Chelsea won the FA Cup here on Saturday beating Portsmouth 1-0 to complete the domestic double.
Chelsea won the FA Cup here on Saturday beating Portsmouth 1-0 to complete the domestic double.
JOHANNESBURG - It’s billed as “Africa’s World Cup”, and countries across the continent are hitching their stars to the tournament, hoping to change the image of a region often perceived in degrees of crisis.
THE HAGUE - Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk on Friday trimmed his preliminary World Cup squad from 30 to 27 players with Otman Bakkal (PSV Eindhoven), Wout Brama (FC Twente) and David Mendes da Silva (AZ Alkmaar) dropping out.
Wayne Rooney believes England will feel the benefit of his new-found maturity when the Manchester United striker leads his country’s bid to win the World Cup.
ROME - Interim Juventus coach Alberto Zaccheroni, who will leave his post following Saturday night’s final Serie A match of the season away to AC Milan, admitted on Friday that he feels bitter.
LONDON - Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic said Friday he doesn’t hold a grudge against Avram Grant even though the Portsmouth manager almost derailed his career in England.
JOHANNESBURG - Togo were officially cleared to play in the 2012 African Nations Cup qualifying competition after an African Football Confederation (CAF) executive meeting in Cairo Friday.
LONDON - Australia goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer fears Roy Hodgson could be tempted to leave Fulham after his side’s fairytale run to the Europa League final.
LONDON - Britain’s new Prime Minister David Cameron threw his weight Friday behind England’s bid to host football’s World Cup in 2018.
LONDON - Fabio Capello admits England were a spent force when he took charge but the Italian now expects nothing less than a World Cup final appearance from his rejuvenated squad.