Premier League club West Ham
United will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
after being ordered to pay compensation to Sheffield United over
the Carlos Tevez affair.
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Reigning French League Cup champions Paris Saint Germain, excluded then reinstated for this season's event following an insulting banner in last year's final, beat Monaco 1-0 on Wednesday. -- read full article
West Ham United said Wednesday they would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a potential 30-million pounds fine for their part in the Carlos Tevez affair. -- read full article
Middlesbrough and Austria defender Emanuel Pogatetz says he will apologise for the horror tackle that left Manchester United youngster Rodrigo Possebon in hospital. -- read full article
Germany defender Heiko Westermann hit two second-half goals to seal Schalke 04's 2-0 win over Hanover and put the Royal Blues into the German Cup's third round alongside Werder Bremen on Tuesday. -- read full article
Greek striker Giorgos Samaras
netted twice for Celtic who brushed aside first division leaders
Livingston 4-0 in their Scottish League Cup third round tie on
Tuesday.
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Arsene Wenger enjoyed a night to savour as another generation of young stars stepped off the Arsenal production line to inflict a 6-0 drubbing on an experienced Sheffield United side on Tuesday. -- read full article
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson branded Emanuel Pogatetz's challenge on Rodrigo Possebon "horrendous" after the young Brazilian was left with a suspected broken leg on his debut for the English and European champions. -- read full article
European soccer clubs
that are not bankrolled by wealthy owners are feeling the pinch
from the economic downturn and could suffer further, at least in
the medium term, as sponsorship and ticket sales fall.
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Switzerland are paying a price
for losing too many young players to foreign leagues, national
coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said on Tuesday.
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Serbia's new coach Radomir Antic
said on Tuesday he wanted to rebuild the country's football
landscape by helping to clean up corruption and fan violence.
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Newcastle captain Michael Owen has said he and his team-mates were "saddened" to see manager Kevin Keegan quit but warned the Magpies they had to "snap out of the doom". -- read full article