New Zealand side Auckland City booked their place in the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup with a 2-0 victory over local side Al Ahli in Abu Dhabi –FIFA.com have reported.
Diego Maradona could have compromised his role in Argentina’s World Cup build-up after world governing body FIFA announced they are to investigate his conduct in a reportedly obscene TV interview following his side’s 1-0 win over Uruguay.
Egypt begin the defense of their Africa Cup of Nations crown with an emphatic 3-1 victory against title rivals Nigeria in Angola.
Reports emerge from Angola that a bus carrying Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor, and his Togo team-mates, is fired on by robbers brandishing machine guns.
Ronaldinho plundered a hat-trick as AC Milan crushed 10-man Siena 4-0 on Sunday to close the gap on Serie A leaders Inter Milan to just six points and with the Milan derby to come next week.
Olympic snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo is the talk of Japan. Not for his athletic ability — but for his appearance.
Europe League favorites Liverpool scraped to a narrow 1-0 win over Unirea Urziceni at Anfield on Thursday as striker David Ngog scored the winner nine minutes from time.
A superb second half goal from substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave Barcelona a 1-0 win over arch-rivals Real Madrid to go back to the top of the Spanish La Liga on Sunday.
Russia coach Guus Hiddink has been named as Turkey’s new national team boss after agreeing a two-year contract starting in August.
One of the best shots of his life helped Swede Martin Erlandsson to an eight-under-par 64 and a one-stroke lead on the opening day of the South African Open.
Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi have been retained by Force India for the 2010 Formula One season.
