World Soccer News

Prior to joining Kansas City in 2010, Nielsen spent 13 seasons at AaB Aalborg in Denmark's top league from 1995 to 2007, winning a championship in 1999.

Chico Flores' equaliser ensured Danny Graham's first goal since January was not enough to give Hull all three points at Swansea.

Reigning champion America will play for its 12th league title and a chance to become Mexico's most successful club after booking a spot against Leon in the Apertura tournament final.

From left, Franck Ribery, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are in the mix for the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2013, awarded to soccer's best player.

With disturbing images of fans hitting each other shown across Brazil, soccer's governing body downplayed the risk of violence inside stadiums during the World Cup.

ASA Hall will again be unable to help ease Oxford United 's selection problems after Shrewsbury Town turned down a second request to allow the midfielder to appear in the FA Cup .

Bordeaux earned a third straight win by defeating second-place Lille 1-0 Sunday in the French league with 10 men to get back in the race for a European spot.

Maximilian Arnold put the visitors ahead in the eighth minute, when the stationary Fallou Diagne allowed him to guide Patrick Ochs' cross beyond the helpless Freiburg goalkeeper, and Ivica Olic doubled the lead three minutes later after Luiz Gustavo did well to set him up.

Odion Ighalo scored two goals to guide Granada to a 2-0 win at second-division Alcorcon on Sunday, giving the topflight side a commanding lead in its Copa del Rey tie.

Everton battled to a 1-1 draw at Arsenal as the Gunners moved five points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League.

An injured fan is carried on a stretcher after clashes with team fans during a Brazilian league soccer match between Atletico Paranaense and Vasco da Gama in Joinville, southern Brazil, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013.

Police have arrested six people in connection with a second investigation into football spot-fixing following allegations that a player rigged a Championship game for cash.

Dimitar Berbatov brushed off talk of a January exit to end Fulham's six-game Barclays Premier League losing streak as the Cottagers saw off Aston Villa 2-0.

Roma's Mattia Destro, centre, celebrates with teammates after scoring against Fiorentina at Stadio Olimpico on December 8, 2013 in Rome, Italy.

Paulinho has set his sights on Liverpool as Tottenham look to take a decisive step forward in their quest for Champions League football.

Liverpool face an anxious wait to discover the extent of Steven Gerrard's hamstring injury which could not have come at a worse time just ahead of the busy festive programme.

Ronaldo didn't watch Friday's draw, when his native Portugal was placed alongside Germany, Ghana, and the United States in Group G, because he was "sleeping," he told a news conference on Sunday.

Bayern winger Franck Ribery marked his league return after recovering from a cracked rib by scoring two goals and setting up two more as the league leaders inflicted the heaviest home defeat on Bremen in the Bundesliga.

Deane Smalley limps off at Mansfield. The striker made his comeback against Gateshead on Thursday, but will be involved against Wrexham on Monday without being fully fit Oxford United 's walking wounded will be assessed today as the coaching staff draw up preparations for Monday's FA Cup second round tie at Wrexham.

Madrid will be without the Wales international and the injured Cristiano Ronaldo, likely leaving its attack to Karim Benzema or youngsters Jese Rodriguez and Alvaro Morata.