Overlooked amid the current euphoria in the Champions League, Bayer Leverkusen has emerged as Bayern Munich's closest challenger in the Bundesliga.   The club that has never captured the...

English sides Liverpool and Tottenham are through to the knockout stage of the Europa League after beating Udinese and Panathinaikos respectively on Thursday.   Steaua Bucharest, Stuttgart...

    Around 45 countries were given hope of hosting the 2020 European Championship on Thursday as UEFA pledged the tournament would be played across the continent.   The...

Toshihiro Aoyama scored a second-half goal Thursday to help J-League champion Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat Auckland City 1-0 in the opening match of the Club World Cup.   Aoyama scored in the...

Exactly 200 days after winning the Champions League, Chelsea lost its grip on the trophy to mark the shortest title defense in the competition's history.   Juventus eliminated the...

    John Obi Mikel has signed a new five-year deal with Chelsea, tying the Nigeria defensive midfielder to the European champions until 2017.   Mikel, who joined Chelsea from...

Football leaders from across Europe have told UEFA they want the 2020 European Championship to be organized in up to 13 host countries.   UEFA's executive committee meets Thursday and...

Premier League football club West Ham has been named "preferred partner" in its bid to move into the London Olympic Stadium and will enter into exclusive negotiations over the terms of a...

Premier League rivals Liverpool and Tottenham head into the final group matches of the Europa League on Thursday, with both well-placed to join the likes of Inter Milan, Lyon and reigning champions...

FIFA will introduce goal-line technology for the first time at the Club World Cup in an effort to accurately judge when balls cross the goal line.   The magnetic-field-based system of...