Cup to drop: Wigan relegated with loss to Arsenal
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
LONDON — Wigan is going down to the League Championship, and Arsenal is in position to reach the Champions League for the 16th straight season.
Lampard, Barcelona top weekly AP soccer poll
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
LONDON — Frank Lampard earned the top spot in the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll for the first time after setting Chelsea's career goals record.
Lionel Messi could miss rest of Barcelona season
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
MADRID — Lionel Messi's Barcelona season may be over because of a reoccurrence of a hamstring injury that has slowed him for more than a month.
PSG City Hall celebrations scrapped after violence
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
PARIS — A celebration of Paris Saint-Germain's first league title since 1994 was canceled Tuesday, a day after rioting during festivities in the French capital led to 21 arrests and injuries to more than 30 people.
Blatter attacks tiny Roma fine for racism
|Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
ZURICH — FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he will protest to Italian soccer authorities over a decision to only fine Roma the equivalent of $65,000 after their fans racially abused AC Milan players.
Man City fires Mancini 1 year after EPL title win
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
LONDON — Manchester City fired manager Roberto Mancini on Monday, exactly one year after he delivered the club's first English league title in 44 years.
PSG's title celebrations marred by fan violence
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
PARIS — The celebration to honor Paris Saint-Germain's first French league title in 19 years was cut short Monday following fights between fans and riot police in which 30 people were injured.
Man U fans pack streets to honor champs, Ferguson
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
MANCHESTER, England — In front of tens of thousands of flag-waving and chanting fans, Manchester United players and retiring manager Alex Ferguson paraded the Premier League trophy through packed city streets on a second day of jubilant celebrations for the English champions.
Blatter attacks tiny Roma fan for racism
|Monday, May. 13, 2013
ZURICH — FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he will protest to Italian soccer authorities over a decision to only fine Roma the equivalent of $65,000 after their fans racially abused AC Milan players.
United gives Ferguson winning home farewell
| |Sunday, May. 12, 2013
MANCHESTER, England — As red-and-white ticker tape flew into the rainy sky above Old Trafford, a beaming Alex Ferguson hoisted up the Premier League trophy for a 13th and final time.
