Sevilla defender Sergio Sanchez will have heart surgery in Germany in a bid to save his professional career, the player told the La Liga club's website (www.sevillafc.es).

A successful Premiership stint for Everton sets up Landon Donovan for a big World Cup with the U.S.

Once hailed as a promising youngster, the midfielder finds himself down and out.

Houston penned central midfielder Lovel Palmer.

El Salvador goalkeeper Miguel Montes has been suspended for a year for refusing to wear the official national team kit, the Salvadorean Football Federation (FESFUT) said on Friday.

Goal.com's Nicholas Rosano describes his time watching the beautiful game in Uruguay.

Colombia President Alvaro Uribe says his country will bid to host the 2026 football World Cup. Uribe announced Colombia's intentions to host football's premier tournament on Friday during the opening ceremony of the South American Games, adding there were also plans to lure the Panamerican Games and the Youth Olympics.

Barcelona 2 VfB Stuttgart 0 - Champions League last 16 second leg latest:

Goal.coms' Steven Streff breaks down the relegation race in the Bundesliga.

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Russia have settled on Dick Advocaat to replace fellow Dutchman Guus Hiddink as national team coach, Sport-Expess reported on Wednesday.

Teams for Wednesday's Champions League last 16 second leg match between Girondins Bordeaux and Olympiakos Piraeus at the Chaban-Delmas stadium:

Ian Dowie has been hired as manager of Hull to replace Phil Brown. Brown was fired Monday with Hull (5-15-9) 19th in the 20-team league with 24 points and headed for relegation. The clubs has nine games remaining and is three points from 17th place, the last spot to avoid getting sent down to the League Championship.

England will play its penultimate World Cup warmup match against fellow qualifier Mexico at Wembley Stadium on May 24. The game has been arranged to provide England with some opposition from the CONCACAF region ahead of its opening Group C match against United States in Rustenburg on June 12. England will also face Algeria and Slovenia.

Jose Mourinho's return to Chelsea looks set to overshadow Barcelona's continued defense of the Champions League title this week. Barcelona needs only to stop Stuttgart scoring to progress to the quarterfinals but most of the attention from media and neutral fans has centered upon Mourinho's visit to Stamford Bridge with Inter Milan.

England lost more than a free-kick specialist when David Beckham's World Cup hopes came to an end.

David Beckham's loan moves from the Los Angeles Galaxy to AC Milan were solely to boost his chances of playing for England at his fourth World Cup. A serious Achilles tendon injury while playing for the Italian club on Sunday means his international career is almost certainly over. There will be no sign of Beckham bending free kicks in South Africa in June and those in charge of the money he...

Argentina's River Plate had a 2-0 victory Sunday at home against Huracan, the perfect confidence builder for next weekend's "Super Clasico" against Buenos Aires archrival Boca Juniors. Boca did not get the same lift on Sunday. In fact, a 3-0 loss against Tigre will make Boca fans even more demanding than usual in next Sunday's match at Boca's La Bombonera stadium.

North Korean laborers are working on football stadiums across South Africa, including the venue where their national team will play Ivory Coast in June in its first World Cup appearance since 1966. Some 1,000 construction workers from reclusive North Korea, which maintains strict control on its citizens' travels, have been sent to help renovate stadiums across South Africa, the Seoul-based...

Palmeiras fought back from an early two-goal deficit to beat leaders Santos 4-3, courtesy of a Robert hat-trick, in the Paulista championship on Sunday.