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- Toronto FC falters in Champions League
- Toronto FC stumbled to a shocking 1-0 loss to Panamanian champions Arabe Unido Tuesday night in the CONCACAF Champions league.
- Portugal's Braga qualifies for Champions League
- Rodrigo Lima scored a hat trick to lead Braga to a 4-3 win at Sevilla that put the Portuguese club into European club soccer's Champions League for the first time on Tuesday.
- AC Milan ready to deal for Ibrahimovic
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic could be headed back to Italy's Serie A, with AC Milan manoeuvring to sign the Sweden striker from Barcelona.
- Marseille's Remy cleared to play despite heart problem
- Marseille forward Loic Remy was cleared to play Tuesday despite a heart problem.
- Valencia striker Soldado out for 2-3 weeks
- Valencia striker Roberto Soldado will miss the start of the Spanish league season due to a leg injury.
- North Korean scores twice in German soccer debut
- Jong Tae-se, the first North Korean soccer player in Germany, scored twice in his debut in a second division game.
- Man City scores huge win over Liverpool
- Manchester City recorded its biggest victory over Liverpool in 73 years, blanking the Reds 3-0 on Monday in the Premier League.
- FIFA begins inspection of England's World Cup bid
- FIFA president Sepp Blatter has declared that staging the World Cup in England would be the easiest option as the stadiums and infrastructure are already in place.
- De Vos: Words of wisdom for Canadian soccer
- One of my favourite John Wooden quotes is: "Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." Supporters of Canadian soccer would be wise to heed those words of wisdom.
- Reed: Toronto FC has a mountain to climb
- After a crushing 4-1 loss to New York over the weekend, Toronto FC has a tough task ahead of it if the team wants to make the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
- Fulham draws with Manchester United
- Brede Hangeland headed a late equalizer soon after scoring an own goal to secure Fulham a 2-2 draw against Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday, while Andy Carroll scored a hat trick in Newcastle's 6-0 hammering of Aston Villa.
- Ballack victorious in Bundesliga comeback
- Michael Ballack made a successful if low-key Bundesliga comeback at Bayer Leverkusen with a 2-0 victory against Borussia Dortmund on Sunday.
- Bordeaux edges PSG in French league
- Michael Ciani scored in injury time Sunday to give Bordeaux a 2-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain for its first victory this season in the French league.
- Man U manager Ferguson facing sanctions from EPL
- Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson could be fined by the Premier League after continuing his boycott of the BBC in contravention of a new rule.
- Ex-TFC star Robinson a class act
- After scoring his first goal as a New York Red Bull, Carl Robinson would have been within his rights to wildly celebrate. But the one-time Toronto FC midfielder almost seemed embarrassed to have beaten his old club.
- Red Bulls put boots to TFC in 4-1 victory
- New York Red Bulls showed they have become the class of Major League Soccer's East conference by beating 10-man Toronto FC 4-1 on Saturday afternoon.
- WATCH NOW: 1-on-1 interview with Thierry Henry
- Thierry Henry is settling in with his new team, and professional soccer in North America.
- Chelsea, Arsenal earn Premier League wins
- Theo Walcott scored three times in Arsenal's 6-0 demolition of Blackpool and Tottenham relied on Gareth Bale's two goals to edge Stoke 2-1, giving the north London rivals their first wins of the Premier League season Saturday.
- Inter opens season with Super Cup victory
- Inter Milan picked up right where it left off from last season, winning another trophy with a 3-1 victory over AS Roma in the Italian Super Cup on Saturday.
- Toulouse stays atop Ligue 1
- Daniel Braaten's third goal in as many games helped Toulouse edge Arles-Avignon 2-1 and keep the lead in the French league Saturday.
- Hoffenheim spots Werder one, then blasts Bremen
- Hoffenheim rallied to beat Werder Bremen 4-1 in the opening round of the Bundesliga on Saturday and promoted teams St. Pauli and Kaiserslautern also came from behind to win on the road.
- Messi leads Barca to 9th Supercup
- Lionel Messi scored three goals as Barcelona won a record ninth Supercup by beating Sevilla 4-0 in the second leg for a 5-3 aggregate Saturday.
- Juventus signs Krasic, obtains Aquilani on loan
- Juventus has acquired Serbia winger Milos Krasic in a 15-million Euros (C$20 million) transfer from CSKA Moscow, boosting its off-season spending beyond 50 million Euros (C$67 million).
- Bayern kicks off Bundesliga with win over Wolfsburg
- Bastian Schweinsteiger scored in injury time to give defending Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich a 2-1 victory over Wolfsburg in the opening match of the new season on Friday.
