Riis names Saxo Bank’s Tour de France team

Heartache in Port Elizabeth for the Slovenian National side. After dramatically getting through qualification by beating Russia over two legs to reach the finals of the 2010 World Cup, today’s turn of event’s must be heart breaking for the smallest nation at this summer’s tournament. Just as the United States will be on a huge high, after such a dramatic goal in the 91st minute of their historic …

England kept their World Cup dreams alive with victory over Slovenia to secure qualification to the knock-out stages. A first-half strike from Jermain Defoe gave England a nervy 1-0 win in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

American soccer fans have been waiting for this moment for decades. Support for soccer in the United States has been growing steadily, with millions now…

A permanent body dealing with long-term thinking and strategic planning must be created within the EU institutions, iga Turk, secretary-general of the Reflection Group on the Future of Europe, told EurActiv�in an interview.

Horner, Brajkovic also named today in team selection announcement

Dispatches from Boston-area residents who are attending the largest international sporting event. Here, David Micley of Newton, who is studying at the University of Cape Town, describes the flag-waving camaraderie of American fans at last Friday’s US-Slovenia match. By David…

WHEN THEY first found themselves supporting their then newborn national team in a major football championship eight years ago, Slovenian fans in the stands used to hold up signs reminding the TV commentators that they were not in fact Slovakia.

The turf is in, the menu’s set and Rick Springfield has even lured a group of 12 ladies from Ohio to Joliet for their class reunion. It’s almost Taste of Joliet time. The event runs Friday through Sunday at Memorial Stadium, where Taste goers also can check out the new artificial field turf freshly installed on the stadium playing field.

# dispatchesfromtheworldcup JOHANNESBURG Slovenia-USA had it all. There was the immediate and customary American breakdown. The stirring comeback. A bastard shit evil ref, more evil than that bastard shit Larrionda in 2006. And then there were the Miss World contestants. More��