A great football event is expected in Yerevan tonight. The national teams of Armenia and Turkey will meet in their first-ever match within the framework of eth FIFA 2010 World Cup. The soccer match is the first in the qualification round, therefore it’s very important for Armenia.

Former top Dutch footballer Ruud Gullit is resigning as coach of Los Angeles Galaxy. The US soccer club failed to win its last seven matches and is eleventh out of 14 clubs in the competition. Gullit was LA Galaxy coach for just nine months. The team's star player is David Beckham. Team manager Alexi Lalas has also resigned. Gullit's assistant trainer will take over for the time being.

Chevrolet España and the Royal Spanish Soccer Federation, through its exclusive agent, Santa Mónica Sports, have reached an agreement through which the carmaker will be the principal sponsoring partner of the Spanish national soccer team, the reigning European champions, from September 1, 2008 through August 31, 2010.

As you may know Olympic soccer games start earlier than the official Olympic Games Opening. This is the case in Beijing as well. While NBC has the full olympic soccer and other games' schedule on its website, we present some of the soccer results that have been played in Beijing in the last two days.

The Russian national soccer team is in the top 10 of the FIFA rankings for the first time since 1997.

Even before the Games of the XXIX Olympiad are declared officially open at 8.08p.m. on 08.08.2008 the footballers will have kicked off today in one of three stadiums in Beijing and four more around China. Ronaldinho, twice FIFA World Player of the Year, will light up the men’s tournament with Brazil, but the women are the first to go, and the USA will be looking to defend their title.

Major League Soccer star Chase Hilgenbrinck has announced that he is retiring from pro soccer to devote his time to the process of becoming a priest in the Roman Catholic Church.

New Chelsea Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari attends a press conference at the Hilton Cobham hotel in Kent, south east England on July 8, 2008.

July 10, Lviv deputies to rubberstamp transfer of city stadium to investor who will modernize it for Euro-2012.

In a very beautifully played soccer Spain wins the match against the national soccer team of Germany and becomes the winner of Euro 2008.

UEFA president Platini confirms Euro 2012 to be hosted in Poland and Ukraine.

After three victories at Euro 2008, and at times scintillating soccer, the Russian national side faced a reality check as they came up against a strong Spanish side in the semifinals of Euro 2008 in Vienna on Thursday night, going down 3-0.