World Soccer News

Ex-Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe scored twice in the first half of his Major League Soccer debut on Saturday, helping new-look Toronto FC hold off the Seattle Sounders 2-1.

Celta Vigo earned an entertaining 1-0 win at Levante on Saturday to end a two-game losing run in the Spanish league.

Fulham's bid for Premier League survival received a timely boost with a 1-0 victory over Newcastle, whose banned manager Alan Pardew watched on helplessly from a west London hotel.

West Brom pushed themselves clear of the relegation zone by coming from behind to steal a 2-1 win at Swansea City.

The Cottagers last victory came in a 2-1 home win over West Ham when Rene Meulensteen was still in charge.

Norwich fans focused their anger on manager Chris Hughton as they fell to a fifth successive away defeat, despite staging an improbable late comeback at Southampton.

Raffael put 'Gladbach ahead in the 31st minute and Max Kruse broke his goal drought in 2014 to make it 2-0 in the 40th.

Manchester City survived the 10th-minute dismissal of captain Vincent Kompany to win 2-0 at Hull City on Saturday and reduce Chelsea's lead in the Premier League to six points.

Centre-back Per Mertesacker has warned Arsenal have no more margin for error if they are to last the distance in the Barclays Premier League title race.

The Brisbane Roar maintained a 10-point lead in the A-League with four rounds remaining after a 1-1 draw with Sydney FC despite playing with 10 men for the entire second half.

They will be running a campaign at the match, with stewards and officers handing cards to both sets of fans about reporting hate crime.

Real Madrid defender Alvaro Arbeloa will be sidelined for nearly two months by a knee injury that could cost the right back a spot on Spain's World Cup roster.

Reims and Marseille drew 1-1 on Friday night in a result that did neither side's European qualification aspirations any good.

Italy and Napoli fullback Christian Maggio has been hospitalized with a collapsed lung after getting hit in the chest earlier this week in training.

Nicolas Anelka, who was given a five-match ban by the English FA following his controversial 'quenelle' salute, said on his Twitter account on Friday that he was quitting Premier League club West Bromwich Albion.

Benfica and Valencia secured convincing away wins to take a giant step toward the Europa League quarterfinals on Thursday while Real Betis surprisingly beat Sevilla 2-0 in a fierce Spanish derby played for the first time on the European stage.

Alessandro Del Piero 's time in the A-League will soon be over, with media reports late Friday suggesting he will not be offered a new contract for next season by Sydney FC .

Maiden strike: Brentford's James Tarkowski gets up to head home his first goal for the club on Tuesday against Tranmere Rovers Brentford defender James Tarkowski scored his first goal for the club on Tuesday and declared fighting for promotion beats a relegation scrap any day of the week.

Manager Mark Bower is quite happy for Guiseley to remain out of the promotion spotlight as they mount their late bid for a play-off place.

Kevin Ellis scored the lone goal as Sporting Kansas City beat Mexico's Cruz Azul 1-0 on Wednesday in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals.