Doping bans could be lengthened to four years, the vice president of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Tuesday.
Security arrangements at the Asian Cup are being tightened after intelligence reports warned of possible terrorist threats in two of the four host nations.
Victoria Beckham, who with British soccer star husband David Beckham makes a much anticipated move to Los Angeles this week, scoffed on Monday at suggestions she wanted to launch a Hollywood movie career.
Scores of fans of Greek soccer club Iraklis attacked the club's headquarters in this northern Greek city Monday, setting fires and damaging property.
A low-key Intertoto Cup match between Vetra Vilnius of Lithuania and Legia Warsaw of Poland was abandoned at halftime on Sunday after Polish fans attacked police with metal bars and stones.
Italy defender Marco Materazzi is taking legal action against three British newspapers over their reporting of the incident in last July's World Cup final when he clashed with Zinedine Zidane, the BBC reported on Thursday.
Pele will be among a host of former and current international players turning out for an all-star charity match to honour Nelson Mandela in Cape Town this month.
A Vietnamese court has sentenced four soccer referees, three of them FIFA-accredited, to between four and seven years in jail for bribery and match-fixing.
France striker Sylvain Wiltord was taken from Lyon's training ground on Monday for police questioning in connection with a speeding offence.
The European governing body said in a statement on Thursday it was examining reports that Slovan fans began racist chanting at one of the Differdange players during the first leg of the tie in Luxembourg last Saturday. The Slovakian club won 2-0.
A soccer fan was killed and several others were injured during a clash between rival football fans in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, an emergency services official said on Monday.
A millionaire soccer boss from Argentina's center-right opposition was elected mayor of Buenos Aires in a run-off vote on Sunday, defeating a candidate backed by President Nestor Kirchner.