France coach Didier Deschamps is putting the finishing touches on his World Cup squad with two new call-ups looking to make their debuts against the Netherlands.   Here are five things to...

World Cup champion Spain welcomes Italy at Vicente Calderon Stadium on Wednesday, as both teams try out new players.   Respective coaches Vicente del Bosque and Cesare Prandelli are sampling...

Brazil is running out of time.   World Cup organizers will mark 100 days to go on Tuesday with a lot of work still to be done on stadiums and infrastructure in the 12 host...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a late equalizer as Real Madrid avoided a bruising derby defeat at Spanish title rival Atletico Madrid with a 2-2 draw on Sunday.   Ronaldo pounced on a loose ball...

Fernando Llorente and Carlos Tevez scored either side of halftime asJuventus asserted its dominance in Serie A with a 2-0 win at AC Milan on Sunday.   Striding toward its third...

An exquisite equalizer from Yaya Toure sparked a second-half comeback by Manchester City in the League Cup final on Sunday, with a 3-1 victory over Sunderland giving Manuel Pellegrini his first trophy...

With nearly half the stadium closed to fans as punishment for territorial chants, not much was missed in a 0-0 draw between second-place Roma and fifth-place Inter Milan in Serie A on...

Andre Schuerrle's hat trick sent Chelsea four points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 victory at Fulham, capitalizing on Arsenal losing at Stoke on Saturday.   Chelsea...

Borussia Dortmund took advantage of Bayer Leverkusen's freefall by beating Nuremberg 3-0 at home to move to second in the Bundesliga on Saturday.   Leverkusen lost 1-0 at home to Mainz...

Malta         6   France        20   (1-6), (2-2), (3-6), (0-6)   France brooked no quarter in...