Football

Afghanistan prevailed to emerge Champions of the 2013 SAFF Championship after beating India 2-0 in the final on Wednesday.

Leading clubs expect UEFA to decide next week on European football's position in the debate about switching the 2022 WC in Qatar from the summer to a different time of year.

Koevermans made his displeasure obvious as he shot back at his team's critics, saying it's not lip-service but "performance on the ground" that matters.

Americans hope to emulate their performance of four years ago, when they clinched a World Cup berth by beating El Tri.

Brazil have recovered their Confederations Cup-winning form in time for Tuesday's friendly against Portugal, coach Scolari said.

Colombia won 1-0 at home against Ecuador and Chile completed a 3-0 home victory over Venezuela.

Next year's World Cup would be a fourth for Klose, who made his international debut in 2001 after choosing Germany over Poland, where he was born.

Casillas lost his place because he helped calm the waters between Barca and Real, says del Bosque.

Gracia signed a two-year contract with Osasuna, who are currently bottom of the Spanish football league table.

Fabregas has impressed for Barcelona during the opening weeks of the La Liga season and could make the difference for the world champions.

Record spending by EPL clubs signalled a desire to keep up the English top flight's self-proclaimed reputation as the best, along with a message that homegrown talent was perhaps not.

Ozil, signed for 42.5 million pounds on the final day of the transfer window, was the biggest fee paid by an EPL side in the close season.

Wayne Rooney, Phil Jones and Glen Johnson have withdrawn from the squad for the country's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.

atem Ben Arfa ended Newcastle's wait for a Premier League goal after 411 minutes to clinch a 1-0 victory over Fulham on Saturday.

Mourninho said the better team lost the UEFA Super Cup on Friday and he bemoaned his bad luck for playing another big match with 10 men.

Former I-League champions Dempo completed the acquisition of Japanese midfielder Shinnosuke Honda from Thai premier league football side Buriram United.