Soccer News & Headlines

Premiership side Tottenham Hotspur are set to sign Tony Parks to replace Austrian Hans Leitert as keeper's coach.

Leixoes Matosinhos have defended their Liga Sagres lead with a 1-2 victory at Rio Ave on Friday.

Borussia Dortmund have moved into fourth place in the German Bundesliga after a 0-1 win at Karlsruhe in Friday's only game.

Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez will be a Real Madrid player next season, the Marca sports daily reported on Friday.

Sunderland manager Roy Keane has attacked footballers from Ireland and Scotland for eating and drinking "rubbish".

Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear has invited St James´ Park legend Alan Shearer to learn the coaching ropes alongside him at the struggling English Premier League club.

Rangers legend Ally McCoist has been backed as the long-term successor to Ibrox manager Walter Smith.

Juande Ramos admits he would love to manage another Premier League club despite his chastening experience at Tottenham.

The decision by sport´s highest court to uphold a ruling that Atletico Madrid must play a Champions League match in an empty stadium because of alleged racist behaviour by its fans is "deeply unfair", Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Friday.

Fabio Capello has restored the feelgood factor to England after only a year in charge but his players have revealed the hardline approach behind the dramatic improvement.

William Gallas was fighting for his Arsenal future on Friday after reports emerged that he had been stripped of the captaincy and dropped for Saturday´s trip to Manchester City.

Sir Alex Ferguson believes Aston Villa can break into the Premier League´s top four this season after their impressive start to the campaign.

ROME (SW) – AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti has said that he felt that his team had turned the corner, in what has thus far been a poor start to the Serie A season.

Estudiantes de la Plata have reached the final of the Copa Nissan Sudamericana thanks to a 1-0 win over Argentinos Juniors.

England manager Fabio Capello admitted on Friday that he has been stunned by the progress made by a team which was in utter disarray when he took over in February.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday halved a fine for Atletico Madrid to 75,000 euros (94,000 dollars) after its fans chanted racist insults during a Champions League fixture against Marseille last month.

Guillermo Barros Schelotto, a midfielder from Argentina, was named Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player on Thursday after helping the Columbus Crew reach the league´s championship match.

Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan has signed a short-term contract Thursday on loan to German giants Bayern Munich after impressing coach Jurgen Klinsmann on his 10-day trial.

Everton manager David Moyes risked the wrath of the English Football Association on Thursday after accusing the organisation of being "a law unto themselves".

German police reported Thursday they made a total of 30 arrests in the wake of England´s 2-1 win here over Germany, with both sets of fans generally praised for their good behaviour.

Arsenal captain William Gallas has launched an astonishing attack on the club´s bickering young guns.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday halved a fine for Atletico Madrid to 75,000 euros (94,000 dollars) after its fans chanted racist insults during a Champions League fixture against Marseille last month.

Sunderland manager Roy Keane denied an English Football Association charge of improper conduct on Thursday.

Manchester City boss Mark Hughes has been given the green light to sign a temporary replacement for injured England goalkeeper Joe Hart.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirmed that Theo Walcott will be sidelined for at least three months after the England winger had surgery on his dislocated shoulder on Thursday.

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon is confident Germany midfielder Michael Ballack will commit his long-term future to the Premier League leaders.

German Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg have made a transfer offer for Japan international striker Yoshito Okubo, his J-League team Vissel Kobe said Thursday.

A goal nine minutes from time from striker Radamel Falcao Garcia was enough to give Colombia a 1-0 win over Nigeria in a friendly match on Wednesday.

Honduras defeated Mexico 1-0 with the help of an own goal on a waterlogged field to advance in 2010 South Africa World Cup qualifying at the expense of Jamaica.

Brazilian side Internacional have reached the final of the Copa Nissan Sudamericana following a 6-0 aggregate victory over Chivas de Guadalajara.

No less than eight goals were scored in Wednesday's international friendly between Brazil and Portugal.

England coach Fabio Capello said the 2-1 friendly win over Germany here on Wednesday was not only an important step in terms of result, but a massive leap forward for confidence.

European champions Spain beat Chile 3-0 at the Madrigal stadium in an international friendly here on Wednesday to finish a marvellous year with yet another victory.

Poland survived a frantic finale to win 3-2 in an international friendly on Wednesday as Giovanni Trapattoni´s six-game unbeaten run in charge of the Republic of Ireland ended here at Croke Park.

Diego Maradona´s first match as head coach of Argentina ended with a 1-0 friendly win over Scotland at Hampden Park here on Wednesday.

An early goal from Maxi Rodriguez earned Argentina a narrow win over Scotland in Diego Armando Maradona's debut as national team manager.

Thierry Henry picked out the performance of Caen striker Steve Savidan as a high point in a dull 0-0 draw at the Stade de France in a friendly international against Uruguay.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi on Wednesday broke Vittorio Pozzo´s record of 30 consecutive matches without defeat as the Italians came away from Karaiskaki Stadium with a hard fought 1-1 draw against Greece.

Arsenal star Robin van Persie scored twice as Holland beat Sweden 3-1 in a friendly international here on Wednesday.

England captain John Terry´s header six minutes from time sealed a 2-1 win over Germany in Wednesday´s friendly at Berlin´s Olympic Stadium as Fabio Capello´s weakened team beat the Euro 2008 runners-up.

Things are looking up for Fabio Capello's England side, after a 1-2 victory over arch rivals Germany.

Two goals from Arsenal's Robin van Persie and one from Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt earned the Netherlands a 3-1 victory over Sweden.

Greece and Italy held each other to a 1-1 draw in an international friendly on Wednesday.

Three goals from Tuncay helped Turkey to a 2-4 victory in and against Austria on Wednesday.

A single goal from Seleznyov handed Ukraine a 1-0 win over Norway in a Wednesday friendly.

Serbia showed to be in good shape with an impressive 6-1 friendly win over Bulgaria.

Wales captain Craig Bellamy´s second-half goal was good enough to give the visitors a 1-0 win over Denmark in the international football friendly here Wednesday.

Second-half goals from Sandor Torghelle and Fulham´s Zoltan Gera saw Hungary to a 2-0 win against Northern Ireland at a rainswept Windsor Park in an international friendly here Wednesday.

South Africa claimed a record-equalling fourth consecutive international victory Wednesday by edging Cameroon 3-2 in a Nelson Mandela Challenge thriller.

Barcelona striker Samuel Eto´o, who was to play in a friendly match for Cameroon against South Africa, was instead at team training Wednesday, the club said.