Manchester City’s Aguero ruled out with ‘stupid’ injury

Mar. 30 |   LONDON (Reuters) – Title-chasing Manchester City will be without striker Sergio Aguero for Saturday’s Premier League clash at home to Sunderland after picking up a “stupid” foot injury, manager Roberto Mancini said on Friday. “It...

Oman to face Senegal for London soccer spot

Mar. 30 | Oman coach Paul Le Guen praised his team’s “perfect” mental state after they beat Uzbekistan 2-0 to reach a playoff against Senegal for a place at this year’s Olympic soccer tournament. With Uzbekistan scraping past Syria 2-1 and...

Maradona clashes with fans after Al Wasl loss

Mar. 30 | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Diego Maradona was restrained by security staff as he confronted opposition fans in the stands on Thursday, angry at threats and abuse directed toward wives and girlfriends of his Al Wasl players. Maradona called...

Phoenix advance in A-League finals, beat Sydney FC

Mar. 30 | WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Paul Ifill scored on a late penalty to give the Wellington Phoenix a 3-2 win over Sydney FC in the first round of the A-League playoffs. Sydney, which trailed 2-0 but leveled the match with 10 minutes to play, was...

Jeffrey Webb of Cayman Islands to head CONCACAF

Mar. 30 | NEW YORK (AP) – Jeffrey Webb of the Cayman Islands will succeed Jack Warner as the president of CONCACAF, football’s governing body in North and Central America and the Caribbean. CONCACAF said Thursday that Webb was the only candidate nominated....

Champions Man United out to exact revenge at Blackburn

Mar. 30 | LONDON: Manchester City can steal a march on Premier League title rivals Manchester United this weekend and hope mind games do the rest when the champions play on Monday for the second straight week.         Roberto Mancini’s City took top spot...

Kagawa tells Bundesliga leaders Dortmund to keep improving

Mar. 30 | BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund host resurgent Stuttgart tonight with Japan star Shinji Kagawa insisting the German league leaders still have room for improvement, despite their drubbing of Cologne.  Kagawa netted twice and ripped the Cologne defence to pieces...

Blatter blows whistle on match-fixing hotline

Mar. 30 | MANCHESTER: FIFA President Sepp Blatter halted a whistle-blowing programme designed to help root out match-fixing in soccer before it could even start to work, FIFA’s outgoing head of security said on Wednesday.         The plan to grant anonymity...

Boca beat Arsenal 2-0, edge closer to last-16 berth

Mar. 30 | BUENOS AIRES, March 29 (Reuters) – Ten-man Boca Juniors virtually secured a berth in the Libertadores Cup knockout phase with a 2-0 win over Arsenal at the Bombonera on Thursday. Boca, who had holding midfielder Leandro Somoza sent off in the 37th...

Menezes has doubts over Kaka for World Cup

Mar. 30 | SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazil coach Mano Menezes says he has doubts over whether Kaka can force his way into the 2014 World Cup team, putting the onus on the Real Madrid player to prove he is worthy of a spot. Menezes told Brazilian channel SporTV on...