Football

The 30-year-old Ronaldinho wants to play in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Chelsea has not won any of its past six league matches to slip to fourth position.

The former AC Milan coach succeeds Rafael Benitez, who left the club after just six months in charge.

Blackburn was 13th in the 20-team Premier League, six points above the relegation zone.

Liverpool was drawn against Sparta Prague in the last 32.

Reports suggest he would be willing to take a massive pay cut to move to a club that would facilitate his needs.

India will have to deal with Australia, South Korea and Bahrain if they are to be successful at the 2011 Asian Cup.

Allardyce was fired on Monday, only 16 days after Venky's Group purchased Blackburn.

Sepp Blatter has rejected allegations of corruption at soccer's governing body.

Fabio Quagliarella scored twice and had another clear goal not given by the referee in 3-1 win at Catania.

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho says it will be easy to come to terms with the 5-0 loss suffered at the hands of Barcelona.

Espanyol continued its strong start to the season with a 3-2 win at Atletico Madrid.

Manchester United demolished Blackburn 7-1 while Arsenal beat Aston Villa 4-2.

Pablo Osvaldo scored a penalty and set up another goal as Espanyol beat Hercules 3-0.

It came a week after his penalty against his former team Inter Milan decided the Milan derby.

Milan leads with 23 points, Lazio is next with 22, Napoli has 21, Inter 20, Juve 19 and Roma 18.