Australia beat Poland 2-1 in friendly
Australia beat Poland 2-1 in a friendly Tuesday, as the Socceroos build up to January's 2011 Asian Cup and the White Eagles hone their skills for their home-turf campaign as Euro 2012 hosts.

McManus saves Scotland's blushes in stoppage time
A goal in the seventh minute of stoppage time from Stephen McManus saved Scotland's blushes as they struggled to a 2-1 Euro 2012 qualifier win over lowly Liechtenstein at Hampden here on Tuesday.

France blow away cobwebs to sink Bosnia
France got their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign back on track and quickly turned the page on their shock defeat by Belarus with a superb 2-0 win over Bosnia-Hercegovina here on Tuesday.

Troubled Portugal come unstuck in Oslo
Rudderless Portugal did themselves no favours here Tuesday, losing 1-0 to Norway to leave them trailing in their Euro 2012 qualifying group after the opening skirmishes.

Italy top table after stroll past Faroes
Italy were far from brilliant yet still managed to secure an easy 5-0 win over the Faroes Islands at the Stadio Artemio Franchi here on Tuesday.

Prolific Klose's double sinks Azerbaijan
Germany striker Miroslav Klose took his tally to 55 international goals with a double in the 6-1 rout of Azerbaijan to fire his side to the top of their Euro 2012 qualification group.

Rooney scores as England down Swiss
Scandal-hit Wayne Rooney scored as England seized control of their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a comfortable 3-1 victory over 10-man Switzerland here Tuesday.

Underfire Bulgaria coach stands down
Bulgaria coach Stanimir Stoilov announced his resignation here on Tuesday in the aftermath of his team's second successive Euro 2012 qualifier defeat.

Koscielny looks for French help
Arsenal's summer signing Laurent Koscielny is keen on quickly adapting to life in English football with the help of his French team-mates.

Van Persie suffers injury setback
Arsenal have confirmed that striker Robin van Persie will be sidelined until the middle of October following an ankle injury.

Afellay justifies PSV stay
PSV winger Ibrahim Afellay has justified his decision to stay at Philips Stadion, ignoring the interest from several clubs.

Vermaelen: Cesc can't forget Barca
Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen believes that star midfielder Cesc Fabregas has Barcelona in his heart and will find it "impossible" to forget about the Catalans.

Former officials of Nigeria FA charged with corruption
Sani Lulu, the former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and three others pleaded innocent on Tuesday to corruption charges involving six million dollars of a 2010 World Cup budget.

Slovakia down Advocaat's Russia
Slovakia beat Russia 1-0 here on Tuesday to make it two wins from their first two Euro 2012 qualifiers and give them an early stranglehold on Group B.

Laudrup in cancer fight
Denmark legend Brian Laudrup has openly spoken about his surprise diagnosis with cancer.

Houllier agrees two-year Villa deal - report
Former France coach Gerard Houllier has agreed to join English side Aston Villa on a two-year contract, according to a report on the website of French sport daily L'Equipe on Tuesday.

Dortmund fans plan protest at rivals' rising prices
Borussia Dortmund fans plan a boycott of their Bundesliga derby against bitter rivals Schalke on September 19 in protest over rising ticket prices.

Japan beat Guatemala 2-1 in football friendly
Catania striker Takayuki Morimoto scored twice to lead Japan to a 2-1 victory over Guatemala on Tuesday and a second friendly win in four days.

Wales job interests Giggs
With John Toshack set to soon announce he will be stepping down as Wales coach, Ryan Giggs has admitted that taking on the job would be something that would interest him.

Spain's World Cup-winning squad wins sports prize
Spain's World Cup-winning football squad won the prestigious Prince of Asturias prize for sport Tuesday for a victory that "made history", the jury announced.