SOCCER

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has committed his future at the Spanish club until the end of next season, the club said in a statement.

England coach Fabio Capello has named Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard as captain for Wednesday's international friendly against Denmark in Copenhagen.

New Chelsea striker Fernando Torres spoke about the diamond formation, how he had outgrown Liverpool and that his move to Chelsea was purely for sporting reasons.

At this year's Laureus Sport Awards, held at Abu Dhabi on Monday, Spain's Tennis World Number 1 Rafael Nadal and USA's Skiing Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn bagged the top honors of 'Sportsman' and 'Sportswoman' of the year, respectively.

In the highlight fixture of the weekend, especially given the events during the week, Liverpool will travel to Stamford Bridge to face a Chelsea side who boast their ex-idol Fernando Torres.

Liverpool travel to Stamford Bridge to face a Chelsea side boasting ex-Liverpool idol Fernando Torres in the English Premier League.

Manchester United was stunned at Wolves and Arsenal shocked at Newcastle as the Premier League set a new scoring record after Saturday's fixtures with 41 goals scored - the highest in a single day in the Premier League.

Fernando Torres has broken Anfield hearts by saying he never loved Liverpool and that his only true love is Atletico Madrid.

In his first press conference since his dramatic deadline day move to Chelsea, former Liverpool striker Fernando Torres explained his £50m move to London, thanked the Liverpool fans and also said he wouldn't celebrate a goal against Liverpool this Sunday.

Rafael Benitez, Liverpool's former Champions League winning manager, dropped a bombshell in revealing that a £70m deal for Fernando Torres, significantly higher than the £50m for which Chelsea bought him on Monday, had been rejected last year.

New Liverpool signing Andy Carroll insisted he was not feeling the pressure to replace former Reds favorite Fernando Torres, while manager Kenny Dalglish backed his new signing and questioned Torres' conduct.

Barcelona and Real Madrid progressed through the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday to set up an 'El Classico' final.

In the mid-week fixtures in the English Premier League, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal all found important wins in pursuit of the title.

In a dramatic transfer deadline day, Chelsea finally secured the services of Fernando Torres and David Luiz, while Andy Carroll was the surprise holder of the most expensive English footballer tag after he moved to Liverpool for a whopping £35m.

With ongoing turmoil in Egypt, a friendly between the U.S. men's national team and Egypt scheduled for February 9 has been canceled.

In what could prove decisive at the end of the season, Real Madrid stumbled at lowly Osasuna with a 1-0 defeat at the Reyno de Navarra stadium, dealing their title hopes a huge blow as Barcelona won 3-0 against Hercules.

Chelsea will travel to Merseyside to face Everton in the fourth round of the FA Cup in Saturday's early kick-off.

The recent uprising in Egypt has called into question whether or not the U.S. men's national team will play Egypt next month in Cairo.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning was listed as number one on the second annual Bloomberg BusinessWeek/Horrow Sports Ventures Power 100 list.

Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor has signed with Spanish side Real Madrid on loan till the end of the season, with an option to make the move permanent.

Results of a Harris Interactive poll that show the NFL continues to rise in popularity while Major League Baseball continues to decline were made public today.