Barca survives Bayern fightback to reach final
Barcelona's Neymar struck twice to put the Spanish side in the Champions League final despite a 3-2 loss at Bayern Munich on Tuesday as they progressed 5-3 on aggregate and will face Real Madrid or Juventus next month.
Fan killed at Brazil game
2014-05-05 08:22Just 40 days before the country hosts the World Cup, the ugly side of Brazilian soccer was on view on Saturday after a fan died when he was struck by a toilet bowl thrown following a match in the host city of Recife.
Pellegrini says City can't be complacent
2014-05-05 08:22Manuel Pellegrini insists Manchester City still has plenty of work to do to wrap up a second English title in three years, despite its hopes being in its own hands.
Giggs laments United's inconsistency
2014-05-05 08:22Ryan Giggs, Manchester United's caretaker manager, conceded David Moyes' permanent replacement faces a difficult task in resurrecting the fallen Premier League champion next season.
Martino's future in limbo
2014-05-05 08:22Gerardo Martino said he will reflect on whether he will continue as Barcelona coach next season after seeing his side's title hopes all but ended by a 2-2 draw at home to relegation-threatened Getafe.
I shall return, says jail-bound Hoeness
2014-05-04 07:10Disgraced former Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness, who is set to start a 3 1/2 year jail term this month for tax evasion, said on Friday he would return to the sport after prison.
Mourinho has harsh words for Hazard after semi loss
2014-05-04 07:10Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho accused his midfielder Eden Hazard on Friday of "not sacrificing himself 100 percent" for his teammates, two days after the team's Champions League semifinal exit.
Uruguay hero remembers scoring 1950 goal - and then the silence
2014-05-02 07:11Alcides Ghiggia still remembers the shocked hush in the Maracana stadium, packed with more than 200,000 people, after he scored the goal that felled soccer's superpower.
Mourinho rues friendly fire
2014-05-02 07:11Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was left to rue the performance of the club's own goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, after its Champions League semifinal elimination by Atletico Madrid.
Guardiola takes blame for Real rout
2014-05-01 07:31Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has admitted he was at fault as the holder suffered a historic 4-0 drubbing in the Champions League semifinal, second leg to Real Madrid.
Ronaldo sets scoring record
2014-05-01 07:31Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday broke the record for the most goals in a European Cup or Champions League season in his side's 4-0 semi-final second-leg victory over Bayern Munich.
Monkeys and bananas campaign fruit of PR firm
2014-05-01 07:31Dani Alves' inspired moment of improvisation in defusing a racist gesture by picking up a banana and calmly eating it is becoming a social media phenomenon.
Jose's defensive posturing fortifies Chelsea spoiler role
2014-04-29 09:02Five days after smothering Atletico Madrid with a defensive blanket in the Champions League, Chelsea "parked two buses in the box" to post a 2-0 win at Anfield, according to Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday.
