Argentina wins women's Champions trophy

2012-02-06 15:51:24

Argentina's Silvina D'Elia scored the lone goal in the first half as Argentina defeated Britain 1-0 in the final of the Champions Trophy women's field hockey tournament.

Borini helps Roma to thrash Inter Milan

2012-02-06 13:57:00

Fabio Borini struck twice to help AS Roma to a 4-0 home thrashing of Inter Milan and former coach Claudio Ranieri on Sunday.

LeBron rescues Heat from near collapse to Raptors

2012-02-06 11:12:39

LeBron James put his fourth-quarter uncertainties behind him with critical late plays that helped the Miami Heat survive a late scare from Toronto in a nervous 95-89 home win over the Raptors.

Real Masdrid take narrow win in Getafe

2012-02-05 08:38:53

A 17th-minute header from Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos was enough to give his side a narrow, but vitally important 1-0 win away to Getafe.

Bayern lose top position to Dortmund

2012-02-05 08:26:42

Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw against Hamburg to slip to second position Saturday due to the Dortmund's Victory a day earlier.

Egypt probes deadly soccer riot amid new protests

2012-02-03 11:08:23

Egypt's prosecution authorities began on Thursday an investigation into a deadly soccer riot which killed 74 and injured hundreds amid new protests against police.

FIFA requests report into Egypt violence

2012-02-03 10:31:36

FIFA has requested a full report from Egyptian authorities into the violence at a soccer match in Port Said that left 74 people dead.

Drogba shirt sealed, but no deal signed

2012-02-02 17:16:31

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will be given the No 11 shirt if he officially joins the Chinese soccer club Shanghai Shenhua, despite talks between the two sides still in deadlock.

Messi thwarted as Valencia hold Barca in Cup

2012-02-02 14:23:39

Lionel Messi had a penalty saved early in the second half as Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw at Valencia in a hard-fought King's Cup semi-final first leg.

Alarm bells for stadium safety

2012-02-02 09:54:58

In terms of global visibility there could hardly be a greater contrast between Egypt's soccer disaster killing at least 73 people and the world's worst recorded stadium disaster in which 340 people died in Moscow in 1982.

Egypt vows to find soccer violence culprits

2012-02-02 09:48:26

The head of Egypt's ruling military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, vowed on Thursday to track down those behind soccer violence that killed more than 70 people in Port Said

2 dead, several injured in Zambia after AFCON victory

2012-02-01 17:19:51

At least two people died in Lusaka's celebration last night after the country's national soccer team reached the quarterfinals at the on-going Africa Cup of Nations.