Kerzhakov hands Russia draw after Akinfeev gaffe

Veteran Alexander Kerzhakov scored three minutes after coming on as a substitute to rescue a 1-1 draw for Russia in their World Cup Group H opener against South Korea on Tuesday. The 31-year-old,......

Day before World Cup, Putin thanks FIFA for keeping politics out of sport

IMAGE: FIFA President Gianni Infantino (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow, Russia on Wednesday. Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters Russian......

Liverpool, Ajax dumped out of Europa League

Liverpool and Ajax Amsterdam, who have won the European Cup nine times between them, failed to reach the quarter-finals of the Europa League after making embarrassing exits from the competition on......

Zenit humble Marseille in UEFA Cup

Former European champions Olympique Marseille bowed out of the UEFA Cup to unheralded Zenit St Petersburg on Thursday, the latest of the competition's big guns to bite the dust. A 1-1 draw at the......

Champions League: Torres, Messi on target; Atletico surge ahead

Lionel Messi marked his first start after injury with a goal in Barcelona's 1-1 draw at AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday while Fernando Torres got two as Chelsea thumped Schalke and......