Bester News

The U.S. soccer team will open its 2009 schedule with an exhibition game against Sweden on Jan. 24 at Carson, Calif. Coach Bob Bradley will run a training camp beginning in the first week of January, the U.S. Soccer Federation said Friday. Most of the U.S. schedule for the year will be determined Saturday, when the draw is held in South Africa for both the final round of World Cup qualifying in the...

FIFA president Joseph Blatter on Friday gave Peru an ultimatum to solve a dispute between the government and the Peruvian Football Federation or face suspension from all international competition. Blatter said FIFA must receive a document by Monday in which both sides "agree to settle the problem in a 10-day period." The original deadline was Friday, but was extended to Monday because Friday is a...

France defender William Gallas has been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy after criticising his team mates, French media reported on Friday.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has given Peru until Monday to end a long-running feud between the football federation (FPF) and the government or face an immediate international ban.

(Recasts with Adriano in Inter squad, updates Juventus team news)

South African organizers of the 2010 World Cup expressed concern Friday about the effect the global financial crisis will have on the tournament, which is already running well over budget. The South African government has had to allocate an extra $136 million for stadium construction because of rising prices, pushing total costs to nearly $2.9 billion -- a tenfold increase from the original...

Strikers Blaise Kouassi and Abdelkrim Nafti will be available for Tunisia's CS Sfaxien in the African Confederation Cup final on Saturday.

Emiliano Papa enjoyed a double celebration on Wednesday, making his Argentina debut on the same night that Diego Maradona took charge of the national team for the first time in a 1-0 win over Scotland.

Lazio president Claudio Lotito should serve 20 months in prison if he is found guilty of stock-market rigging, a prosecutor told an Italian court on Tuesday.

Sven-Goran Eriksson's Mexico visit Honduras on Wednesday needing a point to avoid the risk of being knocked out of the World Cup.