Man City plan more investment at home

2011-09-20 15:51:30

Big-spending Manchester City aim to develop home-grown talent as they seek to conform to European financial fair play rules and submitted plans on Monday for a training centre they believe will be the best in the world.

Basketball babes cheer for Asian championship

2011-09-20 13:21:29

Basketball babes dance during the half time of a group match at the 2011 FIBA Asia Men's Basketball Championship in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province.

Spanish team parades celebrating Euro title

2011-09-20 11:54:39

The Spanish Basketball team celebrated winning the European Championship by parading the trophy through the streets of Madrid on Monday before offering it to thousands of delighted fans in the middle of the capital.

China breezes past Syria at Asian Championship

2011-09-20 10:41:30

Hosts China thrashed Syria 90-71 in their first second-round Group F match at the 2011 FIBA Asia Men's Basketball Championship on Monday.

Champion keeps Euro hoop title

2011-09-20 08:03:44

Spain won its second successive European basketball championship after beating France 98-85 in a spectacular final in the Zhalgiris Arena on Sunday.

Fergie relishes flying start

2011-09-20 08:03:44

Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United's flying start to the season is all the more impressive considering the severity of its fixture list.

Mancini wants more players

2011-09-20 08:03:44

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini insists he is still short of players despite splashing out a whopping 210 million ($330 million) since taking charge of the English Premier League club.

Dalglish defends discipline

2011-09-20 08:03:44

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish was forced to defend his team's discipline as Charlie Adam and Martin Skrtel were sent off in a dismal 4-0 defeat at Tottenham.

Guangzhou suffers first loss in 24 games

2011-09-19 20:02:10

Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai defeated visiting giant Guangzhou Evergrande 2-1 in front of a home crowd, ending the league leader's unbeaten 24-game record and costing a red card for their skipper Zheng Zhi.

Match-fixers can be beaten - FIFA security boss

2011-09-19 16:43:21

Soccer match-fixers can be beaten and the recent spate of cases is a sign of success in the battle rather than failure, said FIFA's head of security Chris Eaton.

United stay top after sublime and ridiculous game

2011-09-19 16:19:20

Manchester United kept calmest among the "chaos" to maintain their perfect start to the Premier League season with a 3-1 win over Chelsea on Sunday in a match featuring sublime finishes and ridiculous misses.

Spain retain European basketball title

2011-09-19 14:45:36

Spain won their second successive European basketball championship after beating France 98-85 in a spectacular final in the Zhalgiris Arena on Sunday.