World Soccer

Fernando Bustamante (AP) Frank Rijkaard saw the curtain come down on his five-year spell as Barcelona coach on Saturday with his final match one to remember as Giovani dos Santos bagged a hat-trick in a 5-3 win over Real Murcia. Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry also scored for Barcelona’s second in nine games, which ensured the team [...]

Carl de Souza (AFP) Nwankwo Kanu’s goal was good enough to give Portsmouth a 1-0 win in the FA Cup final against Cardiff City at Wembley here on Saturday. The Nigerian’s goal meant the south coast club won the FA Cup for only the second time in their history following their last appearance in a major Wembley [...]

Olympique Lyon wrapped up their seventh straight French championship on Saturday with a 3-1 win at Auxerre on Saturday. Bordeaux placed second, four points adrift, after they could only draw 2-2 at Lens, sending their opponents down, along with Metz and Strasbourg, a decade after winning the title.

Oliver Lang (AFP/Getty Images) Luca Toni scored a hat-trick to secure his place as the Bundesliga’s top-scorer after Bayern Munich Saturday’s 4-1 win over Hertha Berlin. Italian World Cup winner Toni, who joined Bayern from Fiorentina last summer, finished the season with 24 league goals - 39 in all competitions - after the win at Munich’s Allianz [...]

Franck Fife (AFP/Getty Images) Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg won their first European silverware. Second-half goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyrianov secured a 2-0 victory over Rangers in the UEFA Cup final on Wednesday.

Bernat Armangue (AP) Real Madrid came from behind with two goals in the last three minutes at Osasuna to retain the Primera Liga title in dramatic fashion with a 2-1 win. “We are worthy champions and we fully deserve to win this title,” said Real coach Bernd Schuster. Thousands of Real Madrid fans converged on the famous Cibeles [...]

The beer flowed as Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga title on Sunday after a lacklustre 0-0 draw at VfL Wolfsburg gave them the precious point to be crowned German champions for the 21st time. The stalemate in Wolfsburg puts Bayern on 67 points - ten more than second-placed Werder Bremen - and with only three games [...]

Oliver Lang (AFP/DDP) Glasgow Rangers will meet Zenit St. Petersburg in the UEFA Cup final following upset victories Thursday night. Rangers advanced to its first European final since 1972, winning 4-2 on penalty kicks at Fiorentina following a 0-0 tie in overtime left the aggregate scoreless in the home-and-home semifinal. Zenit sent visiting Bayern Munich to its most [...]

Carl de Souza (AFP/Getty Images) Chelsea 3 Liverpool 2 At Stamford Bridge, London Scorers: Chelsea - Didier Drogba 33, 105, Frank Lampard 98pen Liverpool - Fernando Torres 64, Ryan Babel 117 Halftime: 1-0; After 90 mins 1-1; After extra time 3-2 Attendance: 38,900 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy) First leg score: 1-1 Aggregate score: 4-3 Teams: Chelsea: 1-Petr Cech; 5-Michael Essien, 6-Ricardo Carvalho, 26-John Terry, 3-Ashley Cole; [...]