Ronaldo closing in on return (PA SportsTicker)
Brazilian forward Ronaldo will be set to return in one month after recovering from a career-threatening knee injury sooner than anticipated.
Premier League Team of the Week: Round 7 (Goal.com)
The surprise package of the season maintain their early form and are threatening to challenge for a Champions…
Benfica miss chance to top Portuguese League (Reuters)
Benfica missed the chance to top
the Portuguese League on goal difference when they were held to
a 1-1 draw at promoted Leixoes on Monday.
Blatter: Too many foreign owners of English clubs (AP)
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is upset by the wave of foreign ownership in the English Premier League. “Something is wrong here,” he said Monday at the European Parliament. Seven Premier League clubs are in the hands of foreign owners: Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Portsmouth, Manchester City and Fulham.
Women’s soccer league on Fox network (AP)
The new Women’s Professional Soccer league that launches next year will have a live Sunday night broadcast each week on the Fox Soccer Channel. The deal announced Monday runs through the 2011 season and includes a 2012 option for both sides. “In addition to live and exclusive match telecasts, Fox Soccer Channel will give WPS added exposure through our multi-platform offerings, including original…
Physio says Ronaldo ready to return inside a month (Reuters)
Brazilian striker Ronaldo
is set to return inside a month from the knee injury that has
sidelined him since February, his physio Bruno Mazziotti said on
Monday.
Poland remains Euro 2012 co-host … for now (AP)
Poland remains a host of soccer’s 2012 European Championship. But for how much longer? Co-host with Ukraine, Poland is staggering from one crisis to another, from construction delays to corruption, from a national federation suspension to possible forfeiture of World Cup qualifying matches. Yet, European soccer’s governing body is still giving the nation one more chance to stage its biggest…
Injured Diarra pulls out of France matches (AFP)
Portsmouth midfielder Lassana Diarra has pulled out of France's forthcoming matches with a left knee injury, it was revealed on Monday.
Blatter says expansion of Euro finals is silly (Reuters)
Last month’s decision to expand
the European championship finals from 16 to 24 teams was branded
“silly” by FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Monday.
New World Cup bidding system in the making (AP)
FIFA president Sepp Blatter will propose new World Cup bidding rules that would dash the hopes of the United States to host the 2018 tournament. Blatter said Monday he wants to avoid the World Cup staying in the Americas after Brazil stages it in 2014. He said there were enough strong candidates to organize the world’s biggest sports event in 2018 that some countries should be spilled over into the…