Meet the men in line to replace Platini at UEFA

IMAGE: Joseph S. Blatter, left, embraces Angel Maria Villar Llona, FIFA Executive Committee member. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images. Angel Maria Villar, the interim UEFA President,......

Sports Shorts: Murray fights back to clinch Vienna Open title

Andy Murray (2nd left) with his team after winning the Vienna Open title on Sunday . Photograph: Andy Murray/Facebook Andy Murray clinched the Vienna Open title on Sunday with a 5-7, 6-2, 7-5......

Sports Shorts: Olympic champ Phelps suspended for six months

Michael Phelps of the United States. Photograph: Sean Kilpatrick / AP Photo / The Canadian Press/File photo American swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, was suspended......

No tweeting for Italy's players at 2014 football World Cup

Italy's football players will be banned from using Twitter and other social media at the World Cup in Brazil next year, coach Cesare Prandelli said on Tuesday."New...rules will come into force, and......

Maverick Balotelli tired of being in 'eye of cyclone'

Mario Balotelli is tired of being in the eye of a hurricane, the president of the Italian soccer federation (FIGC) said on Monday after the maverick international became embroiled in another row.......