[EUROPE] UEFA president Michel Platini issued a dire warning that European soccer was on the verge of a financial meltdown if measures to curb … Read the whole story

"In the end, I really ate it and I clearly survived. Wouldn't you do it, if they offered you 25,000 euros [$35,000]? You would, so that's no big thing."

-- AC Milan's injured midfielder Gennaro Gattuso, with clearly nothing better to do with his time than bet his teammates that he could eat a live snail. (Irish Times)

[MLS] Changing by the hour if not the minute, the David Beckham saga rolls, or lurches, on. A proposed meeting between AC Milan sporting … Read the whole story

[MLS] Another piece in the building of Seattle's back line had been laid into place. Colombian center back Jhon Kennedy Hurtado has been signed … Read the whole story

[PAN-PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP] The Los Angeles Galaxy got goals on either side of halftime from Edson Buddle and Jovan Kirovski and beat Japanese club Oita … Read the whole story

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Glasgow Rangers' DaMarcus Beasley came close to scoring twice before being victimized by a vicious foul in Scottish Cup play. In England, … Read the whole story

[U.S. UNDER-17 NATIONAL TEAM] The USA fell to Spain, 2-1, on a goal in the 90th minute of Wednesday's clash of U-17 powers at … Read the whole story

[OFF THE POST] If remains to be seen how far Ben Wade gets on "Survivor: Tocantins," but his college soccer coaching appears to be … Read the whole story

AC Milan had to settle for a 1-1 tie at Werder Bremen in the first leg of their UEFA Cup round-of-32 series. David Beckham … Read the whole story