Landon Donovan is staying put this offseason, forgoing the chance to be loaned to a European club for the third straight winter. Donovan scored two goals in 13 matches during a loan to Everton from last January to March, helping the team beat Chelsea and Manchester United, and draw against Arsenal. Everton manager David Moyes [...]
Organizers of the Asian Cup acknowledged that as many as 3,000 fans were denied entry to the final match but insisted that many did not have tickets and those that did should have come earlier. Scenes of angry spectators outside the stadium during the final between Australia and Japan marred what otherwise had been a [...]
Landon Donovan is staying put this offseason, forgoing the chance to be loaned to a European club for the third straight winter. Donovan scored two goals in 13 matches during a loan to Everton from last January to March, helping the team beat Chelsea and Manchester United, and draw against Arsenal. Everton manager David Moyes [...]
Chelsea forward Gael Kakuta has signed a new 4 1/2-year contract with the Premier League club. The 19-year-old Kakuta has started five matches for the English champions since his contentious move from French club Lens in 2007. Kakuta says he now has “to make a way for myself into the starting 11.” Chelsea was temporarily [...]
A Manchester United director said Tuesday that the American owners eventually will sell the club but that day is a “long way down the line.” The Premier League leader has faced mounting speculation about its future ownership since the Glazer family last month repaid around $342 million of high-interest debt used to fund their leveraged [...]
Italian news reports say AC Milan has reached a deal to sign Italy forward Antonio Cassano from Sampdoria. The ANSA news agency says on Tuesday the deal will be made official when the market reopens in early January. However, Cassano might be allowed to begin training with AC Milan after Christmas, according to ANSA and [...]