World Soccer

Paul Ellis (AFP/Getty Images) Arsenal won 4-1 at Everton on Saturday behind Eduardo Silva’s two goals, moving into first place in the Premier League ahead of Manchester United. Defending champion United slipped from top spot after it lost 2-1 at West Ham, with Cristiano Ronaldo missing a penalty kick after a hand ball by Jonathan Spector and [...]

Damien Meyer (AFP/Getty Images) Inter Milan punished a blunder by AC Milan goalkeeper Dida to beat its neighbor 2-1 and remain seven points ahead in the Italian title race. Inter’s players formed a guard of honor at the stadium the two teams share to welcome Milan back as winner of the Club World Cup.

Andrew Yates (AFP) Cristiano Ronaldo beat former teammate Tim Howard from the penalty spot with two minutes to go and Manchester United edged Everton 2-1 to cut Arsenal’s Premier League standings advantage to one point. United was awarded the spot kick for Steven Pienaar’s foul on Ryan Giggs and Ronaldo netted the penalty. It was Ronaldo’s second [...]

Javier Soriano (AFP/Getty Images) Julio Baptista scored a wonder goal and Real Madrid won 1-0 at traditional rival Barcelona on Sunday to move seven points clear in the Spanish league title race. The powerfully built Brazilian swapped passes with Ruud van Nistelrooy before driving the ball high into the top corner of the net in the 36th [...]

Europe’s longest-standing unbeaten home record came to an end on Thursday, after Everton triumped 3-2 over AZ Alkmaar in DSB Stadion. The Dutch side had gone 32 games unbeaten at home in Europe since entering European competition in 1977 but James Vaughan hit a 79th-minute winner. It means Everton finished the group stages of the UEFA Cup [...]

Andrew Yates (AFP/Getty Images) Arsenal and Manchester United drew clear in the Premier League after 1-0 victories over title challengers Chelsea and Liverpool. Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League after captain William Gallas headed the winner against his old club in a 1-0 victory in the London derby. Arsenal also had two goals disallowed in [...]

Philippe Desmazes (AFP/Getty Images) Real Madrid kept their noses in front in Spain after a comfortable 2-0 win over Osasuna helped the champions maintain a four-point lead over Barcelona. Dutch duo Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wesley Sneijder scored goals in each half as Real kept one eye fixed on next weekend’s top-of-the-table clash with arch-rivals Barcelona at [...]

Filippo Monteforte (AFP/Getty Images) Inter Milan extended their lead at the top of Serie A to seven points after a 2-0 win at bottom side Cagliari on Sunday. Julio Ricardo Cruz scored in the 57th minute and Honduras striker David Suazo added a goal in the 79th. The unbeaten defending champions took advantage of second-placed AS Roma drawing [...]

Claude Paris (AP) Liverpool clinched an unlikely place in the next round of the Champions League alongside Real Madrid, FC Porto, Olympiakos and Schalke on Tuesday. Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Dirk Kuyt scored to give Liverpool a 4-0 victory over Marseille in its final group game, seven weeks after the five-time European champions looked to be [...]

Antonio Calanni (AP) Internazionale Milan extended their lead at the top of Serie A to five points on Sunday after the Nerazzurri thrashed Torino while second-placed Roma could only draw 1-1 at Livorno. Inter were in imperious form once again and extended their unbeaten start to 15 games with a 4-0 thrashing of Torino at the San [...]