To take his mind off the pressure of "the beautiful game", retired Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson collected vintage wines that will be sold at auction starting in Hong Kong in May, Christie's said on Wednesday.
Tickets for nearly two-thirds of the World Cup matches were sold out within hours of FIFA opening the final online sales phase on Tuesday.
Lukas Podolski scored twice as Arsenal came from a goal down to beat West Ham 3-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday and provisionally reclaim the last Champions League spot.
Brazil's Corinthians Arena stadium at Sao Paulo, which will host the opening match of the FIFA World Cup, was officially delivered on Tuesday, but in an incomplete state.
The soccer fan from Brandenburg has designed a bicycle incorporating a copy of the statue Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro and 72 soccer balls.
The Brazilian government has rejected claims that the pubic cost of staging this year's World Cup has impacted funding for health and education.
Mark Milligan scored in the second minute and James Troisi sealed Melbourne Victory's 2-0 upset win over defending champion Guangzhou Evergrande in stoppage time Tuesday to ensure a tense finish in Group G in the Asian Champions League.
By the Wembley pitch, 96 seats remained empty on Saturday. Just a Liverpool scarf draped over each of them: a powerful tribute to the 96 Liverpool fans who went to an FA Cup semifinal 25 years earlier but never returned home.
US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) applauds as Vice-President Joe Biden jokes that he is going to pick up the recently-unveiled FIFA World Cup Trophy, at the State Department in Washington, April 14, 2014.
Vanquished 3-2 by Premier League leader Liverpool on the weekend, Manchester City has an immediate opportunity to trim its title rival's advantage when it hosts Sunderland on Wednesday.
To help overcome inadequate instruction and training facilities, the Ministry of Education will organize a group of experts to revise the current physical education curriculum for primary and secondary schools, giving soccer a prominent role.
A sports tribunal has stripped points from a Brazilian club because its fans racially abused a referee during a match, causing its relegation in a regional championship in southern Brazil.
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