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• Manchester United wins 10th Premier League title in 16 years
  Manchester United has won its 10th Premier League title in 16 years.

• Angel, Borman give Red Bulls 2-1 win over Galaxy
  Juan Pablo Angel scored in the 78th minute to give the New York Red Bulls a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.

• U.S. women dominate Canada 6-0 at RFK
  Washington, D.C. (Sports Network) - The U.S. Women's national team ended a three-game domestic tour with a comprehensive 6-0 victory over Canada on Saturday as forward Natasha Kai scored her first career hat trick. Lindsay Tarpley, Carli Lloyd and Leslie Osborne also added goals in what was a dominating performance from the opening whistle.

• U.S. women to play Norway, Sweden in Europe
  The United States womens national team, ranked No. 1 in the world by FIFA, will travel to Europe for exhibition games against Norway and Sweden this summer.

• Argentina stays on top by slim margin
  The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Rankings for the month of May were released on Wednesday, and since there was only around 20 games played since the last rankings, there was not a lot of change inside the top 50.

• Ronaldo sorry for encounter with cross-dressing prostitutes
  Brazilian star Ronaldo says he's sorry, embarrassed and ashamed about his highly publicized encounter a week ago with three cross-dressing prostitutes, calling it the biggest mistake of his life.

• Last-second goal lifts U.S. over Australia again
  Substitute Angela Hucles scored in the final seconds of stoppage time Saturday, giving the United States women's national team a 5-4 win over Australia.

• Liverpool coach blames missed chances for loss
  Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez blamed a failure to take extra-time chances for their Champions League exit at the hands of Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.

• Chelsea's Grant silences critics
  Avram Grant believes he has answered his critics after guiding Chelsea to the Champions League final at the expense of Liverpool.

• Brazil schedules two matches in U.S.
  Five-time World Cup champion Brazil will play exhibitions in the United States against Canada and Venezuela in the next six weeks.

• CSKA Sofia clinches Bulgarian title
  CSKA Sofia clinched its 31st Bulgarian league title on Wednesday with a 3-1 win over Botev.

• Revitalized Riise looks ahead to second leg
  Liverpool defender John Arne Riise insists he has recovered from the anguish of scoring an own goal in last week's Champions League semifinal first leg clash against Chelsea at Anfield.

• Ronaldo in hiding after cross-dressing prostitutes incident
  Ronaldo went into hiding Tuesday after a run-in with cross-dressing prostitutes that prompted police to investigate whether to charge one with trying to extort money from the soccer star.

• Clean bill of health for Bayern
  Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld has no injury problems as he prepares for Thursday's crunch UEFA Cup semifinal second leg clash with Zenit St Petersburg.

• Del Piero has made his case for EURO 2008
  In a little over one month, the top teams in Europe will converge on Austria and Switzerland to compete in EURO 2008, and it would be wrong if the name of Alessandro Del Piero was not on Italy's roster.

• Lloyd lifts USA to win over Australia with late strike
  Carli Lloyd scored in stoppage time to lead the U.S. Women's National Team to a 3-2 win over Australia in a friendly on Sunday.