LONDON (AP) Fernando Torres got his first hat trick in more than 2½ years Sunday to lead Chelsea to a 6-1 win over Queens Park Rangers in the English Premier League.
US women drawn with France, Colombia, North Korea
WEMBLEY, England (AP) With tension escalating between their governments, the United States and North Korea were drawn Tuesday into the same first-round group for this summer's Olympic women's soccer tournament.
Sunderland 0-2 Everton: Jelavic opener and Vaughan own goal send Moyes' men through to face rival Liverpool at Wembley
A sublime finish from the Croatian handed the Toffees a thoroughly deserved halftime lead, and any Black Cats fightback was soon relinquished following a calamitous second.
DTotD: Dinamo Moscow’s Vladimir Rykov hit with snowball, doesn’t really care
There have been problems around Europe with fans throwing objects at players and causing injuries, fear or both. But when Spartak Moscow fans hit Dinamo Moscow defender Vladimir Rykov directly atop the head with a snowball last weekend, it didn't seem to cause him either one.
Rykov was walking up the pitch when the snowball connected with his melon, prompting him to calmly look up to the stands.
Anyway, this was something of an improvement to the escalator apocalypse Spartak and CSKA Moscow fans caused last week.
Row over Italian Cup final venue escalates
The Italian Cup final between Juventus
and Napoli on May 20 still has no venue after a row between the
Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) and Serie A over the use of
Rome's Stadio Olimpico.
Death sparks fears of more fan violence in Brazil
Authorities are concerned with escalating fan violence in Brazil and the death of a supporter in Sao Paulo over the weekend has sparked fears of a new wave of confrontations in South America's biggest city. A 21-year-old Palmeiras supporter was killed after being shot in the head in a fight involving nearly 500 fans on Sunday, marking the second football-related death in Brazil in just over a...
Greek game abandoned due to fan, police clashes
The Greek league game between leader Olympiakos and Panathinaikos has been abandoned with eight minutes to go because of escalating clashes between fans and the police. Olympiakos, four points ahead of Panathinaikos ahead of the game, was leading 1-0 from Djamel Abdoun's 51st-minute goal. No Olympiakos fans attended the game at Olympic Stadium in accordance with a league policy not to allow...
National anthem flubs can either be career defining calamities — messing up the Super Bowl pregame tune is forever known as " pulling a Christina Aguilera " — or inspiring moments of humanity, like when that crowd in Norfolk helped 8-year-old Elizabeth Hughes finish the "Star Spangled Banner."
Singer and Ottawa native Tara Holloway was booked to sing then U.S. and Canadian anthems before the Ottawa Senators' home game against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night, an honor she called "neat" on Twitter.
It nearly became a horror show during the French-language portion of "O Canada." Luckily, the Ottawa Senators fans made the best save of the game before it started.
Kudos to the crowd, and kudos to Holloway for a humble and endearing reaction. Check out more about Holloway on here official website.
AC Milan CEO Galliani: Allegri not to blame for Arsenal defeat
The Italian champion came very close to blowing a four-goal first-leg lead against the Gunners in the Champions League, losing 3-0 on the night after a calamitous display.
Gold Coast coach quits, club says he was fired
The turmoil at Gold Coast United escalated Monday when the struggling A-League club's owner announced he'd fired the coach, rejecting Miron Bleiberg's claims that he'd resigned in the wake of his suspension last week. Gold Coast couldn't be in a worse position, having slumped well off the pace at the bottom of the A-League and losing its foundation coach at the same time as...
