Sports Shots: FIFA looks to ease the fixture burden on players

IMAGE: FIFA headquarters. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images FIFA needs to take care of the players when it plans the next international match calendar, the head of a key committee at......

AC Milan agree to sign Balotelli from Manchester City

Mario Balotelli, whose wacky antics have filled the British newspapers almost daily in the last two and a half years, is set to return to Italy with AC Milan after a deal was agreed with Manchester......

AC Milan players walk-off pitch after racist chanting

AC Milan striker Kevin-Prince Boateng led the team off the pitch during a friendly at Italian lower division side Pro Patria on Thursday in protest at racist chanting by the home fans. The game was......

Milan director plays down talk of Berlusconi exit

Silvio Berlusconi remains committed to his AC Milan soccer team, one of the club's directors said, playing down speculation that the former Italian prime minister was ready to sell up. The......

Barca face Leverkusen in Champions League last 16

Holders Barcelonawill play Bayer Leverkusen, a team famous for fading in the final straight, while their arch-rivals Real Madrid face a trip to icy Moscow in the Champions League round of 16......