Liverpool moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League after they thrashed Newcastle United 5-1 away and second-placed Chelsea were held to a 2-2 draw.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was arrested early Monday after a fight in a bar on Merseyside, reports and a police source said.
Vietnam scored a last gasp second-leg equalizer for a 1-1 draw with Thailand to clinch the Southeast Asian championship for the first time on Sunday.
Back for his third chance as head coach of the Flamengo soccer team, Cuca said on Thursday that he is excited and optimistic about the 2009 season.
Argentine midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron and defender Claudio Morel Rodriguez head the poll for the best soccer player of the Americas from the Uruguayan daily "El Pais".
The head coach of the Corinthians soccer team, Mano Menezes, recognized on Thursday that he will have the difficult task of keeping Ronaldo's spirits high as he attempts to return to the field.
Boca Juniors won the Argentine Apertura championship on Tuesday despite a 1-0 defeat by Tigre in a three-way play- off on Tuesday.
Romario announced on Tuesday that he intends on suing his former team Vasco da Gama in order to receive the unpaid salary owed to him.
The addition of Lassana Diarra and Klaas Jan Huntelaar to the Real Madrid ranks may give them extra solidity in the center and some much-needed firepower up front.
Italian soccer's traditional curtain-raiser, the Super Cup, will next year be played in Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium, the Italian soccer league said.
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari left Goodison Park seething Monday and refused to talk to the media after captain John Terry was sent off for a one-footed diving lunge on Leon Osman in the 35th minute of the 0-0 draw with Everton.
Former Botafogo striker Wellington Paulista was declared on Monday to be the newest member of Cruzeiro.
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