world news UEFA chief Michel Platini backs calls for more teams at football World Cup UEFA chief and former French star Michel Platini has called for the World Cup finals to be expanded. He wants 40 teams at the tournament from 2018 28/10/2013
world news French footballers to strike over super tax that would hit Paris St Germain the hardest Footballers in France will hope for a winning strike of a different kind next month when they protest over a controversial super tax. They will 24/10/2013
United Kingdom Are loud parents at youth matches to blame for England's football malaise? Curtailing the “utterly depressing behaviour” of parents watching youth football would boost England’s fortunes, claims former star striker Gary 24/10/2013
United Kingdom Ferguson: David Beckham thought he was bigger than Manchester United David Beckham thought he was too big for Manchester United, former manager Alex Ferguson has claimed in his autobiography. In the book, Ferguson 22/10/2013
Colombia Independiente Santa Fe buy shirts from street vendor after forgetting kit A football team was forced to play in knock-off replica shirts after forgetting its away kit. Columbian side Independiente Santa Fe had to buy the 22/10/2013
Spain Four Real Madrid fans fined for displaying Nazi symbols A Spanish government commission has imposed fines of 3,000 euros each on four Real Madrid fans who displayed Nazi symbols at last month’s La Liga 10/10/2013
world news Thirty-two countries in bidding race for EURO 2020 Thirty-two national football associations have declared their interest in hosting matches at the 2020 UEFA European Championship, according to the 20/09/2013
Germany "Get into ‘em early lads!" Watch RB Leipzig's wonder-goal It’s an example of a midweek training ground experiment coming together perfectly on match day. The plan was simple: eight outfield players for 17/09/2013
Monaco Bayern Munich face Moscow and Manchester test after Champions League draw Reigning kings of European football Bayern Munich will face CSKA Moscow, Manchester City and Czech team Viktoria Plzen in the defence of their 29/08/2013
Brazil Booking for Brazil: FIFA World Cup 2014 tickets on sale now! It’s the day football fanatics have been waiting for. On Tuesday, August 20 at 12.00 CET the first tickets went on sale for the 2014 FIFA World Cup 19/08/2013
world news Milan to face PSV in Champions League playoff Seven-times champions AC Milan landed a tough tie against PSV Eindhoven in Friday’s draw for the Champions League playoff round which was clouded by 09/08/2013
Spain Barcelona coach Vilanova to step down "for health reasons" Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova is to step down due to ill health, Spanish media reported on Friday, without identifying the source of their 19/07/2013
My Europe Series Fixing football It is a game of dreams, of passion of heightened emotions which crosses the borders of the world. Football has been called ‘The Glory Game’. But how 17/07/2013
Netherlands Japan and Germany win football's 'RoboCup' 2013 Japanese robots have done what their human counterparts can still only dream of, by winning the ‘Robocup’, a robotics equivalent of the football 01/07/2013
Italy Italian football club searches include Lazio, Juventus and foreign clubs Italian finance police conducted searches and seized documents from 41 football clubs on Tuesday, including 18 top-league teams, on suspicion of tax 25/06/2013
Sport Following Ferguson: the tough task facing David Moyes When Sir Alex Ferguson announced his retirement on Wednesday it signalled the end of an era for premiership football. For over a quarter of a 11/05/2013
World European football speaks German For the first time in history, two German football teams have reached the final of the Champions League. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund not only 02/05/2013
World Hulk, Russia and racism It was at London’s Wembley Stadium that the Brazilian national football team lost the Olympic final against Mexico last August. The only trophy in 08/02/2013
Sport Sleaze and scams shame football Singapore sleaze or the match-fixing allegations outlined by Europol’s 18-month investigation into a rampant betting scam has opened a book on the 06/02/2013
World Prandelli does it his way ahead of 2014 “Distinguished for his fair play, honesty and social commitment”: these are the reasons for which Italy manager Cesare Prandelli has recently been 16/11/2012
World Deschamps: 'The players need to give more to the team' After the French football team were knocked-out of the euro 2012 in the quarter final stages, manager Laurent Blanc stepped down to be replaced by 02/11/2012
World Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernandez, the Princes of Sport Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernandez, icons of Real Madrid and Barcelona and also heroes of the Spanish national team, were jointly awarded the Prince of 31/10/2012
Sport Euro 2012: The fan festival For football fans visiting Euro 2012, it is not only about what happens on the pitch. It is also a chance to enjoy the festivities around the games 25/06/2012
Sport Ukraine gives racism the red card Lviv, one of Ukraine’s host-cities for Euro 2012, is well-known for its architectural beauty, cosy cafes and authentic coffee. Supporters of the 12/06/2012
World Football: Kick-starting education Football tops most lists as the most popular sport in the world today. So this week in Learning World we take a look at how the beautiful game can be 08/06/2012
Sport Donetsk: The Ukrainian city with English football heritage Donetsk, one of the host cities of Euro 2012. An industrial city with a strong footballing heritage, which to this day remains at the cutting edge of 07/06/2012
