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Portsmouth have sacked manager Paul Hart after the club's poor start to the season left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League.
Premiership
Portsmouth
Liverpool, Barcelona and Rangers are all facing the prospect of crashing out of the UEFA Champions League in the penultimate round of group games. Debrecen vs. Liverpool Victory in Hungary may not be enough Carragher remembers past failures U.S. TV: Setanta (LIVE at 2:45pm), ...
Premiership
Champions League
Liverpool
Rangers FC
Jamie Carragher
Inter Milan
What: Fifa World Cup 2010 draw Where: Cape Town, South Africa When: December 4, 2009 5pm GMT. The 32 teams will be seeded in four pots to be confirmed, perhaps, as late as the eve of the draw itself. The 90-minute ceremony will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. ...
World Cup
South Africa
Spanish striker Fernando Torres talks about life at Liverpool and in the Premier League , and how he had managed to avoid the limelight despite his football superstar status.
World Cup
Fernando Torres
Liverpool
Spain
The new NASL has nine teams: Carolina RailHawks, Atlanta Silverbacks, Crystal Palace Baltimore, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact, St. Louis Soccer United, Tampa Bay Rowdies and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
MLS
Carolina RailHawks
Miami FC
Montreal Impact
Vancouver Whitecaps
Freddie Ljungberg knows all the questions about Arsenal's durability. Do they have substance to go with their undoubted style? Character as well as creativity? Depth as well as desire? In short, when the going gets tough, can Arsenal get going?
Premiership
Arsenal
Freddie Ljungberg
Sepp Blatter has called an emergency meeting of Fifa’s executive committee to discuss the fallout from Ireland’s World Cup qualifying play-off elimination by France. The meeting will be held only two days before the draw for the finals in South Africa.
World Cup
France
South Africa
It's not supposed to be this way. Carlos Marchena's not supposed to score and he's certainly not supposed to score the same day David Albelda does. Even the most evil men are capable of beauty once in a while.
World Cup
Carlos Marchena
David Albelda
Spain
A masterful display at Freiburg confirmed Mesut Özil's status as the best player in the league, a one-man source of creativity. Mesut Özil streets ahead of rivals to inspire Werder to greater heights.
World Cup
Mesut Özil
Werder Bremen
Germany
After seeing off Fiorentina 3-2, Parma find themselves fifth in the table and that certainly is an extraordinary achievement. Seventh sister back on the scene as Parma perk up sibling rivalry.
World Cup
Fiorentina
Italy
The Dutchman's ignoring of Rubin players may have helped them retain the title and cost Russia a World Cup finals place. Rubin Kazan have good reason to thank the blinkered Guus Hiddink.
World Cup
Russia
Guus Hiddink
Jonathan
The trouble with the ' clásico ' ( Barcelona v Real Madrid, in case you didn't know ) is that in the week preceding this apocalyptic fixture everything seems conditioned by its looming presence. It might have been better for the clubs themselves to have played the game on a weekend which ...
World Cup
Real Madrid
Spain
Champions League
Our discussion addressed a number of topics, including his views on using instant replay in soccer officiating (in the wake of the controversy in Wednesday's World Cup Ireland-France World Cup qualifier), the MLS salary cap, Landon Donovan's future in MLS, a move to a single table, ...
World Cup
France
Landon Donovan
Don Garber
Not since Zinedine Zidane lined up Marco Materazzi’s chest with his head in Berlin over three years ago have so many opinions, distortions, hyperbole and hypocritical utterances been spewed forth. The “Henry Incident” has provided an opportunity for outlandish stereo-typing and xenophobia . ...
Euro Leagues
Zinedine Zidane
Marco Materazzi
Hertha Berlin
Iraqi football teams have been banned from all international competitions after sectarian infighting among the country’s sports officials.
Other
Goals fly in from all angles, with scoreboards threatening to blow a fuse and reporters racing through pencils as they frantically scribble away in an effort to keep up with the action unfolding in front of them. These are the games which really capture the imagination - at least for the ...
Premiership
Tottenham Hotspur
England
Wigan Athletic
Few gave Real Salt Lake much of a shot to defeat Los Angeles and win its first MLS Cup. Kyle McCarthy explains how RSL positioned itself for glory and grasped the opportunity in the Monday MLS Breakdown.
MLS
Real Salt Lake
Los Angeles Galaxy
Ronaldinho (Milan): Arguably the former Barcelona star’s best match this season. A full ninety minutes of ingenuity and creativity. His one-touch assist for Pato was sublime and his penalty was dispatched with confidence. He is thriving in Leonardo’s system and enjoying his football again. ...
World Cup
Ronaldinho
FC Barcelona
Pato
Serie A
Italy
Real Madrid have moved to the top of the Liga table after beating Racing Santander while Barcelona were held at Athletic Bilbao. Saturday Valencia moved back into the Primera Liga's top four on Sunday with a convincing victory on their travels. Sunday
World Cup
Real Madrid
Racing Santander
FC Barcelona
Athletic Bilbao
Spain
Inter Milan stretched their lead at the top of the table as Parma prevailed in a five-goal thriller at Fiorentina. Saturday AC Milan edged a seven-goal thriller against Cagliari, while Francesco Totti was the hero for Roma. Sunday
