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Former FA Cup winner Southampton has a buyer. Swiss tycoon Markus Liebherr, a member of one of Europe’s top business dynasties, paid an undisclosed amount to buy the club from its administrators. Liebherr, 61, said in a statement on the club’s website (www.saintsfc.co.uk): “I believe we have a superb opportunity to rebuild this great club. […]

Uruguayan coach Sergio Markarian ended his tenure at Universidad de Chile in style, winning the Chile championship final. Chilean Juan Manuel Oliveira scored a diving header in the 63rd minute to give “the U” a 1-0 away win over Union Espanola in the second leg of the Apertura final on Tuesday night, for a 2-1 […]

Former Villarreal goalkeeper Mariano Barbosa will join Atlas of Mexico from River Plate after fellow Argentine and River teammate Marcelo Ojeda failed a medical with a blood disease. Barbosa comes to the Red and Blacks on a three-year contract. Barbosa, 24, played for Villarreal between 2005 and 2007.

Freddy Adu and Santino Quaranta share a difficult past. The two Maryland natives once shared RFK Stadium’s field as teenagers on D.C. United, both forced into adulthood too soon and eventually shipped off for unflattering reasons – Adu because of impetuousness, Quaranta because of a drug addiction. “He’s come a long way. I’m just very […]

Oguchi Onyewu‘s outstanding performances for the U.S. national team in the Confederations Cup boosted his profile – a lot. The center back has joined AC Milan on a three-year contract the club said Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. player to join Serie A in more than 10 years. Onyewu joins Milan from Standard Liege in […]

U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley has been suspended for four games by FIFA, soccer’s governing body, for “committing acts of misconduct against opponents and match officials” in the USA’s 2-0 upset of Spain on June 24, a FIFA spokesman has confirmed to SI.com. But Bradley will still be available for the USA’s World Cup qualifier at […]

The Chicago Fire’s Calen Carr suffered a severe MCL sprain last July that threatened his greatest attribute, his speed. A year later, he is back to dispel any doubts about his recovery. “I think when you go through a major injury, especially a knee injury, you have a lot of questions that pop into your […]

A recent swine flu outbreak in Buenos Aires cast doubt over the proceedings of the first leg of the final of the Copa Libertadores, Latin America’s most prestigious club competition. But the two finalists, Cruzeiro of Brazil and Estudiantes of Argentina, are scheduled to play Wednesday in La Plata, Argentina, located about 35 miles southeast […]

An organized Canadian side opened the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 win over Group A opponent Jamaica last Friday in Los Angeles, Canada’s third consecutive victory under interim coach Stephen Hart. “It’s obviously important in the first game of a tournament to get off to a good start and we managed to do […]

Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has joined the U.S. team for Wednesday night’s first round Gold Cup match against Honduras in Washington, D.C.. Feilhaber, who played in all five U.S. games during the Confederations Cup, will fill one of seven additional roster spots that CONCACAF allotted the team. Feilhaber joins Brad Guzan, Jonathan Bornstein, Sacha Kljestan, Ricardo […]

Pia Sundhage, the U.S. women’s national team coach, has recalled Cat Whitehill and Leslie Osborne to the U.S. women’s squad for two internationals against Canada on July 19 and 22. Both Whitehill and Osborne have been sidelined from national team duties by knee injuries since before the 2008 Olympics, which the United States won without […]