World Soccer

Kevin Frayer (AP) As Omer Golan scored in injury time, giving Israel a 2-1 victory over Russia on Saturday night, could allow the England to joint next summer’s Euro 2008. All the English have to do is tie or beat Croatia on Wednesday at Wembley. And Croatia has little incentive to play all out, having clinched a [...]

Carl De Souza (AFP) Euro 2008 qualifying reaches crunch time later on Saturday with Italy and England facing the prospect of missing out if results go against them. A win for Italy in Scotland will put the world champions and France through but victory for the hosts will catapult Alex McLeish’s surprise packages into next year’s finals [...]

Massimo Pinca (AP) Javier Zanetti will become Argentina’s most capped international if he plays in Saturday’s World Cup qualifier at home to Bolivia. Zanetti won his 115th cap in the 2-0 win in Venezuela in October, equalling the record set by former captain Roberto Ayala who quit international football in July.

Paul White (AP) Six away points from a possible 18 is not good enough for a team with title aspirations like Barcelona. Barca’s poor away form continued on Saturday as they went down 2-0 at Getafe in a Primera Liga fixture. “I have to think of something different for the away games. It could involve a change of [...]

Jon Super (AP) Manchester United and Arsenal became the first teams to reach the second round of the Champions League on Wednesday. United overpowered Dynamo Kiev 4-0 at Old Trafford and then advanced because AS Roma tied Sporting Lisbon 2-2 in another Group F game. Arsenal, the 2006 runner-up, needed only a point to advance. It played to [...]

Massimo Pinca (AP) Italy midfielder Mauro Camoranesi came off the bench in the second half to earn Juventus a 1-1 draw with leaders Inter Milan in Turin on Sunday. Camoranesi, on for captain Alessandro Del Piero, found the net from the centre of the penalty area in the 77th minute after Vincenzo Iaquinta’s header. Inter took the lead [...]

Manu Fernandez (AP) A Thierry Henry special and two trademark free kicks from Ronaldinho earned Barcelona a 3-0 win at home to Real Betis on Sunday. This result put them within a point of leaders Real Madrid at the top of the Primera Liga.

Alastair Grant (AP) Arsenal stayed unbeaten in the Premier League, tying Manchester United 2-2 on Saturday. William Gallas scored during injury time after giving up an own goal. Gallas’ shot crossed the line before it was pushed out by Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, with the linesman awarding the goal.

Antonio Calanni (AP) AC Milan failed to register its first Serie A win at the San Siro this season on Saturday night as they played out 0-0 with Torino. Under-fire coach Carlo Ancelotti watched in frustration as his side dominated for long periods but failed to take the chances which came their way with Italy striker Alberto [...]

Miguel Angel Morenatti (AP) Sevilla condemned Primera Liga leaders Real Madrid to their second defeat of the season on Saturday night with an impressive 2-0 win at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. The home side, under new coach Manuel Jimenez, opened the scoring after 19 minutes when Seydou Keita hammered home a wonderful shot from the edge of [...]