Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has been given the green light by Nigeria to skip Saturday's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone, officials said Tuesday.

Top team official Emmanuel Attah told reporters the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has agreed with Chelsea for Mikel [...]

Bayern Munich midfielder Ze Roberto could be on his way to Major League Soccer side FC Dallas, according to reports in German media.

Ze Roberto could leave the Bundesliga side for free at the end of the season, when his contract expires.

The 34-year-old wants a move to Major League Soccer after 10 years with Bayer Leverkusen [...]

The Daily Express this morning lists three players that are on Mark Hughes' wish list for the January transfer window.

As the Manchester City revolution begins to take shape the paper reports that they will make a new bid for Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz. Werder Bremen midfielder Torsten Frings and Barcelona striker Thierry Henry are [...]

Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has admitted he considered taking over as England coach after Steve McClaren was sacked.

McClaren was sacked after England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 and was replaced by Fabio Capello.

Mourinho told Ford's FeelFootball.com: "In a certain moment I considered being England national manager, first of all because I was in [...]

Roma President Rosella Sensi has backed coach Luciano Spalletti and insists his position at the club is safe.

Roma have had a poor start to their season and are currently on 14th place in the Serie A.

There have been reports in Italian media that Spalletti could be axed following their poor start, but Sensi insists his [...]

Tottenham star Gareth Bale is confident that things will turn around soon for the club.

Spurs have had a very poor start to their season and are struggling at the foot of the Premier League.

"We're just going to keep working hard in training and see what happens," said Bale.

"We'll come back from the international break refreshed [...]

Manchester United is ready to make an A£18million bid for Wigan ace Wilson Palacios.

The Sun says United could make a move for the Honduran midfielder when the transfer market opens in January. But it is believed that it is more likely that they will make their move at the end of the season.

A close pal [...]

Tottenham have made their worst start to a season since the year that the Titanic made its one and only trip in 1912. That is a remarkable statistic and one that shows no sign of getting any better which ever way you choose look at it.

The finger of blame

Many people have pointed the finger of [...]

Uzbeki giants Kuruvchi are banking on their considerable Brazilian influence to weave some samba magic in the AFC Champion's League semi-finals on Wednesday.

The team go into their first leg tie against Adelaide United in Australia on a mission.

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Injured Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz will miss Paraguay's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Peru, the country's football federation said on Monday.

The 27-year-old Santa Cruz is suffering from a muscle pull from Saturday's 2-0 home defeat to Premiership champions Manchester United, [...]

Hull City chairman Paul Duffen has every right to be feeling pretty good about life as his club sit third in the Premier League after a truly wonderful start to the season.

Unfortunately, Mr. Duffen has decided to talk about it and I bet manager Phil Brown wishes he hadn't!

The Chairman told the BBC;

"The good thing [...]

Michael Owen can still reignite his England career despite being snubbed by Fabio Capello, according to one of the Italian's assistants.

Capello left Owen out of his 23-man squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan on Saturday and Belarus the following Wednesday, fuelling [...]

All'ingresso della sede della Lega calcio di Milano, dove e' iniziata l'assemblea straordinaria di serie A, il vicepresidente del Milan dice di accettare il risultato del Sant'Elia: 'Il problema non e' il pareggio di ieri sera, ma sono i tre puniti persi col Bologna in modo incredibile e rocambolesco. E poi giocare giovedi' sera in [...]

Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham insists they still have a chance to qualify for the playoffs.

The LA Galaxy lost 1-0 against Columbus Crew in their last match.

"The frustration was there a few months ago but we're in a position where we could still qualify for the playoffs, believe it or not," Beckham said. "It's [...]

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel suffered posterior cruciate ligament damage in his right knee during his side's 3-2 win over Manchester City, the Premier League club confirmed on Monday.

Skrtel, 23, was stretchered off with his leg heavily strapped after falling awkwardly in a challenge [...]