- Former star Davids joins Crystal Palace
- Former Netherlands midfielder Edgar Davids has joined English club Crystal Palace, two years after last playing professional soccer.
- Vidic signs new contract at United
- Manchester United says defender Nemanja Vidic has signed a new four-year contract, tying him to the club until the summer of 2014.
- Canada names women's U-17 roster for World Cup
- Canadian coach Bryan Rosenfeld will field virtually the same squad that was victorious in the CONCACAF championship at next month's FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
- Marseille agrees with Toulouse on Gignac deal
- Marseille is set to sign France striker Andre-Pierre Gignac from Toulouse, but Loic Remy's debut for the French champion has been put on hold after a medical examination revealed a heart problem.
- Chinese investor ends interest in buying Liverpool
- A Chinese investor withdrew his bid to buy Liverpool on Friday despite claiming that his takeover plans would have provided the Premier League club with money for transfers and a new stadium.
- Liverpool, Juventus take leads in Europa League playoffs
- Former European champions Liverpool and Juventus will take slender leads into the second legs of their Europa League playoffs after narrow victories on Thursday.
- Teen sensation Neymar staying put in Brazil
- Brazil striker Neymar is staying with Santos and away from the big-spending European clubs for the time being.
- Red Bull newcomers trail Beckham on MLS salary list
- Thierry Henry and Rafael Marquez trail only David Beckham on Major League Soccer's salary list.
- FIFA wraps up Russia visit for World Cup bid
- FIFA came away Thursday from its four-day visit to Russia, a potential host for the World Cup in 2018 or 2022, with some concerns.
- Former Brazil star Ronaldo hints at retirement
- Ronaldo says his playing days could be over by the end of 2010.
- Guadalajara players say Internacional fans attacked them
- Guadalajara players say they were attacked by Internacional fans after their defeat in the Copa Libertadores final on Wednesday.
- Internacional takes Copa Libertadores title
- Rafael Sobis, Leandro and Giuliano scored second-half goals as Internacional defeated Mexico's Guadalajara 3-2 on Wednesday in Porto Alegre, Brazil, to collect its second Copa Libertadores title.
- Jon Conway: TFC's forgotten man
- You could be forgiven if you forgot that Jon Conway was a member of Toronto FC. The veteran goalkeeper has been a permanent fixture on the substitutes' bench this season but finally received his chance to start in a meaningful game Tuesday night against Mexico's Cruz Azul.
- Bremen, Tel Aviv take steps to Champions League
- Werder Bremen and Hapoel Tel Aviv look likely to reach the Champions League group stages after playoff wins Wednesday.
- Man City signs Milner from Aston Villa
- Manchester City finally completed the signing of James Milner from Aston Villa on Wednesday, sending Stephen Ireland to Villa in part-exchange for the England midfielder.
- Anelka scoffs at 18-game France ban
- Nicolas Anelka has scoffed at his 18-match suspension from France's national football team, saying it has him "dying of laughter."
- Arsenal's Nasri out for a month
- Arsenal says midfielder Samir Nasri requires knee surgery and will be out of action for a month.
- Real Madrid lose defender Albiol for 5 weeks
- Real Madrid's defence was hit by more injury problems Wednesday after learning it will be without defender Raul Albiol for up to five weeks.
- Skrtel gets new Liverpool contract
- Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has signed a new contract that commits him to the English Premier League club until 2014.
- Kevin-Prince Boateng joins AC Milan on loan
- Genoa signed Kevin-Prince Boateng from English second-tier club Portsmouth on Wednesday -- and then immediately loaned the Ghana midfielder to Serie A rival AC Milan for the season with an option to buy him.
- Toronto FC downs Mexico's Cruz Azul
- Toronto FC let its intentions be known early in Tuesday night's Champions League debut when midfielder Martin Saric scored in the third minute, pacing the host Reds to a 2-1 victory over Mexico's Cruz Azul.
- Tottenham's Champions League hopes still alive
- Tottenham scored two away goals Tuesday to keep alive hopes of reaching the Champions League for the first time despite a 3-2 playoff defeat at Switzerland's Young Boys.
- Bremen sells Ozil to Real Madrid
- Midfielder Mesut Ozil has become the second member of Germany's third-place World Cup squad to move to Real Madrid.
- Bellamy joins Cardiff on loan from Man City
- Craig Bellamy joined second-tier Cardiff on a season-long loan Tuesday after being frozen out by big-spending Manchester City.