Manchester, England (Sports Network) - Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher faces around six weeks out of action due to a knee injury sustained during Scotland's 1-1 draw with Croatia in midweek. Fletcher was replaced late on in the game at ...

Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Raul scored his 16th goal and Gabriel Heinze and Gonzalo Higuain also scored as Real Madrid beat Sevilla, 3-1, on Sunday to open a six-point lead in the Spanish La Liga. Second-place Villarreal and third-place Barcel ...

Troy Matteson shot a 65 to claim a one-stroke advantage after the first round of the Buick Invitational, but on his return to competitive action Tiger Woods stands just two back of the leader. Playing on the tougher South course at Torrey Pines, ven ...

LONDON (AP) _ Benjani Mwaruwari scored a hat trick on Saturday tolead Portsmouth to a 7-4 win over Reading in the highest scoringmatch in the Premier League's 15-year history. Arsenal won 1-0 at West Ham to keep the lead of the standingsfrom defendi ...

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) _ Energie Cottbus lost its last game anddropped to the bottom of the Bundesliga, then fired the coach. Nowcomes a trip to Bayern Munich. Maybe best to head straight for the Oktoberfest. Even in the best of times, there was no ...

LONDON (AP) _ Arsenal can make its good start to the season evenbetter when it enters the Carling Cup against Newcastle on Tuesday. The Gunners are top of the Premier League, have tied managerArsene Wenger to a new contract and have been confirmed a ...

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) _ Strikers Lukas Podolski and PatrickHelmes will start in Germany's friendly against Romania onWednesday, while goalkeeper Jens Lehmann will rest because of anelbow injury. The Arsenal goalkeeper had pain in his elbow after Ger ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) _ Chelsea has upset Michael Ballack andGerman national team officials again for delaying permission for themidfielder to take part in a publicity spot for Germany's mainsponsor. Ballack and rest of the team were scheduled to ...

MILAN, Italy (AP) _ Ronaldo's thigh injury is more serious thanfirst feared, and the AC Milan forward could be sidelined foranother month. The Brazilian was hurt July 31 during summer training and hasn'tplayed since. Milan's physicians originally di ...

LONDON (AP) _ Chelsea has left Germany captain Michael Ballackoff its squad for the group stage of the Champions League. Ballack was linked with a transfer, most notably to Real Madrid,during the off-season but Chelsea said it omitted the midfielder ...