Serbia and Armenia ended with a 0-0 in the European Championship qualifier, Serbia's chances of reaching Euro 2008 were at loss.

A third division soccer club of Italy was praised by Pope Benedict XVI for ports signing on to a program by a Christian sorganization that seeks to promote ethics in soccer.

Oklahoma State recorded its second consecutive shutout and got goals from Sasa Jackson and Kasey Langdon as the 13th-ranked Cowgirls defeated SMU, 2-0, Sunday at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex.

The Armenian national football team defeated Malta's national football team in 1:0 plyaing International Soccer Friendly games. The triumphal goal was scored by Arthur Voskanyan from “Ararat” football club. This is Armenia's fourth international game that the soccer team does not see a defeat.

Norway came from behind to deny Even Pellerud a win against his old side, second-half goals from Ragnhild Gulbrandsen and Ane Stangeland-Horpestad (52 and 81) seeing off a Canada side who had gone ahead through Candace-Marie Chapman's 33rd-minute header. This was happening at FIFA Women's World Cup in China today.

Soccer coach of Armenia Ian Porterfield has died aged 61. Porterfield had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer, and he passed away on Tuesday evening, UEFA official website informs.

Germany crushed Argentina with 11-0 on the FIFA Women's World Cup opening game in China. The women's national soccer team of Germany won confidently in the FIFA Women's World Cup in China. Germany and Argentina are both in Group A. The game was played in Shanghai.

Armenia and Portugal played 1-1 in UEFA qualifying games in Yerevan's Republican Soccer Stadium.

The experiment Sports scientist Peter Krustrup and his colleagues from the University of Copenhagen, the Copenhagen University Hospital and Bispebjerg Hospital have followed a soccer team consisting of 14 untrained men aged 20 to 40 years.

David Beckham's left ankle kept him sidelined Tuesday from the Los Angeles Galaxy's game against FC Dallas in the SuperLiga tournament, but the injury hasn't hurt Major League Soccer's ticket sales.

Iraq has completed its fairy-tale conquest of the region's biggest soccer tournament by upsetting Saudi Arabia one-nothing in the Asian Cup finals.

For the first time ever, Iraq has won soccer's Asian Cup, triggering scenes of jubilation around the war-torn country and among Iraqi communities abroad.