January 4, 2017 FIFPro warning to players: don't sign for Serbian clubs The world soccer players' union has warned against signing contracts with Serbian clubs in the forthcoming transfer window, calling the Balkan country "a lawless environment." FIFPro says its 2016 global survey found 68 percent of all players in Serbia have their salaries delayed, and 89 percent of those who moved to their clubs for a fee "were pressured into the transfer." Now, FIFPro says, things are getting even worse.
January 3, 2017 Goal transformed into art: Wenger lauds Giroud's 'scorpion' With Alexis Sanchez's cross floating into the penalty area behind him, Olivier Giroud only had one choice: A back-heeled overhead flick.
January 2, 2017 Colombian goalie who shined at World Cup back for sophomore year in Miami Miami goalkeeper Catalina Perez was one of the goalies for Colombia in the Women's World Cup, and the United States — the eventual champions — sent three shots at her but couldn't score against the Miami redshirt sophomore.
January 2, 2017 Title-chasing Liverpool pulls clear of Man City with 1-0 win Georginio Wijnaldum's early header cemented Liverpool's title credentials by clinching a 1-0 victory over Manchester City on Saturday as Pep Guardiola's side slipped 10 points behind leader Chelsea.
December 31, 2016 Chelsea defeats Stoke to claim 13th successive EPL win Willian scored twice as leader Chelsea overcame Stoke 4-2 to equal an English Premier League record for 13 straight wins in a single season.
December 31, 2016 Chelsea gets 13th straight win, Liverpool maintains pursuit Chelsea fought off a dogged Stoke for a record-equaling 13th successive Premier League win as Liverpool maintained its pursuit of the leaders with a victory over Manchester City.
December 31, 2016 Barcelona Fans Turn to Violent Celebrations Barcelona celebrations turn violent after FC Barcelona's UEFA Champions League victory over Manchester United 3-1 on Saturday night.
December 30, 2016 AP Interview: Ref Clattenburg opens up on coping with errors In the hours and even days after blowing the final whistle, Mark Clattenburg endures hidden anguish as the decisions made during 90 minutes of refereeing whirl through his mind.
December 28, 2016 World Cup Scoring Leaders Through July 8 Six James Rodriguez, Colombia Five Thomas Mueller, Germany Four Lionel Messi, Argentina Neymar, Brazil Three Karim Benzema, France Arjen Robben, Netherlands Andre Schuerrle, Germany Xherdan Shaqiri, Switzerland Enner Valencia, Ecuador Robin Van Persie, Netherlands Two Andre Ayew, Ghana Wilfried Bony, Ivory Coast Tim Cahill, Australia Clint Dempsey, United States Memphis Depay, Netherlands Abdelmoumene Djabou, Algeria Gervinho, Ivory Coast Asamoah Gyan, Ghana Mats Hummels, Germany Miroslav Klose, Germany Toni Kroos, Germany David Luiz, Brazil Mario Mandzukic, Croatia Jackson Martinez, Colombia Ahmed Musa, Nigeria Oscar, Brazil Ivan Perisic, Croatia Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rica Alexis Sanchez, Chile Islam Slimani, Algeria Luis Suarez, Uruguay One Xabi Alonso, Spain Charles Aranguiz, Chile Pablo Armero, Colombia Mario Balotelli, Italy Jean Beausejour, Chile Yacine Brahimi, Algeria John Brooks, United States Joel Campbell, Costa Rica Edinson Cavani, Uruguay Carlo Costly, Honduras Juan Cuadrado, Colombia Kevin De Bruyne, Belgium Stefan De Vrij, Netherlands Angel Di Maria, Argentina Giovani Dos Santos, Mexico Oscar Duarte, Costa Rica Edin Dzeko, Bosnia-Herzegovina Blerim Dzemaili, Switzerland Sofiane Feghouli, Algeria Marouane Fellaini, Belgium Leroy Fer, Netherlands Fernandinho, Brazil Fred, Brazil Reza Ghoochannejhad, Iran Olivier Giroud, France Diego Godin, Uruguay Mario Goetze, Germany Julian Green, United States Andres Guardado, Mexico Teofilo Gutierrez, Colombia Rafik Halliche, Algeria Javier Hernandez, Mexico Gonzalo Higuain, Argentina Keisuke Honda, Japan Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Netherlands Vedad Ibisevic, Bosnia-Herzegovina Mile Jedinak, Australia Jermaine Jones, United States Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Russia Sami Khedira, Germany Alexander Kokorin, Russia Ja-Cheol Koo, South Korea Keun-Ho Lee, South Korea Romelu Lukaku, Belgium Claudio Marchisio, Italy Rafael Marquez, Mexico Juan Mata, Spain Joel Matip, Cameroon Blaise Matuidi, France Admir Mehmedi, Switzerland Dries Mertens, Belgium Nani, Portugal Peter Odemwingie, Nigeria Shinji Okazaki, Japan Ivica Olic, Croatia Divock Origi, Belgium Mesut Ozil, Germany Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greece Oribe Peralta, Mexico Miralem Pjanic, Bosnia-Herzegovina Paul Pogba, France Juan Quintero, Colombia Marcos Rojo, Argentina Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal Wayne Rooney, England Georgios Samaras, Greece Andreas Samaris, Greece Haris Seferovic, Switzerland Thiago Silva, Brazil Moussa Sissoko, France Wesley Sneijder, Netherlands Heung-Min Son, South Korea Daniel Sturridge, England Fernando Torres, Spain Marco Urena, Costa Rica Mathieu Valbuena, France Jorge Valdivia, Chile Silvestre Varela, Portugal Eduardo Vargas, Chile Jan Vertonghen, Belgium David Villa, Spain Avdija Vrsajevic, Bosnia-Herzegovina Granit Xhaka, Switzerland
December 28, 2016 World Cup Yearly Scoring Leaders Year Player, Country G 2010 Diego Forlan, Uruguay 5 2010 Thomas Mueller, Germany 5 2010 Wesley Sneijder, Netherlands 5 2010 David Villa, Spain 5 2006 Miroslav Klose, Germany 5 2002 Ronaldo, Brazil 8 1998 Davor Suker, Croatia 6 1994 Hristo Stoitchkov, Bulgaria 6 1994 Oleg Salenko, Russia 6 1990 Salvatore Schillaci, Italy 6 1986 Gary Lineker, England 6 1982 Paolo Rossi, Italy 6 1978 Mario Kempes, Argentina 6 1974 Gregorz Lato, Poland 7 1970 Gerd Mueller, Germany 10 1966 Eusebio, Portugal 9 1962 Garricha, Brazil 4 1962 Valentin Ivanov, Soviet Union 4 1962 Leonel Sanchez, Chile 4 1962 Vava, Brazil 4 1962 Florian Albert, Hungary 4 1962 Drazan Jerkovic, Yugoslavia 4 1958 Just Fontaine, France 13 1950 Ademir, Brazil 9 1938 Leonidas, Brazil 8 1934 Oldrich Nejedly, Czechoslovia 5 1930 Guillermo Stabile, Argentina 8
