Cedric Bakambu and Alexandre Lacazette scored second-half goals as France defeated ten-man Mali 2-0 to advance to the second round of the Under-20 World Cup on Friday.
Bakambu found the net with a right footed shot into the far corner in the 70th minute, a minute after Mali had a man sent off—and Lacazette sealed with a hard angled shot the right angle in the 77th.
Paris St Germain have signed French striker Jeremy Menez AS Roma on a three-year contract, the Ligue 1 club said on Monday.
The 24-year-old, who won the first of their five caps for France in a friendly against Norway last August, had joined Roma from Monaco in 2008.
Sochaux is a French international midfielder Marvin Martin confirmed Tuesday that he hopes to be able to ensure to leave the Ligue 1 club.
"I would like to leave," Martin, who scored a brace in a 4-1 win against Ukraine in his international debut last month, told AFP.
Ivory Coast forward Gervinho has joined Arsenal from French outfit Lille, the English Premier League club announced Monday.
"It's a great feeling to be an Arsenal player," said the 24-year-old who helped Lille to a French league and cup double last season with 15 goals in 40 games.
Houston extended its unbeaten streak to three games with a 2-0 home victory against Toronto FC on Saturday. Danny Cruz and Geoff Cameron were the goal-scorers.
With Omar Bravo's late equalizer last weekend against Chivas USA, Sporting KC extending its MLS unbeaten streak to ten games.
Somehow, the Americans seem to find a way to win.
And more often than not, Abby Wambach has something to do with it.
With time running out and France giving the United States, all it could handle and then some, Wambach’s winner in the 79th minute put her teammates feel, and went to a party on two continents.
Arsenal began their pre-season Asian tour with a resounding 4-0 victory over a spirited Malaysia side at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium on Wednesday.
The Gunners, who last played in Malaysia 12 years ago, will face China on Saturday.
Australian international Dario Vidosic signed a three-year contract with Adelaide United on Wednesday, after failing to make his mark during a stint in Germany.
"The biggest motivation for me was just happiness—to enjoy my football again," Vidosic, who has appeared 14 times for his country and was in the 2010 World Cup squad, said of his return after a fruitless three years overseas.
Emilie Haavi finally broke down Equatorial Guinea’s defense in the 84 minutes and fled to Norway, a surprising 1-0 close to winning the World Cup opening match at the Women’s World Cup.
The heavily favored Norwegians had hit the post three times Wednesday and looked as if they had to settle for a 0-0 draw before substitute Leni Larsen Kaurin is free on the right side and passed to Haavi low in an open center.
It took a few tries, but FC Edmonton finally defeated the Montreal Impact.
Before the group announced in 2,306 at Foote Field on Sunday, Kyle Porter's fifth minute, which was enough to give Edmonton the victory 1-0 in the North American Soccer League action.
FIFA wants Bahrain soccer officials to give details on the cases of players arrested during political protests, with the Gulf kingdom against the investigation of government interference in the sport.
Bahraini authorities have condemned the national team players Mohammed Hubail to two years in prison on Thursday.
Alex McLeish vowed to win over Aston Villa's supporters on Friday after being confirmed as the Premier League club's new manager following days of angry protests by fans.
Villa confirmed in a statement they had appointed McLeish with immediate effect just five days after the 52-year-old Scot from bitter local rivals Birmingham City, who was expelled last month.
Koo Ja-Cheol struck in stoppage time to give South Korea a dramatic 2-1 victory over Ghana at Jeonju World Cup Stadium on Tuesday in an international friendly match.
The Wolfsburg midfielder, who finished 2011 as the Asian Cup as top scorer, was introduced as a substitute in the second half and maintained its objective impressive form from Korea, which came four days after a victory over Serbia by the same score.
After English football chiefs failed to defeat the Swiss president of FIFA, their players on Saturday can put a further dent in any hopes Sepp had of seeing Switzerland qualify for the 2012 European Championship.
Switch to Saturday's match, England has been the top of Group G halfway through qualifying and is already six points ahead of third placed Swiss who had expected to be its toughest rivals.
Giovani Dos Santos scored two first half goals to power in Mexico to a 3-0 victory against New Zealand in a warm-up match for the Americans in front of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Dos Santos on Wednesday found the 22 minutes and scored again on 30 minutes to double Mexico's lead.
Milan Baros and Michal Kadlec scored to lead the Czech Republic to a 2-0 win against Liechtenstein in qualifying for the 2012 European Championship on Tuesday.
Baros captain Tomas Rosicky will be collected three minutes into the game and scored a low shot from the edge of the area to beat goalkeeper Peter Jehle. It was the 39th goal for Baros in 81 international matches.
Who won the competition and previous World Cup last summer in South Africa, Spain, is the team to beat in international football with talent in abundance.
The first coach Luis Aragones and now Vicente Del Bosque, Spain have developed a rapid movement of passage that brought much success in Barcelona and so many of the players of the Catalan club have grown at home have intensified their national team with ease.
Spain has an exemplary record of meeting so far with three wins from three to ten goals.
Now play the Czech Republic, second in the group with three points less, in Grenada on Friday, then travel to Lithuania next week.
Villa said-to-back victories would see them book their final berth.
Germany's serene progress at the European Championship qualification is unlikely to be interrupted by Kazakhstan on Saturday, while an injury to one of the rising stars has boosted England’s hopes of maintaining its unbeaten start.
With four straight wins, Germany is already the leader in group A and a home game against the pool's bottom side, which is yet to score a goal in qualifying, should not cause problems.
On Tuesday, Bayern Munich have agreed to play a charity match in Japan at the end of the Bundesliga season with revenues going to the victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami, said the club.
Japan faces its world's worst nuclear crisis quarter century, caused by an earthquake and the tsunami earlier this month that left some 21,000 dead or missing.
Chelsea will play in English rival Manchester United in a repeat of 2008 final and nine time winner Real Madrid was paired with Tottenham in Friday's draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
Favorite Barcelona will meet Shakhtar Donetsk, the underdog among the teams still in European competition for elite clubs, and defending champion Inter Milan will take on Schalke.