Clint Dempsey News

Martin Jol wants Fulham to end a difficult season on a high at Swansea - a side he insists are not much better than the west Londoners.

Photograph: Keith Williams/Action Images Fulham maintain Martin Jol will stay in managerial charge at Craven Cottage next season, despite frustration at the recent run of poor results and questions relating to future direction.

Chelsea are favourites to lift the Europa League for the first time at the expense of Benfica in Amsterdam on Wednesday.

Clint Dempsey is content with his debut season at Tottenham despite being unable to achieve the heady heights he enjoyed at Fulham last term.

Brighton are favourites to progress through to the final of the Championship play-offs as they host Crystal Palace in the second leg of their semi-final on Monday night.

The 23-year-old striker bagged a sublime hat-trick as the Reds coasted to a 3-1 win over Fulham and his manager believes he can become one of the best players on the continent Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers believes Daniel Sturridge can fulfill his potential and become a top European striker.

They went ahead through Javier Hernandez before Michu threatened to spoil the party when he turned in Nathan Dyer's cross.

Emmanuel Adebayor struck seven minutes from time to earn Tottenham Hotspur a 2-1 Premier League victory at Stoke City on Sunday that kept their fading hopes of Champions League qualification alive.

Martin Jol is targeting a victory in Fulham's final home Premier League match of the season against Liverpool on Sunday.

Fourth-seeded Springfield took a 2-0 win over fifth-ranked St. Joseph's in the opening round of the Division III New England Regional on Thursday afternoon at Babson Park, Mass.

Jozy Altidore has added the Dutch Cup to his record-breaking season for AZ Alkmaar.

American Brad Guzan has been voted Aston Villa's Players' Player and Supporters' Player of the Year awards following his first season as the club's No.

Liverpool veteran Jamie Carragher claims his side's failure to sign players during the last summer transfer window is the reason behind the Reds' slow start to the current campaign.

Coming off a four-point effort in their last two World Cup qualifiers, it would be easy to think that all is well for the United States men's national team.

Having swooped for Mousa Dembele and Clint Dempsey last year, should Tottenham Hotspur try and prise Bryan Ruiz from Fulham at the end of the season? When Fulham beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 at White Hart Lane in mid March, they must have felt fairly confident about their chances of survival this season, especially when they followed that result up ... (more)

Martin Jol has told his players they are better off at Fulham as he bids to keep his squad intact this summer.

The Fenway Sports Group had initially wanted the Reds boss to operate under a director of football but those plans were shelved in favour of a committee-style set-up. That group includes Rodgers, head of recruitment Dave Fallows and chief scout Barry Hunter, who were both recruited from Manchester City in the autumn, as well as head of analysis ... (more)

The German right-back is on loan from Cologne and hopes to tie up a permanent move following a successful season, but admits the Craven Cottage squad is likely to be targeted by other clubs.

It was another action-packed weekend for Americans playing abroad as Jozy Altidore scored two goals and picked up an assist, Alejandro Bedoya scored yet another goal and Fabian Johnson tallied an assist in Hoffenheim's relegation fight.

A below-par performance from Tottenham saw them drop two valuable points at strugglers Wigan, as Andre Villas-Boas' men saw their top four hopes dented.