England are hoping to exploit the feel-good factor created by Manchester City and Chelsea triumphs at home and abroad as a new era under Roy Hodgson kicks off against Norway on Saturday. More »England look for feel-good factor in Euro warm-up
Fans heading to football and rugby finals at Wembley and Twickenham have been advised … More »Sports fans warned of road delays
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Evidence from … More »Prince Ali stunned by FIFA experts' …
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Evidence from FIFA's medical experts on why the ban on Muslim women footballers wearing the Islamic headscarf or hijab should remain in place was deeply flawed and had no foundation, the campaign's principal supporter said on Fri … More »Prince Ali stunned by FIFA experts' hijab knock back
The father of uncapped England player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has indicated his family could still travel to the Euro 2012 football tournament despite fears of racial abuse in Ukraine. More »Player's Family May Go To Euros Despite Fears
LONDON (Reuters) - Wigan Athletic's Roberto Martinez has been "made an offer" by Liverpool's American owners who are searching for a new manager after sacking Kenny Dalglish, Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said on Friday. More »Martinez made offer by Liverpool - Wigan owner
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - English FA chairman David Bernstein, who called for last year's FIFA presidential election to be called off in the wake of a bribery scandal, said on Friday he was very impressed with the changes underway within world soccer's governing … More »English FA happy with FIFA changes one year on
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Lydia Nsereka, the president of the Burundi Football Association, became the first woman ever to sit on the executive committee of soccer's world governing body FIFA at the annual congress on Friday. "I am delighted we have the first … More »Nsereka becomes first woman on FIFA executive committee
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - FIFA has a real chance to reform itself in a way that will be remembered by future generations and it must not pass up this "singular" opportunity, its anti-corruption advisor Mark Pieth told Congress delegates on Friday. Pieth, the … More »Pieth urges FIFA to take singular chance to reform
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - FIFA has a real chance to reform itself in a way that will be remembered by future generations and it must not pass up this "singular" opportunity, its anti-corruption advisor Mark Pieth told Congress delegates on Friday. More »Pieth urges FIFA to take singular chance to reform
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The newly independent state of South Sudan became the 209th member of FIFA on Friday, when it was voted into full membership of world soccer's governing body by delegates at FIFA's annual congress. South Sudan, which ceded from Sudan … More »South Sudan becomes FIFA's 209th member
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - FIFA's new insurance policy will cover players injured on international duty and provide clubs around the world with a maximum annual payout of $9.7 million per player, delegates at the FIFA Congress were told on Friday. The payouts … More »FIFA authorises first insurance policy for international injuries
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A year on from his scandal-scarred re-election as FIFA president, Sepp Blatter told delegates at their annual conference on Friday that world soccer's governing body was taking big steps back to calmer times. More »FIFA's big troubles are behind us, says Blatter
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter has called on Germany's World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer and his panel of soccer experts to try to come up with an alternative to penalty shootouts to settle drawn matches. Blatter was speaking to delegates … More »FIFA President calls for alternative to penalty shootouts
LONDON (Reuters) - England's third choice goalkeeper John Ruddy has been ruled out of Euro 2012 after breaking a finger in training, the Football Association said on Friday. More »England lose third choice keeper Ruddy for Euro 2012
PARIS (Reuters) - Al Jazeera, best known for its Middle Eastern news coverage, aims to become a global powerhouse in sports broadcasting over the next five years, its director told Reuters. The Qatar-based broadcaster will launch its new sports channel … More »Al Jazeera seeks to build global brand in sports
Swindon Town FC has defended its decision to allow a footballer, whose drink driving led to the deaths of two small children, to train with the club. More »Swindon Town Defends Drink Drive Goalkeeper
LONDON (Reuters) - The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) is pushing to make racist abuse a sackable offence for professional footballers in England next season. More »PFA wants players to be sacked for racist abuse
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An elephant in Poland is set to sniff out winners in the Euro 2012 football championships, using her trunk where Germany's Paul the Octopus used his wily arms to prophesy for the 2010 World Cup. More »Citta the elephant to sniff out Euro 2012 wins
Goal-line technology will be tested at England's friendly against Belgium at Wembley on 2nd June. More »England Match To Test Goal-Line Technology
LONDON (Reuters) - England's home friendly against Belgium at Wembley next month will be used to test the Hawk-Eye goalline technology system, world governing body FIFA said on Thursday. Independent testers from EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials … More »England friendly to trial goalline technology
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Howard Webb, the referee when Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch with a cardiac arrest and nearly died in March, has warned players that feigning injuries could risk lives. Webb said in an interview … More »Feigning injury could cause tragedy, says referee Webb
England midfielder Steven Gerrard on Thursday ruled out retiring from international football after Euro 2012. More »Gerrard rules out retiring after Euro 2012
Goal-line technology will be tested in an international match for the first time, when England take on Belgium in a Euro 2012 warm-up, FIFA said on Thursday. More »Goal-line technology for England friendly - FIFA
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Referees are routinely criticised for having poor eyesight, lacking fitness and getting decisions wrong but FIFA medical experts want whistlers tested for performance-enhancing drugs. Top class and international match officials are … More »FIFA want referees to be tested for drugs
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter's reform of FIFA will continue on Friday when delegates at the 62nd FIFA Congress review a set of proposals aimed at modernising the way world soccer's governing body is run. In an interview with Reuters this week, the … More »FIFA Congress set to accelerate Blatter's reforms
QPR's volatile captain Joey Barton received a 12 match ban from the Football Association on Wednesday after being found guilty by an Independent Commission of two counts of violent conduct. More »FA don't hold back on Barton ban
LONDON (Reuters) - Queens Park Rangers midfielder Joey Barton will serve a 12-game ban after he was suspended for a further eight matches on Wednesday having been found guilty of violent conduct, the FA said in a statement. He was also fined 75,000 pounds. … More »QPR's Barton hit with further eight-game ban
Queens Park Rangers' Joey Barton has been suspended for 12-matches and fined £75,000 by the Football Association following a hearing at Wembley Stadium. More »Joey Barton Is Banned For 12 Games Following Manchester City Fracas
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The Champions League rule which has denied Tottenham Hotspur a place in next season's competition because Chelsea won Saturday's final could be reviewed by UEFA's executive committee, president Michel Platini said on Wednesday. Chelsea … More »UEFA may review rule that hit Spurs Champions League bid
LONDON (Reuters) - London Welsh, one of the biggest clubs in English rugby in the 1960s and 70s, will not be promoted to the Premiership because their nominated stadium does not meet Rugby Football Union (RFU)standards. London Welsh currently play at … More »London Welsh denied promotion to English Premiership
Newcastle Falcons will stay in the top flight of English rugby union next season, regardless of whether London Welsh win promotion later this month, the Rugby Football Union said on Wednesday. More »Newcastle Falcons get relegation reprieve: RFU
Joey Barton is facing an FA disciplinary hearing which will decide the length of his ban following an ill-tempered sending off at the Etihad Stadium 10 days ago. More »Barton Ban: Footballer Set To Discover Fate
England's players have met new manager Roy Hodgson for the first time ahead of Euro 2012. More »England Players Meet For The First Time Ahead Of Euro 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - Former England striker Emile Heskey has been released by Aston Villa, bringing to an end his three-and-a-half-year stay at the club. The 34-year-old, who managed just one goal in 29 appearances for the Midlands club this season, joined … More »Heskey released by Aston Villa
England's Kevin Pietersen has said it will be "great for the game" if West Indies "superstar" Chris Gayle returns for the second Test at Trent Bridge starting here on Friday. More »Pietersen wants Gayle back for Windies
Robbie Williams has said he can't wait to have a kick about with his own child. More »Robbie can't wait to play with baby
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta was once on hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam's "important people" list but excluded from a fantasy football celebration helicopter trip to Atlantic City with other corporate high-flyers. … More »Gupta jury hears competing views of Rajaratnam ties
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has turned down the chance of managing Aston Villa, a spokesman for the English Premier League said on Tuesday. More »Solskjaer turns down Aston Villa manager's job
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - FIFA is heading into calmer waters after a series of corruption allegations over the last two years, its president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday. "I am an optimist," Blatter told reporters ahead of the world soccer body's annual congress. … More »Blatter says FIFA is sailing into calmer waters
LONDON (Reuters) - Former England international Owen Hargreaves is leaving Manchester City at the end of his one-year contract, the Premier League champions said on Tuesday. The 31-year-old joined City in August after an injury-plagued spell at Manchester … More »Former England midfielder Hargreaves to leave City
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Kosovo took a huge step towards FIFA membership on Tuesday when world soccer's governing body said its 208 member countries could start playing friendly internationals against teams from the Balkan province. FIFA and UEFA, European … More »Kosovo moves a step closer to FIFA membership