Manchester United’s Park Ji-sung (left) and Everton’s Johnny Heitinga vie for the ball on Saturday. (AP-Yonhap News) LONDON (AP) ― Manchester City beat Wolverhampton 3-1 and stayed five points ahead of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League on Saturday. Chelsea lost ground on the leaders with a 5-3 defeat against visiting Arsenal in which Robin van Persie had a hat trick. City overc...

Arsenal’s Park Chu-young celebrates his goal against Bolton on Tuesday. (AP-Yonhap News) Park Chu-young scored the winner in Arsenal’s 2-1 Carling Cup victory over Bolton, while Park Ji-sung set up a goal to help his team advance to the fourth round on Tuesday. The captain of the Korean national team, who joined Arsenal from French side AS Monaco this summer, finally scored his much-anticipated...

LONDON (AP) ― English soccer authorities and London police began investigations Tuesday into whether England captain John Terry racially abused a black opponent while playing for Chelsea. In the latest contentious episode of Terry’s career, video posted on the Internet appeared to show Terry directing a racial slur at Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during Sunday’s game. QPR assess...

Soccer is a game that can be full of drama, excitement and cruelty on a weekly basis but there can be few players that have gone through what Lee Jung-soo has gone through in the last few days. To appear in the semifinal of the Asian Champions League is to play in a big game, to return to your homeland and then face your former team adds extra spice but then to be involved in a controversy such ...

Norwich hold Liverpool to surprise draw BARCELONA (AP) ― Cristiano Ronaldo scored three times in a 15-minute span of the first half to help Real Madrid rout Malaga 4-0 on Saturday and moved into first place in the Spanish league, Having set up Gonzalo Higuain for Madrid’s opener, Angel Di Maria assisted Ronaldo for his first goal. The Portuguese forward added two more to decide the match before...

K-League side Suwon Bluewings lost 2-0 to Qatar’s Al Sadd Wednesday in the first leg of AFC Champions League semifinal. After a goalless first half, Al Sadd’s striker Mamadou Niang broke the deadlock in the 70th minute. And 10 minutes later the former Marseille striker sealed the triumph with his second goal. The controversy surrounding the second goal sparked a fracas. Coaching staff and playe...

Wayne Rooney made two penalty kicks Tuesday to lead 10-man Manchester United a 2-0 road victory over the Romanian club Otelul Galati in the Champions League. Rooney opened the scoring in the 64th minute, but captain Nemanja Vidic was sent off two minutes later. Rooney’s other penalty kick came during injury time, giving United its first victory in Group C. Real Madrid routed Lyon 4-0 to maintai...

Son Heung-min finds net for Hamburg LONDON (AP) ― Netherlands striker Robin van Persie put Arsenal into the top half of the Premier League table with a double in a 2-1 victory over Sunderland while Newcastle denied Tottenham a fifth straight win with a late equalizer in a 2-2 draw on Sunday. Van Persie again showed his importance to Arsenal by opening the scoring after just 29 seconds at the Em...

LONDON (AP) ― Manchester City moved into the English Premier League lead with a 4-1 win over Aston Villa 4-1 on Saturday as Manchester United dropped into second with a 1-1 tie at Liverpool. Mario Balotelli scored from his back on an overhead kick in the 28th minute, his fourth straight match with a goal, and City pulled away as Adam Johnson scored in the 47th, Vincent Kompany in the 52nd and Ja...