World Soccer

Dave Thompson (AP) Coventry City knocked Manchester United’s young fringe players from the Carling Cup with a 2-0 win at Old Trafford. United manager Sir Alex Ferguson changed his entire team from the one that beat Chelsea on Sunday but it back-fired and he paid the price with an embarrassing defeat At the other match, Salomon Kalou’s double [...]

Luca Bruno (AP) Clearly looking like they had a point to prove, Inter Milan convincingly beat Sampdoria 3-0 at home and caught up with AS Roma on top of the Serie A table. With Roma being held to a 2-2 draw at Fiorentina it left them and Inter on 11 points, with Roma retaining the lead on [...]

Jaime Reina (AFP/Getty Images) Villarreal take the lead in La Liga after winning 2-0 at Racing Santander on Wednesday. First half goals from Turkish international Nihat Kahveci and their American-born Italian striker Guiseppe Rossi secured pole position on goal difference from local rivals Valencia, who laboured to a 2-1 win over Getafe. The two teams both have 12 [...]

Andrew Yates(AFP) Chelsea’s first game since the departure of manager Jose Mourinho ended with loses 0-2 to Manchester United on Sunday. Carlos Tevez scored his first goal for United in first-half injury time and Louis Saha hit a late penalty to extend Chelsea’s winless streak to four games in all competitions and hand Avram Grant a defeat [...]

Manu Fernandez (AP) Barcelona, Manchester United, Arsenal and AS Roma opened with victories Wednesday night in the European Champions League, while Internazionale of Milan lost on the road. Barcelona, the 2006 champion, defeated visiting Lyon 3-0 in group E, Wednesday. Thierry Henry finally ended his Spanish goal drought with an injury-time goal. Cristiano Ronaldo scored against his former [...]

Luca Bruno (AP) European legends Real Madrid and AC Milan kicked off their 2007/08 Champions League campaigns with victories. But top English clubs Chelsea and Liverpool had to toil for draws. AC Milan’s 2-1 defeat of Benfica at the San Siro meant they started their title defence on a high. Nearly four months after beating Liverpool to win its [...]

Andrew Milligan (AP) A second half wonder strike from James McFadden sealed a shock 1-0 victory for Scotland over Euro 2008 group B rivals France here on Wednesday. It is a huge boost to the qualifying hopes of Scotland, who go top of group B with overnight leaders France dropping to third behind second-placed Italy after their [...]

Antonio Calanni (AP) Italy, England, France and Spain are all in Euro 2008 action on Wednesday as qualifying for the finals in Austria and Switzerland moves into the home straight. Ukraine approach their Group B qualifier against world champions Italy in a must-win situation to keep their hopes alive. Ukraine, who lost 3-0 to Italy in the quarter-finals [...]

Felice Calabro’ (AP) The showcase game in Saturday’s Euro 2008 qualifiers was at Milan’s San Siro stadium, where 2006 World Cup winners Italy took on the French in a game which provided plenty of tension and passion. But their World Cup final repeat ended with drew 0-0. Germany and England notched easy wins and 10-man Spain were frustrated [...]

Her name Ana Paula Olivieira. She is a lineswoman and Playboy model! Yup. The Brazilian lineswoman has no regrets about posing nude for Playboy magazine even though she has not been selected to officiate at a professional game since. The 29-year-old has not officially been suspended since the magazine was published in July Television pictures showed a crowd [...]