Sports / Football

Johannesburg--African Nations Championship (CHAN) preliminary-round, first-leg qualifying results this weekend: North zone At Casablanca, Morocco Morocco 1 (Hafidi 68) Tunisia 1 (Aouadhi 39)...

Vancouver--Colombia will be bidding to create more upsets when they take on footballing giants the United States as former winners Norway play England...

Vancouver--Cameroon coach Enow Ngachu blamed a lack of funding and preparation as the last African nation competing in the Women's World Cup were...

    Tokyo---A senior official of the Japan Football Association has denied allegations that it paid $1.5 million to the sport's South American confederation for...

  Viña del Mar, Chile---Gonzalo Higuain fired the only goal as Argentina marked Lionel Messi's 100th appearance with an unconvincing 1-0 win over Jamaica...

    Ottawa---Germany served notice of their intentions of claiming a third title as they advanced to the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup on...

      Santiago---Argentina marked Lionel Messi's 100th cap with an unconvincing 1-0 win over Jamaica to reach the Copa America quarter-finals as group winners on...

  Edmonton, Canada---Wang Shanshan's first half goal put China into the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup on Saturday with a 1-0 win which...

    Vancouver---Results from the Women's World Cup in Canada on Saturday (all times GMT): Round of 16 At Ottawa Germany 4 (Mittag 24, Sasic...

    Ottawa---Germany and China booked the first two spots in the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup on Saturday as they brushed aside rivals...

Argentina's forward Lionel Messi (centre) vies for the ball with Jamaica's defenders Kemar Lawrence (right) and Wesley Morgan during their 2015 Copa America...

  Montreal - Spanish players have called for long-time coach Ignacio Quereda to be sacked after their first Women's World Cup campaign ended in...

  Nantes, France - Ticket requests for next year's European Championships in France have reached 3.7 million, organisers said Saturday. It means the ticket...

  Tokyo - Urawa Reds grabbed the J-League first-stage title Saturday with a 1-1 away draw with Vissel Kobe, finishing the early section of...

  Marseille - Marseille have signed goalkeeper Yohann Pele, the Ligue 1 club confirmed on Saturday. Media reports suggested the 32-year-old, who was a...

Santiago: Brazil superstar Neymar was dramatically thrown out of the Copa America on Friday as Chile shrugged off the drunk-driving controversy surrounding Arturo...

Mexico City--French striker Andre-Pierre Gignac sealed a shock move to Mexican club Tigres of Monterrey on Friday, shrugging off interest from major European...

Vancouver--Superstar forward Marta returns as Brazil bid to maintain their winning momentum at the Women's World Cup against Australia on Sunday, with France...