Craig Levein has been appointed as the new manager of the Scotland national side, the Scottish Football Association (SFA) announced here Wednesday. A statement on the SFA's website, issued shortly before Levein was due to give a news conference here at Hampden Park, said the former Dundee United manager would start his job with "immediate effect". The statement said: "The Scottish FA are delighted to announce the appointment of Craig Levein as new national coach. "Craig joins from Dundee... Read Full Story
Bosnia's constitution discriminates against Jews and Roma because it does not allow them to run for parliament or president, the European Court of Human Rights said in a ruling Tuesday. The court said Bosnia discriminated against two men by only allowing Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats to run for those offices. The binding decision was issued by the court in Strasbourg, France, after Jewish activist Jakob Finci and Dervo Sejdic, who is of Roma ethnicity, filed a complaint in June. The court said... Read Full Story
Japan's midfield dynamo Shunsuke Nakamura, struggling to earn playing time at Espanyol, says he plans some soul-searching after missing two straight La Liga matches, Japanese media reported Tuesday. Espanyol beat Almeria 2-0 at home on Sunday when manager Mauricio Pochettino used three midfield substitutes, but not the 31-year-old Japanese dead-ball specialist who joined the Barcelona outfit from Celtic in June. "It feels great to win," Nakamura told Japanese media after Espanyol ended a... Read Full Story
Carlo Ancelotti believes Chelsea's hard-fought 1-1 draw against West Ham will prove the springboard for a successful run over Christmas. Ancelotti's side moved four points clear of second-placed Manchester United ahead of the busy festive schedule thanks to Frank Lampard's controversial penalty at Upton Park on Sunday. Once again the Blues were below their best and they trailed to Alessandro Diamanti's first half penalty, but former Hammers midfielder Lampard equalised when referee Mike Dean... Read Full Story
Carlo Ancelotti believes Chelsea's hard-fought 1-1 draw against West Ham will prove the springboard for a successful run over Christmas. Ancelotti's side moved four points clear of second placed Manchester United ahead of the busy festive schedule thanks to Frank Lampard's controversial penalty at Upton Park on Sunday. Once again the Blues were below their best and they trailed to Alessandro Diamanti's first half penalty, but former Hammers midfielder Lampard equalised when referee Mike Dean... Read Full Story
Carlo Ancelotti believes Chelsea's hard-fought 1-1 draw against West Ham will prove the springboard for a successful run over Christmas. Ancelotti's side moved four points clear of second placed Manchester United ahead of the busy festive schedule thanks to Frank Lampard's controversial penalty at Upton Park on Sunday. Once again the Blues were below their best and they trailed to Alessandro Diamanti's first half penalty, but former Hammers midfielder Lampard equalised when referee Mike Dean... Read Full Story
Sir Alex Ferguson will not be bringing new players to Manchester United during the January transfer window in a bid to ease the club's defensive injury problems, the manager said Monday. English champions United are currently without seven senior defenders - Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Gary Neville, John O'Shea, Jonny Evans and Rafael da Silva - while goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is also injured. United lost for the second time in three games when they were well-beaten 3-0 away... Read Full Story
Carlo Ancelotti believes Chelsea's hard-fought 1-1 draw against West Ham will prove the springboard for a successful run over Christmas. Ancelotti's side moved four points clear of second placed Manchester United ahead of the busy festive schedule thanks to Frank Lampard's controversial penalty at Upton Park on Sunday. Once again the Blues were below their best and they trailed to Alessandro Diamanti's first half penalty, but former Hammers midfielder Lampard equalised when referee Mike Dean... Read Full Story
England will begin their countdown to next year's World Cup with a friendly international against Egypt at London's Wembley Stadium on March 3, the Football Association (FA) announced Monday. After this month's draw in Cape Town, England manager Fabio Capello said he wanted the side to play against African opponents - something they've yet to do under the Italian - as Algeria will be one of their Group C rivals at next year's finals in South Africa. "I think we will play March 3 at Wembley... Read Full Story
Frank Lampard survived a bizarre intervention from referee Mike Dean to score a penalty at the third attempt which gave Chelsea a hard-fought 1-1 draw at West Ham on Sunday. Dean made Lampard take his second half spot-kick three times after ruling out the former West Ham midfielder's two previous successfully converted efforts for encroachment. The fussy refereeing couldn't overshadow another unconvincing display from Carlo Ancelotti's side, who trailed to Alessandro Diamanti's first half... Read Full Story
