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Everyone was shocked when the young Costa Rican star Joel Campbell turned down the chance to join
Arsenal last week, and there were reports that both Manchester United and Fiorentina had also
presented the 20 year-old with counter offers. But now there are reports coming out of Costa Rica
that the Arsenal representatives have got [.
Theo Walcott is fully aware that Arsenal need strengthening in some areas, and says that Arsene
Wenger has already told the players that there will be some changes before the new season starts.
He believes that changes are needed if the elusive trophy will finally be coming after the clubs
six year drought.
It has been reported that one of Arsenal's chief scouts was at the Aston Villa v Liverpool game at
Villa Park last week to have a last-minute check on Stewart Downing, who, according to today's
Mail, Arsene Wenger has pinpointed as a possible replacement for Samir Nasri. Downing rose to the
occasion and scored the [.
LONDON, England Harry Redknapp has already pulled off the transfer coup of the summer, sources have
told ESPNsoccernet, by snatching Barcelona youngster Cristian Ceballos from under the noses of
Chelsea. Ceballos, 16, was hailed as Barcelona's new superstar four years ago when he became an
internet sensation, featuring in a video juggling a ball [.
LONDON, England Chelsea have announced that Carlo Ancelotti has left the club after a trophyless
season at Stamford Bridge. It has long been expected that the Italian would leave the London club,
despite winning the Double in his debut campaign in England in 2009/10. And Chelsea confirmed the
inevitable decision to part company with [.
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 [.
Arsene Wenger has made it quite clear that he doesn't want Jack Wilshere to play for the England
U21 side this summer after playing over 50 games already this season. But Jack himself is very keen
to represent his country, and Stuart Pearce desperately wants to win the competition so he was
always going to [.
EDMONTON, Alberta — Canada has a 50-50 chance of hosting the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015.
Canadian Soccer Association General Secretary Peter Montopoli confirmed only Canada and Zimbabwe
are left in the bid process. A decision is expected March 3. The FIFA Women's World Cup is FIFA's
second biggest property, behind only the men's [.
LONDON, England — A football club based near London's Olympic Stadium has written to British
Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to block West Ham's planned move into the venue after the
2012 games. West Ham has been named as the preferred bidder to take over the stadium, beating a
rival bid from Tottenham.
BERLIN, Germany — Bundesliga bottom side Borussia Moenchengladbach sacked their coach Michael
Frontzeck on Sunday, 24 hours after their 3-1 German league defeat at St Pauli. 'Gladbach are seven
points from safety at the foot of the table and 46-year-old Frontzeck, who has been in charge for
18 months, was shown the door after his [.
Emmanuel Adebayor experienced mixed fortunes during his time in English football. Still the victim
of some less than favourable chants from Arsenal fans following his controversial big money move to
Manchester City, and with his ridiculous goal celebration against his former club that came shortly
after that move, his time at Eastlands wasn't much more [.
LONDON, England - West Ham United have beaten out rivals Tottenham Hotspur to take over the London
2012 Olympics stadium, according to the BBC. The decision is set to be announced later this week
after both English Prmeier League sides submitted bids to the Olympic Park Legacy Company, an
unsourced report on the BBC's website said.
LONDON, England Premier League Tottenham Hotspur and David Beckham's Los Angeles Galaxy are
planning closer ties that could lead to players crossing the Atlantic in both directions. Tim
Leiweke, president of the American sports and entertainment giant AEG that owns the Galaxy and is
bidding in partnership with Spurs to take over the London [.
Arsenal forward Nicklas Bendtner hinted at leaving Arsenal this summer if he does not get more
games. The Danish striker who will be sure to face England in the international friendly on
Wednesday was giving an interview about whether players such as him were worth their wages when he
made the remark.
BOLTON, England Daniel Sturridge has joined Bolton Wanderers on loan until the end of the season.
The 21-year-old forward will link up with Owen Coyle's squad hoping to add to his 21 appearances
this season, in which time he has scored four times, most recently against Ipswich Town in the FA
Cup on January [.
LUBUMSASHI, DR Congo Morocco and South africa will host the 2015 and 2017 editions of the Nations
Cup respectively Morocco have won the right to stage the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations while South
Africa will host the 2017 edition. The decision was taken at a meeting of the executive committee
of the Confederation [.
LONDON, England - A second key presenter for Sky Sports News left the network Wednesday over a
sexism row engulfing the British broadcaster. Anchorman Richard Keys resigned after 20 years with
the network, a day after his fellow presenter Andy Gray was fired. The scandal was sparked by
off-air footage from Saturday of Keys and [.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands The board of Rotterdam football club Feyenoord has announced the suspension
of technical director Leo Beenhakker. General director Eric Gudde said there had been a crisis of
trust between Beenhakker and the club. At a press conference last week Beenhakker, who had just
learned his contract with Feyenoord would not be extended, [.
TEHERAN, Iran Iranian authorities have ordered a ban on women from watching live broadcasts of
soccer matches at public movie theaters, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported. A state
police agency that monitors Iranian businesses called for the ban because "the presence of women
and families at movie theaters increases security risks and inappropriate [.
BOLTON, England Bolton Wanderers have announced the signing of defender David Wheater for an
undisclosed fee from Championship outfit Middlesbrough. The former England Under-21 defender has
signed a three-and-a-half year deal and linked-up with his new team-mates for the first time on
Thursday morning at the club's Euxton-based training complex.
NEW YORK, NY CONCACAF wants FIFA to award them an extra place at the next World Cup, giving the
region four guaranteed places for the 2014 tournament in Brazil. Under the previous qualifying
format used for the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, the Confederation of North, Central American and
Caribbean Association Football was awarded [.
