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Hannover inflicted Bayern Munich its third consecutive defeat 3-1 Saturday in the German Bundesliga. Bayer Leverkusen, in second, enjoyed a comfortable 3-0 home win over Wolfsburg in Saturday's late game, when Michael Ballack was left out of the squad by coach Jupp Heynckes. ...
China suffered their second straight loss in the Algarve Cup women's football tournament after they succumbed to Iceland 2-1 on Friday. Ma Jun scored a scrambled goal to put China ahead, and Margret Vidarsdottir hit in a brace to wrap up the win for Iceland. Vidarsdottir found ...
Ronaldinho Gaucho said he was ready to enjoy the Carnaval party after he scored a goal in Flamengo's 3-2 victory over Olaria Saturday in the first round of the second half of the Rio de Janeiro state championship. The Flamengo coaching staff released the team for two days to ...
Striker Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid secured an important 3-1 win away to Santander Racing. Emmanuel Adebayor also scored as Madrid produced a good performance to remain within seven points of FC Barcelona and to show that they are capable of playing good football ...
FIFA will help China cultivate talented youth and provide more professional training to coaches and referees. The football's international ruling body pledged technical, managerial and organizational support to the Chinese Football Association (CFA) in a series of agreements ...
Barcelona and Arsenal both have to cope with injuries to key players in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 match today, with the English club hoping Robin van Persie will be able to play and protect their 2-1 lead. Van Persie is expected to miss the match because of ...
Lotta Schelin scored a contraversial goal to give Sweden a 1-0 over China at the Algarve Cup women's football tournament on Monday. The veteran striker fired the ball past China's goalkeeper Zhang Yanru in the 63rd minute on a solo run. Some Chinese defenders complained to the ...
The Football Association will back any credible challengers to Sepp Blatter in the Fifa presidential elections in June. The FA board is yet to take an official position on the vote as Blatter seeks a fourth term but members are said to feel it is time for a change. The associatio...
Spanish first division soccer league side Sevilla said on Monday that their striker Luis Fabiano will be sidelined for about six weeks. The Brazilian international strained a right thigh muscle during a weekend league match. "Good news from the infirmary. Luis Fabiano's injury is ...
The football governing body FIFA announced on Monday that it has lifted the suspension of Israel coach Luis Fernandez. The Spanish-born former French international was banned by FIFA last month because he had not obeyed a November 2009 disciplinary committee ruling regarding a ...
The Federation of International Football (FIFA) profited over 2 billion US dollars from the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said in on Monday. "We kept under control the cost of the World Cup. It cost a bit more than 1.2 billion US ...
Some 3,000 volunteers for the EURO 2012 European Soccer Championship tournament will be recruited via a new website to be launched by event organizers in April, local media reported on Tuesday. "We have just closed a tender for the preparation of the website which will serve not ...
Brazilian icon Pele, one of the greatest football players of all time, warned here on Monday that money may destroy a player's career if he forgets to play for the love of the game. Pele, or Edson Arantes do Nascimento, considered it a big problem as money has been more ...
Armin Veh is set to leave Hamburger SV after the season, the German Bundesliga's club coach said on Tuesday. The 50-year-old denied the option to prolong his contract for one year. After a long back and forth Veh announced his decision by saying: "Due to the current situation, in ...
Barcelona defender Eric Adibal was delighted as his side reached the last 8 of the Champions League following a 3-1 win over Arsenal in the return leg on Tuesday. Two goals from Leo Messi gave Barca a 3-1 win on the night and a 4-3 triumph on aggregate to take them into the ...
Inter Milan have reached the Champions League quarter-finals, after a dramatic 3-2 win at Bayern Munich in their last-16 second leg clash. Goals by Bayern's Mario Gomez and Thomas Mueller were eventually cancelled out by Inter's Samuel Eto'o and Wesley Sneijder. Goran Pandev ...
Asian champions Japan are No. 1 in the rankings for the region's 2014 World Cup qualifiers first-round draw taking place on March 30, the Asian Football Confederation announced on its official website Tuesday. The rankings are based on the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa as ...
Chinese side Tianjin Teda has now risen to the top of Group E in this year's Asian Football Champions League, with Cao Yang's second-half penalty clinching a hard-fought, 2-1 home win over Japan's Gamba Osaka. Both sides had been looking to consolidate their position in the group ...
AC Milan's Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been handed a three match suspension for his red card in last weekend's Italian Serie A match. AC Milan tied with Bari 1-1 last Saturday and Ibrahimovic was sent off in the 74th minute for punching Bari defender Marco Rossi in the ...
FC Barcelona's lead at the top of the La Liga table was reduced to five over Real Madrid after they drew 1-1 in Sevilla. Bojan Krkic and Jesus Navas both scored in a magnificent game and either side could have won in a thrilling second half. Barca kicked off knowing they needed a ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
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History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...