Chelsea ended their dire run with a 1-0 home Premier League win over Bolton Wanderers but Arsenal, seeking to go joint-top with a win, conceded a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw at 10-man Wigan Athletic on Wednesday.

It was a miserable night for Liverpool as they were booed off after being outplayed... read more

Spanish football champions Barcelona said on Wednesday that veteran captain Carles Puyol will be out of action for around 10 days.

Tests have revealed that Puyol, 32, has a torn abductor muscle in his right leg. He suffered the injury in Tuesday's friendly match between the Catalan regional t... read more

Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz turned down a loan move to Italian club Lazio because he wants a permanent deal, it emerged on Wednesday.

   The Paraguayan has no part in the plans of City manager Roberto Mancini, who is looking to sign Edin Dzeko from Germany's VfL Wo... read more

Lecicester City coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has set a two-year timeline for the club to win promotion back to the Premier League, according to a news report Tuesday.

"If it takes longer than two years for us to reach the Premier League, the media and fans will tire (of me). So I hope we can ma... read more

Bayern Munich can make up a 14-point deficit on Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund, key players Arjen Robben and Philipp Lahm said in interviews published on Thursday.

The reigning champions Munich had a mediocre first half of the season by their standard to rank fourth, but hope to regroup dur... read more

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Big spending Manchester City said on Sunday that they have rejected a transfer request from their Argentina forward Carlos Tevez.

The 26-year-old told City he wanted to leave, but the Premier League club said he still has three-and-a-half years of his five-year contract to run and that they expec... read more

Real Madrid went to the top of the Spanish Liga on Sunday, albeit for just a couple of hours, with an easy 3-1 win away to bottom team Zaragoza.

Mesut Oezil, Cristiano Ronaldo and Angel Di Maria scored the goals for Jose Mourinho's team, who are now one point above Barcelona.

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Sunday saw relaxed wins in the Spanish Liga for twin giants Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Barca kept top spot by thrashing Real Sociedad 5-0 at home, while Real enjoyed an easy 3-1 win at bottom team Zaragoza.

Lionel Messi scored two for Barca, and Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed one for... read more

Real Madrid are short of strikers and Gonzalo Higuain's back problem could make it tough to get through the coming weeks with only Karim Benzema as an out-and-out attacker, coach Jose Mourinho said on Saturday.

Argentina international Higuain, who has been first choice ahead of Benzema under... read more