There will be a RoboCop style to the face of policing in Rio when football fans turn up for the World Cup in Brazil next month.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has congratulated champions Manchester City but has vowed his side will make an even stronger challenge next season.

New Zealand is seeking to cement its status as a viable location for football's biggest tournaments, bidding to host the 2019 Women's World Cup.

On Merseyside they will dredge up all the old stories. How Bayern Munich printed travel information for the 1981 European Cup final before they blew the semifinal against Liverpool.

It will at least go to the last day of the season on Monday, but when the Premier League title race is this good, the only pity is that the entertainment has to end then.

Arsene Wenger played it brilliantly. The way he tells it, he has decided to stay on as Arsenal manager, almost as a kind of favour.

Arsene Wenger claims he will look back on the season as a missed opportunity even if Arsenal clinch a place in the Champions League this weekend.

Statistics prove this has been the most exciting season in Premier League history.

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As the stresses multiply romance has a habit of being flipped on its head.

Liverpool soccer supporters don't walk alone here anymore, to use the title from their stirring anthem.

There is a mood of optimism around Old Trafford. The grumpy, tetchy gloom has lifted; the fug of incompetence has been cleared; the hapless and the hopeless have been expunged.

Man United's worst season since 1992 was underscored by the sacking of coach David Moyes, but as a business, the club still has few peers in soccer.

Louis van Gaal is the type of man who sends Valentine's Day cards to himself. He loves himself, admires everything he stands for and will enjoy all this talk of being linked to Man Utd.

Liverpool fans sang about their football being "poetry in motion".

It's a rare coach who watches his team lose a knockout finals game and leaves excited.

The Wellington Phoenix will face a Premier League team in July - and there is a possibility of a second English team also visiting these shores.

Jose Mourinho refused to come out and speak for his post-game press conference but, on this occasion, he wouldn't have been able to spin it or downplay it: Chelsea have a huge say in this title race.

It might not be much consolation to Sheffield United, who saw a 2-1 lead obliterated early in the second half, but they forced Hull to produce their very best soccer yesterday to reach the FA Cup final.

Liverpool have the look of champions and the look on Steven Gerrard's face at the final whistle of this tumultuous victory signalled its deep significance. It meant he and his exciting team were closer to the title.

Supporters of the German Bundesliga club Vfb Stuttgart are starting to question whether their star recruit Marco Rojas has become a bad investment.

Two seasons ago, Manchester United scored 89 goals, 56 more than they conceded, yet lost the English Premier League title by a goal difference of eight to Manchester City.

They didn't qualify for the World Cup but the All Whites may play in South America in June after all.

Tottenham will target three key signings who can make an immediate impact on the first team as part of a close season transfer strategy that will focus on quality over quantity.

Today's ASB Premiership grand final is not just a clash between the two best domestic teams in this country.