English soccer plays four games while rest of Europe takes a break
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LONDON: While the rest of European soccer shuts down for a midwinter break, England turns up the heat. The big leagues of Italy, Spain and Germany take a breather so that players can heal injuries and aching
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Matthew Upson, Chris Kirkland and Wayne Bridge have all been recalled to Sven-Goran Eriksson&#39;s England squad for the match with Spain in Madrid.
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With 17 days to go before their World Cup qualifying campaign begins, England are back in action with plenty to prove after the disappointment of Euro 2004 elimination.
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Euro giants Real Madrid, Juventus and Manchester United qualified for the European champions League groups stages as the established order in European football was respected.
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Uefa says it will allow European matches to be played on artificial pitches from the start of next season.
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The fact that racism in European soccer is not a dead issue became painfully obvious in Spain during the past week, with members of both England&#39;s full international
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Four games without a win, and two away matches coming up before a home date with a resurgent Manchester City, have put a new complexion on their season.
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Most MLS teams are in a comfortable position for the last two weeks of the regular season. Too comfortable.
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David Beckham is set to face a handful of his former English international teammates as part of a four-team tournament unveiled Friday that will include Chelsea and South Korea's Suwon Bluewings.
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All the action from Tuesday's opening group matches.
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It was a case of as you were at the top of the English Premier League with all top four clubs recording victories.
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A group-by-group analysis of Tuesday&#39;s matches in Champions League Groups EH where four of the six scheduled matches have now been played.
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All four of England&#39;s Champions League representatives have made it through to the knock-out stages. Arsenal and Chelsea will be seeded as group winners, while Manchester United and Liverpool, who both finished as runners-up, will not.
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Sport: Euro 2008 qualifier: England move into second place in Group E after a convincing victory.
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England head into a five-month World Cup qualifying break with top slot in Group Six and the knowledge they can ill-afford to be complacent next year.
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There&#039;s only one more off day the World Cup resumes. Next up are the quarterfinals with Germany facing Argentina and Italy taking on Ukraine on Friday. Saturday&#039;s games are England vs. Portugal and Brazil against France.
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six of the last nine competitions -- the United States appeared to have the stronger team, yet Europe won. The US squad is, at best