BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian captain Cristian Chivu announced his retirement from international football on Saturday citing age and a succession of injuries as his reasons. The 30-year-old Inter Milan star capped 75-times since making his debut in 1999 said that he was not able to play both for the national team and his [.

POSTED: February 2nd 2011 NewsUpdate LONDON, Feb 02: Wayne Rooney has warned Manchester United to beware Chelsea even though they dealt more efficiently than either the champions or Arsenal in disposing of Aston Villa 3-1. Arsenal are five points adrift and Chelsea 10 points adrift behind but strengthened in attack and defence by the £70m [.

NEWCASTLE, England Newcastle staged one of the greatest fightbacks in Premier League history on Saturday, dealing a blow to Arsenal's title hopes to claim a 4-4 draw on a day of record goal-scoring. The second-placed Gunners ran riot in an extraordinary opening at St James Park, sweeping into a 4-0 lead after only 26 [.

PARIS, France — Paris Saint Germain, who were last crowned French champions back in 1994, moved to within one point of leaders Lille with a 2-1 win over bottom club Arles-Avignon on Saturday. Turkish striker Mevlut Erding, PSG's top scorer last season, ensured the points with goals in either half, with Senegelese midfielder Deme Ndiaye [.

ROME, Italy – Udinese ended Leonardo's perfect record since taking over as Inter Milan coach with a 3-1 win over the Italian champions on Sunday while city rivals Milan retained their four-point lead at the top. Inter, aiming for a sixth straight win since the Brazilian's arrival in the San Siro dugout, took the lead [.

MOSCOW, Russia — Former Dutch international skipper Ruud Gullit was appointed on Tuesday coach of Russian Premier League club Terek Grozny, local media reported. The 48-year-old has previously coached English Premiership sides Chelsea and Newcastle United along with Dutch giants Feyenoord and MLS club Los Angeles Galaxy.

At the final whistle of Blackpool's third round FA Cup tie against League One highfliers Southampton, the home fans were ecstatic after all they had just managed to beat one of the Premier League's form teams when it comes to playing away from home, and book their place in the next round. But amid [.

LONDON, England Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti was looking forward to crossing swords with his Ipswich Town counterpart in Sunday's FA Cup third-round tie at Stamford Bridge before Roy Keane was sacked on Friday. The 39-year-old Keane, who had been at Ipswich since April 2009, left with the Championship (second division) club 19th in the [.

LONDON, England — Chelsea were sent spinning to a shock 1-0 defeat at Wolves on Wednesday as the Premier League champions fell further behind in the title race and left manager Carlo Ancelotti clinging to his job. An own goal by defender Jose Bosingwa after five minutes handed victory to Wolves, who climbed out of [.