Football legend Diego Maradona is showing signs of improvement four days after being rushed to hospital suffering from liver problems related to excessive alcohol consumption, doctors said.
“Routine examinations show a favourable evolution compared to the previous days,” Maradona’s personal physician Alfredo Cahe and hospital director Hector Pezzella said in a joint statement issued Sunday night.
“He [...]

Record 204 teams enter for 2010 World CupZURICH, March 30 (Reuters) - A record 204 countries have entered the qualifying competition for the 2010 World Cup finals, FIFA said in a statement on Friday.
The number beats the previous record of 199 teams which entered for the 2002 World Cup finals and only Bhutan, Brunei, Laos [...]

The UEFA Champions League is seen as the holy grail by the world’s leading footballers - and Asian fans are currently being given the chance to view the trophy at close range.

Six-week tour
The European Champion Clubs’ Cup, which has been contested for 52 years by this continent’s finest teams and players, was in Kuala Lumpur, [...]

Netherlands coach Albert Stuivenberg was caught in a whirlwind of emotion in Antalya after his side clinched qualification for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship on Sunday.
Celebrations
A 19th-minute goal from PSV Eindhoven striker Genero Zeefuik secured a 1-0 win for the Netherlands in Elite round Group 4 against hosts Turkey, who defeated the Dutch in the [...]

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Besiktas JK winger ?brahim Üzülmez has withdrawn from Fatih Terim’s Turkey squad for Wednesday’s UEFA EURO 2008 Group C qualifier against Norway in Frankfurt after being ruled out for four weeks with knee ligament damage.
The 33-year-old lasted only 19 minutes of Saturday’s 4-1 victory over Greece in Athens before being taken off. Galatasaray SK’s Ferhat [...]

US tycoon Stan Kroenke could be in talks with ITV about buying the British broadcaster’s 9.9-percent stake in English Premiership football club Arsenal, a report said.
The Guardian newspaper said that ITV was believed to have been approached by Kroenke, who owns several sports franchises in the United States, including soccer side Colorado Rapids, basketball team [...]

The top two clubs in the Premiership won through to the FA Cup semi-finals as Manchester United FC edged past Middlesbrough FC and Chelsea FC defeated Tottenham Hotspur FC in tonight’s quarter-final replays.
Derby drama
Chelsea faced arguably the tougher test with a London derby at a Tottenham side who had impressed in drawing at Stamford [...]

Manchester United can once again stretch their lead at the top of the table over Chelsea as Sir Alex Ferguson’s side take on Bolton Wanderers in Saturday’s early kick-off.
Second-placed Chelsea are not in action until later in the day so the champions could step out to play Sheffield United at Stamford Bridge with a big [...]

Aston Villa play only their second game in 32 days when they entertain Arsenal at Villa Park on Wednesday.
Martin O’Neill’s side lost 2-0 at Reading on February 10 and their only taste of action since that setback was the draw at Fulham three weeks later.
Villa’s lack of action has been in sharp contrast to the [...]