European soccer's winter transfer window appeared to close Monday, with none of the big-money moves that have dominated recent seasons. The Premier League's usually high-spending clubs mostly were involved with loan transfers as the window closed in England.

Sports fans, grab a pen and paper or log into e-mail and send this message to the heartless bureaucrats who run African soccer: “Sirs, shame on you for totally mishandling the terrorist attack on Togo’s team.” Their decision this weekend to ban Togo from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, punishing the shell-shocked squad for pulling out of this year’s…

I doubt Oliver Wendell Holmes was a soccer fan, but in thinking about this week’s column, I recalled a great quote of his: “The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”

Doctors say Paraguay soccer star Salvador Cabanas is conscious and could give testimony to police about being shot in the head in a Mexico City bar. Cabanas contined his strong recovery Monday

Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — The following is a roundup of soccer stories from U.K. newspapers, with clickable links to the Web

It’s been an extraordinary journey for Joey Gjertsen, the undersized soccer player from Tacoma’s Wilson High.

Harare — THE third edition of the musicians and soccer legends fund-raising match explodes into life at Gwanzura this afternoon with a bumper crowd expected at the old Highfield venue.