Bastia striker Brandao was banned for six months by the French league on Thursday for head-butting Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Thiago Motta after a league match last...

Three-time European champion Inter Milan opened its Europa League campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 win away to Ukrainian side Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, while defending champion Sevilla had an easier 2-0...

Parma winger Jonathan Biabiany is out indefinitely after doctors discovered a heart problem.   An irregular heartbeat was discovered when Biabiany was having a medical ahead of his failed...

Roma defender David Astori has sprained his right knee and will likely be out of action for about three weeks.   Astori injured his knee in Wednesday's 5-1 victory over CSKA Moscow in...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first coaching job in British football ended Thursday after a disappointing nine months, with the former Manchester United striker quitting as Cardiff manager over a...

While the Europa League is regarded as a minor competition by top teams, no less than five former European champions are taking part in the group stage.   Inter Milan, Celtic, PSV...

World Cup winner Germany is still No. 1 in the FIFA rankings despite losing to second-place Argentina in a friendly rematch of their final this month.   Colombia climbs one place to No. 3...

Bayern Munich scored a 90th-minute goal to beat Manchester City 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Barcelona had an easier time edging APOEL 1-0.   Bayern defender...

Athletic Bilbao has a long-standing tradition of only fielding players with Basque connections, a policy that has sometimes worked to its advantage but more often made it hard to progress at...

Andriy Gusin, a former Ukraine midfielder who helped his country reach the 2006 World Cup quarterfinals, has died, the Ukrainian football federation said Wednesday. He was 41.   Gusin made...