ROME - Impetuous teenage striker Mario Balotelli paid the price for not following Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho’s orders when he was substituted midway through the second half of the 1-0 Coppa Italia semi-final, first leg victory over Fiorentina.
ROME - Impetuous teenage striker Mario Balotelli paid the price for not following Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho’s orders when he was substituted midway through the second half of the 1-0 Coppa Italia semi-final, first leg victory over Fiorentina.
Saudi Arabian soccer chiefs will dole out a $1 million bonus if any of their clubs win the Asian Champions League this year.
ABU DHABI — After Italian clubs AC Milan, Inter Milan and German club Bayern Munich, in the recent past, the lovely UAE weather drew another football club. Seventeen-time Swiss League champions Servette FC held their winter training camp in the UAE from January 15 to 27.
PARIS - Newly crowned African champions Egypt were the biggest climbers in the FIFA world rankings published on Wednesday, leaping 14 places to 10th after their third straight Africa Cup of Nations triumph.
Carlo Ancelotti has backed John Terry to come through his personal crisis and lead Chelsea to the title despite his side’s disappointing failure to overcome Hull City at the KC Stadium.
BERLIN - Hamburg’s new star signing Ruud van Nistelrooy needs more time to get fit before making his Bundesliga debut, his coach Bruno Labbadia said on Wednesday.
AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi lambasted his own club and chief executive Adriano Galliani on Tuesday for signing Inter Milan winger Mancini on loan.
SEOUL - South Korea’s Ahn Jung-hwan, whose golden goal in 2002 knocked Italy out of the World Cup, could be in line for a surprise recall to the national team after coach Huh Jung-moo arranged to have him watched in China.
MEXICO CITY- All Paraguay forward Salvador Cabanas can think of nine days after being shot in the head is returning to training and getting to the World Cup, the president of his Mexican club America said on Tuesday
BEIJING - Yingli Green Energy, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of solar panels, was unveiled as the first Chinese company to sponsor the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday.