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In less than two weeks, Arsenal went from contending in three cup competitions to being alive in none. On Feb. 25, the Gunners lost to Chelsea, 2-1, in the English League Cup final and then were bounced out of the FA Cup three days later by Blackburn Rovers, 1-0, in a replay. On Wednesday night […]

Arsenal's problems have part due to the absence of French star Thierry Henry. The Gunners had only managed seven goals in this year's UEFA Champions League before Wednesday's game against PSV, and they only managed to score thanks to an own goal by PSV defender Alex in a 1-1 tie that sent the Dutch through […]

The USA stretched its unbeaten streak under Coach Greg Ryan to 35 games with a 2-1 victory over China on goals by Kristine Lilly and Carli Lloyd Wednesday in its opening game of the 2007 Algarve Cup in Silves, Portugal. Starting with a 3-4-3 formation that Ryan employed for the first time in their 2-0 […]

Fox Soccer Channel and sister network Fox Sports en Espanol have signed a three-year deal for English-language and Spanish-language TV rights for Italy's Serie A. Kicking off in late August, the networks will showcase up to four matches from Serie A each weekend. In addition, there will be preview and recap shows and some select […]

Sports daily Ole reported that the Argentina's hard-core hooligans have gone into the consulting business. They've organized conferences in other countries and hosted wannabe thugs, charging U.S. dollars to share their expertise on stadium chants, weapon use and how to extort players and club officials. Said the leader of Boca Juniors' notorious ''fan club'' La […]

Gamblers call it the choking point, that threshold of betting tolerance at which boldness melts and fear sets in. Judgment falters, confidence erodes, and more often than not, losses ensue. At the poker table, once that stack of chips to be pushed into the pot gets high enough and thick enough, the player quavers. At […]

GUATEMALA. The Chapines remain the only major Central American soccer nation to have never reached the World Cup finals, and their national team coach says that won't change any time soon. They came close in qualifying for the 2006 finals, mounting a strong campaign to finish fifth in the Hexagonal, but they have since slipped. […]

It was too little, too late for Barcelona, which beat Liverpool, 1-0, at Anfield Tuesday night in the UEFA Champions League but could not make up for its 2-1 loss to the Reds two weeks earlier in Barcelona. Liverpool knocked out the defending champions on the away goals after their round-of-16 series ended in a […]

The spate of trouble on the field and off at major European games continued Tuesday night when Valencia's Champions League aggregate victory over Inter Milan was marred by a mass brawl at the final whistle in which Inter's Argentine midfielder, Nicolas Burdisso, suffered a broken nose. The brawl had begun on the field when David […]

Once again, the USA looks to have an easy draw in group play at the Gold Cup. It's 7-0-0 against Guatemala, Trinidad & Tobago and El Salvador, its Group B foes at the 2007 the Gold Cup, and they all three are in turmoil. El Salvador only recently ended a 29-month winless streak. Like El […]

Referee-turned-politician Philippe Leuba of Switzerland used as part of his campaign material a shot of him shaking hands with David Beckham before the England-Argentina friendly he reffed in 2005. In the photo, Beckham's speech bubble had him saying, ''I hope you are just as impartial in the state parliament as you were on the soccer […]