Levski Sofia bid to overturn result in city derby
SOFIA (Reuters) – Levski Sofia want the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) to annul Saturday’s 0-0 Cup draw at city rivals CSKA, saying the hosts fielded a player who failed to turn out for Bulgaria Under-21s despite being selected.
Blatter calls Qatar labor situation “unacceptable”
BERNE (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter described the labor rights situation in 2022 World Cup host nation Qatar as unacceptable on Wednesday and agreed that the situation had to change.
‘Colossal’ Ronaldo to turn Fado into Samba at World Cup
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s headline writers were running out of superlatives to describe Cristiano Ronaldo’s stunning hat-trick performance against Sweden as the Portugal captain set his sights on lighting up the World Cup in Brazil.
Peralta hat-trick guides Mexico to World Cup
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Oribe Peralta scored a first half hat-trick as Mexico beat New Zealand 4-2 in the second leg of their intercontinental playoff on Wednesday to earn a place at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
Injured Messi uncertain about comeback date
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Golden Boot winner Lionel Messi is uncertain when he will return to action for Barcelona having suffered a series of injuries this season.
German experiment successful as World Cup year awaits
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany coach Joachim Loew refused to call his side that beat England 1-0 at Wembley on Tuesday a reserve team despite eight changes and the way they controlled the friendly proved him right.
French musketeers in thrilling World Cup rally
PARIS (Reuters) – Coach Didier Deschamps hailed a magical show by France after they came back from the brink to overcome 10-man Ukraine 3-0 in a thrilling playoff return tie to qualify for the World Cup with a 3-2 aggregate win on Tuesday.
Rangers hire former Man City executive Wallace as CEO
LONDON (Reuters) – Rangers have appointed former Manchester City executive Graham Wallace as their new CEO to lead a revival of the former Scottish soccer champions, the club said on Wednesday.
Grieving Day still fears for missing Filipino relatives
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Jason Day will play the World Cup of Golf this week with the heaviest of hearts after eight of the Australian’s relatives were killed when Typhoon Haiyan pounded the Philippines earlier this month.
IOC president open to baseball’s return at Tokyo Games
TOKYO (Reuters) – Baseball and softball could return to the Olympic program for the 2020 Tokyo Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday.
