 Big jump in positive tests in AFL
A total of 26 positive tests for illicit drugs were recorded by Australian Football League players in 2012, a large increase from the previous year, the AFL said on Thursday. Read full article |
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 Lippi's Guangzhou star in Australia
China's Guangzhou Evergrande took a firm grip on their AFC Champions League last 16 tie with Central Coast Mariners Wednesday. Read full article |
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 Singapore names German coach
Singapore on Wednesday named Bernd Stange of Germany as head coach of the national team, replacing Serbian Radojko Avramovic, who led the city-state to three Southeast Asian championships. Read full article |
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 Blatter calls Roma racism fine inadequate
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has criticised as inadequate a €50,000 fine handed to AS Roma for racist behaviour from their fans and said lessons had not been learned in Italian soccer. Read full article |
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 Sendai snap Ardija's record
Omiya Ardija's record 21-match unbeaten run in the Japanese top flight came to a halt on Saturday after Vegalta Sendai sealed a 2-1 home win over the league leaders. Read full article |
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 Suarez escapes punishment
Uruguay forward Luis Suarez has escaped a sanction for allegedly punching an opponent during the World Cup qualifier against Chile, the country's football federation (AUF) said in a statement. Read full article |
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 British PM, Blatter lead tributes to Fergie
British Prime Minister David Cameron and world football chief Sepp Blatter led the tributes on Wednesday after Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson announced he was standing down. Read full article |
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 Fifa exco member Blazer banned
Fifa executive committee member was provisionally suspended on Monday, less than one month after he was accused of financial mismanagement in his role as general secretary of the CONCACAF confederation. Read full article |
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 Fifa acts over racism, Webb defends refs
Fifa has proposed the introduction of extra officials in stadiums to watch out for incidents of racism, plus a two-tier system of sanctions for teams whose followers indulge in discriminatory behaviour. Read full article |
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 AFC to introduce ethics committee
Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa will make introducing an ethics committee a top priority as the Bahraini attempts to bring about sweeping reform at the scandal- hit Asian Football Confederation. Read full article |
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 Blatter plans to stay on as president
Fifa president Sepp Blatter dropped a hint he plans to stand again for another four year term as the head of world soccer's governing body during a speech to AFC delegates in Malaysia on Friday. Read full article |
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 Hammam era ends, Blatter and AFC move on
Asian football finally got rid of tainted former leader Mohamed Bin Hammam on Thursday, voting in the Qatari's sworn enemy Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain as president Read full article |
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 Monterrey complete Champs League treble
Monterrey pumped in four second-half goals to defeat Santos 4-2 and claim their third straight CONCACAF Champions League title on Wednesday. Read full article |
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 Boca edge Corinthians in first leg
Boca Juniors, without injured talisman Juan Roman Riquelme, beat holders Corinthians 1-0 in the first leg of their Libertadores Cup last-16 tie at a wet La Bombonera on Wednesday. Read full article |
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 Sheikh Salman wins Fifa exco seat
The Asian Football Confederation elected Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa on to Fifa's executive committee at Thursday's vote in Malaysia. Read full article |
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Scandals overshadow Asian vote
Asia's troubled football body elects a new leader on Thursday after a bitter campaign dominated by claim and counter-claim of outside interference, and even allegations of human rights abuses. Read full article |
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 Rogers makes a return to field
A day after NBA centre Jason Collins came out as the first gay athlete actively playing in one of the top US professional leagues, gay soccer player Robbie Rogers took a step towards joining him. Read full article |
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 Fifa exco member gets eight-year ban
Fifa executive committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando of Sri Lanka has been banned for eight years for unethical behaviour, soccer's governing body said on Tuesday. Read full article |
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 KP, Altidore named on anti-racism panel
Internationals Kevin-Prince Boateng of Ghana and Jozy Altidore of the United States, who have both been racially abused while playing, were named as part of Fifa's new anti-racism Task Force on Tuesday. Read full article |
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 Havelange quits, Blatter cleared
Joao Havelange has quit as Fifa's honorary president while Sepp Blatter has been cleared of misconduct in the ISL bribery case, a report by Fifa's ethics committee said on Tuesday. Read full article |
