Alessandro Del Piero seems to get better with age and Juventus are improving as the season wears on, allowing the Bianconeri to move within four points of a stuttering Inter atop Serie A before a key test at Lazio tomorrow. ...

Javier Aguirre leads Atletico Madrid against Hugo Sanchez’s Almeria in the first all-Mexican coaching match-up in the Spanish league, which hits the halfway point with this weekend’s round of games. ...

Liverpool’s annual Premier League meeting with Everton at Anfield on Monday could scarcely have come at a worse time for the Reds.Meetings between the city rivals are often combative and tense affairs, but ...

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks expects Rafa Benitez to remain manager for the next five years despite having rejected a new contract because it did not guarantee enough control over the club’s transfer policy....

Aston Villa’s Ashley Young has become the first player to win three Premier League Player of the Month awards in one year after winning December’s gong. ...

Champions Valletta have a good chance to regain the leadership this weekend. While current leaders Hibernians have a tough match against Sliema today, ...

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon fired two close aides yesterday and insisted he would not resign over a voting scandal but added that he would not stand for another term....

For 24 years his achievement was Malta’s best ever placing in the Summer Olympic Games. Peter Bonello was the name….Windsurfing was the sport....

Milan star Kaka reportedly turned down a world record 100 million-pound transfer to Manchester City yesterday....

Brazilian forward Julio Baptista scored twice yesterday to help Roma beat Sampdoria 2-0 in the resumption of a Serie A match that was suspended in October due to torrential rain....