Football

Rodgers says Henderson is showing the kind of form that convinced the club to splash 16 million pounds on the midfielder two years ago.

Steve Clarke has expressed his disappointment at being sacked by West Bromwich Albion.

Spurs sit seventh, eight points behind arch rivals and Premier League leaders Arsenal after Suarez and Liverpool ran riot at White Hart Lane.

Tevez scored his first hat-trick for Juventus to help the Serie A leader crush Sassuolo and reinforce their bid for a third successive league title.

West Brom, who sit two points above the relegation zone, have won only once in their last 10 league matches.

Goal-line technology will make its debut in Africa in the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.

Pablo Osvaldo's superb individual goal earned Southampton a 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Saturday.

FIFA has switched the scheduled kickoff times of seven World Cup matches, including England vs Italy which was due to start at 3 a.m. Central European Time.

The other countries that were in the contention to host the competition were South Africa, Uzbekistan and Republic of Ireland.

The draw will divide the 32 teams into eight groups of four teams and the show will be broadcasted live in more than 190 countries.

Fulham striker Dimitar Berbatov will consider moving away from the struggling Premier League club in the January transfer window, says his agent.

World football's governing body, FIFA is set to extend the construction deadline for three of Brazil's 12 World Cup 2014 venues.

Hosts Brazil will be allocated position A1 in the draw and will play the opening match in Sao Paulo on June 12.

A superb start to the season has lifted Arsenal four points clear after 13 matches but they face seven games in 25 days in December.

While in another match, Napoli won 3-2 at Lazio to stay in touch with Juventus and Roma.

Rooney scored a brace as United twice came from behind to extend their unbeaten run to 12 matches in all competitions with a 2-2 draw at Tottenham.