's last gasp winner for APOEL over AEL at the GSP stadium today (Sunday) has blown the title race wide open and given the Nicosia side hope of retaining their title.
The Macedonia headed the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time to send APOEL players and fans...

NICOSIA - Omonia's miserable run in the play offs continued today as Anorthosis scored in the third minute of injury time at the GSP to secure all three points and mainatin their slim chances of catching league leaders AEL.
After a dull first half with little incident of note the away side...

MADRID - Atletico Madrid have one foot in the final of the Europa League after a Radamel Falcao double fired the 2010 winners to a 4-2 semi-final first leg win at home to La Liga rivals Valencia on Thursday.

The pacy Colombia striker known as 'The Tiger' nodded Atletico ahead in the...

ANKARA - Fenerbahce's Turkey international midfielder Emre Belozoglu has been handed a two-match ban for using a racial slur against Ivory Coast's Didier Zokora during a league game on Sunday, the Turkish Football Disciplinary Committee (PFDK) said.

Earlier on Thursday, Trabzonspor...