Alessandro Diamanti came to Guangzhou Evergrande's rescue once again on Wednesday as his first-half equaliser gave the AFC Champions League title-holders a 1-1 draw against Yokohama F. Marinos.... more »
Vagner Love outshone Cerezo Osaka star Diego Forlan with two goals in a stunning 3-1 win as China's Shandong Luneng went top of their group in the AFC Champions League on Tuesday.... more »
New manager Alain Perrin warned China to expect changes and hard work ahead of next year's Asian Cup after they came perilously close to missing out on a place in the competition.... more »
Final qualifying tables for the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia after the last round of games late on Wednesday (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, goal difference, points; Q denotes qualified):... more »
The Mexican national team and Nigeria began their final stage of preparation for the 2014 World Cup by playing to a 0-0 draw in an international friendly Wednesday.... more »
Algeria won, Ivory Coast drew and Ghana and Cameroon lost Wednesday as African qualifiers prepared for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with warm-up games.... more »
Argentina didn't do their tag as World Cup contenders much good on Wednesday as they laboured to a 0-0 draw against Romania in a friendly which also saw Lionel Messi struggle with illness.... more »
Nigeria have given first call-ups to Belgium-based Imoh Ezekiel and Michael Uchebo as the search for 2014 World Cup sharpshooters continues Wednesday with a warm-up against Mexico.... more »
World Cup hosts and title favourites Brazil hope to maintain a perfect record against South Africa on Wednesday in a Soweto football friendly with much at stake.... more »
Nigeria have given first call-ups to Belgium-based Imoh Ezekiel and Michael Uchebo as the search for 2014 World Cup sharpshooters continues Wednesday with a warm-up against Mexico.... more »
Qualifying tables for the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia ahead of the final round of games on Wednesday. The top two teams and the highest third-placed team qualify (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, goal difference, points, Q denotes qualified):... more »
China will expect to put an unconvincing qualifying campaign behind them and reach their 11th straight Asian Cup in front of new manager Alain Perrin when they play former champions Iraq on Wednesday.... more »
Brazil's 12 World Cup stadiums were supposed to be ready by December 31. But with half of them not ready world football body FIFA dropped the deadline and by the end of February three were still struggling to be ready on time.... more »
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque believes Brazil could crack under the pressure as this year's World Cup hosts bid to exorcise the ghosts of their 1950 nightmare.... more »
Alexandre Pato has quit Brazil's Corinthians for Sao Paulo following a weekend attack on players by dozens of disgruntled fans, a spokesman said late Wednesday.... more »
An attack by fans on players of top Brazilian club Corinthians has sparked outrage and promoted calls for a player strike, damaging the domestic image of the game five months before the World Cup.... more »
Russian President Vladimir Putin has staked his personal reputation on the success of the Sochi Olympic Games, which the Kremlin wants to stand as a symbol of Russia's status as a world power.... more »
