News: Soccer

USA Advances to Knockout Round on Last-Minute Goal! Ghana Up Next 24

Posted: June 23, 2010 12:30 PM ; Updated: June 23, 2010 5:21 PM

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Landon Donovan scored in injury time as the United States advanced to the round of 16 at the World Cup with a 1-0 win over Algeria on Wednesday.

Posted: June 18, 2010 12:03 PM ; Updated: June 18, 2010 4:44 PM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Maurice Edu kicked the ball into the net just before the 86th minute. American players jumped around wildly, thinking they had capped a historic comeback, turning a two-goal, first-half deficit into a 3-2 victory over Slovenia.

``Then I heard the whistle,'' Edu said

Referee Koman Coulibaly of Mali had called it off.

Posted: June 12, 2010 6:04 PM ; Updated: June 13, 2010 12:34 AM

RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) -- The United States held England to a 1-1 draw in World Cup Group C opener Saturday, with a stunning blunder by English goalkeeper Robert Green costing his team victory.

An apparently harmless 25-meter (yard) left-foot shot from Clint Dempsey in the 40th minute went straight at Green but the ball bounced off his right glove and trickled over the line for an equalizer.

Posted: March 15, 2010 1:45 PM ; Updated: March 15, 2010 2:02 PM

MILAN (AP) -- David Beckham checked into a hospital Monday for surgery on his torn left Achilles' tendon, hoping for a "swift and full recovery'' from an injury that will keep him out of the World Cup.

Posted: December 04, 2009 3:49 PM ; Updated: December 04, 2009 4:17 PM

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- The United States will face England at the World Cup for the first time since a famous upset 60 years ago, then play Slovenia and Algeria in the first round of next year's tournament.

Posted: November 22, 2009 10:06 PM ; Updated: November 23, 2009 1:46 PM

SEATTLE (AP) -- David Beckham limped badly, the pain from a bone bruise in his right foot piercing through three pregame injections.More »

Cink Wins British Open

Posted: July 20, 2009 1:45 PM ; Updated: July 20, 2009 2:08 PM

TURNBERRY, Scotland — Tom Watson stood over an eight-foot par putt this evening on the final hole of a mystical British Open, one stroke away from becoming the oldest major champion in history. For the first time all week, he showed his 59-year-old nerves.