Soccer Players News

Liverpool footballer Raheem Sterling has had a common assault charge against him dropped after a witness failed to turn up to court.

A STUNNING goal from Npower League One's top scorer Paddy Madden helped Yeovil to an historic play-off final victory over Brentford which secured Championship football next season.

A splendid Clement Grenier goal helped 10-man Olympique Lyon to snatch a 1-1 draw in their delayed Ligue 1 match at Nice as the seven-times French champions took a giant step towards a Champions League spot on Sunday.

Red Bull New York left it late against the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday as Tim Cahill scored at the death in a 1-0 victory at Red Bull Arena.

At the end of his 1,500th game in charge of Man United on Sunday, the 71-year-old Scot bowed in front of thousands of applauding fans - and then bowed out of soccer for good.

After 1,500 matches in charge of Manchester United, Alex Ferguson was denied a final victory Sunday to cap the most successful managerial career in British soccer history.

Diego Fagundez scored and Houston added an own goal in the New England Revolution's 2-0 victory over the Dynamo on Saturday night.

Vancouver Whitecaps' Brad Rusin, from left to right, prevents the ball from going in his team's goal as Young-Pyo Lee, of South Korea, goalkeeper Brad Knighton and Portland Timbers' Rodney Wallace look on during the first half of an MLS game in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United's final game of the season as wife Coleen is due to give birth to the couple's second child.

Jack McInerney scored his league-leading eighth goal of the season on Saturday to lift the Philadelphia Union to a 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire on a rainy night at PPL Park.

David Beckham hugged his teammates with tears in his eyes, then walked off the pitch to a standing ovation -- for the last time in front of a home crowd at a soccer game.

Almen Abdi says a Watford win in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium would be 'one of the best days of my life' Almen Abdi in action against Leicester City.

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Spotlight on Chris Wondolowski: San Jose's Wondolowski seems to have kept his stellar form from last season - when his 27 goals won him the Golden Boot as top scorer and the league MVP.

Arsene Wenger insists he would have been happy to see Arsenal's Champions League hopes go to the final day when his side appeared out of the race for a top four finish earlier this season.

David Beckham could return to the United States as owner of a new club and his advisors have already held talks with Major League Soccer.

Wayne Rooney, pictured, was not even on the bench for Sir Alex Ferguson's final home game before his retirement Wayne Rooney is facing the possibility of having played his last game in a Manchester United shirt as Sir Alex Ferguson decides on the squad for his final game in charge.

Atletico Madrid ended a 25-game, 14-year winless streak against rival Real Madrid, getting a 98th-minute goal from Miranda for a 2-1 victory in the Copa del Rey final on Friday night following the ejections of Real star Cristiano Ronaldo and coach Jose Mourinho.

Yet that will be the reality from Sunday when British football's most successful manager walks away after his 1,500th and final match in charge of Manchester United.

His uncle David Pinto, 33, and Robert Bleach, 46, both of Greenwich, south-east London, were found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey.