Football

Barcelona's board of directors have rejected the option of building a new stadium and will push ahead with a remodelling of the Nou Camp.

Steven Gerrard has rarely suffered criticism in an illustrious career but accepted he deserved some flak for his below par performance.

Arturo Vidal's double helped Juventus to their 12th straight league win with a 4-2 triumph over Sampdoria.

Rodgers was pleased with "a good point" after his side recovered from a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 at home to Aston Villa.

Spain hold a big lead over Germany in second place, with Argentina in third.

Jelavic has joined Hull for a reported club-record fee of 6.5 million pounds after losing his first-team place at Everton.

City won their third straight away game to climb above Chelsea in the standings ahead of Arsenal's match at Aston Villa on Monday.

Mauri was banned for six months in early August for failing to report match-fixing in the Lecce-Lazio Serie A match in May 2011.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers hopes Agger's absence will be compensated by Mamadou Sakho's rapid recovery from a hamstring injury.

Bayern Munich will subsidise fans who buy tickets for their Champions League first leg tie away to Arsenal, where prices are higher than in Germany.

Chris Smalling apologized on Wednesday for an "insensitive decision" to appear as a suicide bomber at a fancy dress party.

Alvaro Negredo grabbed a hat-trick as Manchester City crushed West Ham United 6-0 in their League Cup semi-final first leg.

Portuguese great Eusebio, top scorer at the 1966 World Cup, died on Sunday of a heart attack at the age of 71.

There are too many foreign coaches in the Premier League and British candidates should be given more opportunities, Mourinho said.

Bayern signed Lewandowski from Bundesliga rival Dortmund on a free transfer on Saturday, with the deal taking effect at the end of the season.

Atletico built a provisional three-point advantage over Barcelona before the defending champion host Elche on Sunday.