Charlie Davies is resuming training with his French club Sochaux. The American forward, coming back from injuries sustained in an October 2009 car crash, spent 2010 on loan to Major League Soccer’s D.C. United and scored 11 goals in 26 games, including 18 starts. The 25-year-old played less as the season wore on, and D.C. United said Dec. 1 that it decided against a permanent transfer. Th...Full Story »

Neil Warnock has highlighted the next 10 matches as vital to QPR's Premier League survival hopes. The Rs put up an impressive display against Arsenal but fell to a 1-0 defeat at the Emirates Stadium. QPR now face a vital-looking match with fellow promoted side Norwich, which Warnock believes could be act as a catalyst in their push for survival. "I think the next 10 games are vital for us," h...Full Story »

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MONTEVIDEO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Brazil’s teenage striker Neymar, who won the Copa Libertadores with Santos, has been voted South American soccer’s Footballer of the Year. Uruguay’s Oscar Washington Tabarez was named coach of the year for the second time in a row after steering his World Cup semi-finalists to a record 15th Copa America crown in July. Neymar, who inspired Sant...Full Story »

Premier League stars and their clubs are being investigated by the taxman over the secret perks enjoyed by players and their families. Investigators from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs have interviewed finance directors at Britain’s richest clubs to establish the extent of benefits lavished on footballers. Officials from HMRC’s High Net Worth Unit – which usually...Full Story »

Mario Balotelli has made one last-ditch attempt to ensure he ends the calendar year as the most-talked about Premier League footballer of 2011. After enthralling drinkers at a local pub in Manchester where he put £1,000 behind the bar as a Christmas treat for the patrons over the festive period, the Manchester City striker appeared in a more sombre mood on Friday judging by the new colo...Full Story »

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has revealed that controversial striker Mario Balotelli is refusing to give up a smoking habit thought to involve up to two packets of cigarettes a week. Balotelli has been photographed with a cigarette in his hand and seen smoking when out with friends in Manchester. What a drag: Balotelli puffs away on a cigarette The Italian is not the first footba...Full Story »

FRUSTRATED ... Frank Lampard DAVID BECKHAM has urged Frank Lampard to join LA Galaxy. SunSport understands that Becks spoke to the Chelsea star twice in the last 12 days about the switch. They met at The Sun's Military Awards on December 19, then at a restaurant in Harrods. And Becks told his former England pal he would love the lifestyle out in California. Lampard, 33, is frustrated with...Full Story »

No matter how many Christmas calories you've consumed, chances are you're probably still not as wide as the former superstar Brazilian Ronaldo. Sadly, you're probably not as good at football either - despite his waistline, which seems to be expanding exponentially, he starred in a charity match organised by another Samba boys star, the great Zico.  The rotund ex-Barcelona striker team...Full Story »

Fabio Capello has taken a swipe at Germany for adopting players of Turkish origin and called upon football’s rulers to end the drain of talent from poorer countries. Capello is still haunted by England’s 4-1 defeat at the hands of the Germans in last summer’s World Cup and raised the issue of citizenship when he addressed the Dubai International Sport conference. ‘A ...Full Story »