The United States womens national team, ranked No. 1 in the world by FIFA, will travel to Europe for exhibition games against Norway and Sweden this summer.
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The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Rankings for the month of May were released on Wednesday, and since there was only around 20 games played since the last rankings, there was not a lot of change inside the top 50.
SAO PAULO, Brazil Brazilian star Ronaldo says he's sorry, embarrassed and ashamed about his highly publicized encounter a week ago with three cross-dressing prostitutes, calling it the biggest mistake of his life.
Substitute Angela Hucles scored in the final seconds of stoppage time Saturday, giving the United States women's national team a 5-4 win over Australia.
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez blamed a failure to take extra-time chances for their Champions League exit at the hands of Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
Avram Grant believes he has answered his critics after guiding Chelsea to the Champions League final at the expense of Liverpool.
Five-time World Cup champion Brazil will play exhibitions in the United States against Canada and Venezuela in the next six weeks.
CSKA Sofia clinched its 31st Bulgarian league title on Wednesday with a 3-1 win over Botev.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Ronaldo went into hiding Tuesday after a run-in with cross-dressing prostitutes that prompted police to investigate whether to charge one with trying to extort money from the soccer star.
Liverpool defender John Arne Riise insists he has recovered from the anguish of scoring an own goal in last week's Champions League semifinal first leg clash against Chelsea at Anfield.
Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld has no injury problems as he prepares for Thursday's crunch UEFA Cup semifinal second leg clash with Zenit St Petersburg.
In a little over one month, the top teams in Europe will converge on Austria and Switzerland to compete in EURO 2008, and it would be wrong if the name of Alessandro Del Piero was not on Italy's roster.
Carli Lloyd scored in stoppage time to lead the U.S. Women's National Team to a 3-2 win over Australia in a friendly on Sunday.
Italian international Luca Toni raised his open hand next to his ear, waved it back and forth - his trademark celebration - and was mobbed by teammates once again last weekend.
Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli accepts that his side have plenty of work still to do after securing a scoreless draw away to Rangers in the first leg of their UEFA Cup semifinal.
Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld hopes that the return of star striker Luca Toni will aid his side's bid to reach the UEFA Cup final.
Italian international Luca Toni raised his open hand next to his ear, waved it back and forth - his trademark celebration - and was mobbed by teammates once again last weekend.
The United States women's national team returns to Washington, D.C., for the first time since 2003 to play Canada on May 10 at RFK Stadium as the U.S. continues preparations for the 2008 Olympics.
The U.S. Women's National Team captured the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament on Saturday as they beat Canada, 6-5 on penalty kicks.
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