Football

It took some unbeaten seasons for Boise State and T.C.U. to earn the respect of college football’s voters.

Green Bay running back Quinn Porter’s journey to the N.F.L. began at Stillman College, where he started on the sideline, as a cheerleader.

Brett Favre announced his return to the Minnesota Vikings but said this season would be his last in the N.F.L. The announcement might have seemed disingenuous.

The Washington Redskins hope their new coach, Mike Shanahan, and new quarterback, Donovan McNabb, can bring a drastic improvement over last year.

A seemingly contrite Ben Roethlisberger, who was dogged in the off-season by allegations of sexual assault, said, “It’s all about football right now.”

As the Pac-10 tries a bold makeover, the once-mighty Trojans are lurching into a new era.

With the New Meadowlands Stadium set to give fans free applications and enhanced video, is the live game no longer enough?

Europe's champions reach World Cup final in style

The Football Association is branded 'not fit for purpose' by former UK sports minister Richard Caborn.

Despite criticisms of the cost, country enjoys a day of footballing spectacle in HarareHe will probably talk about it for decades, perhaps long after even Robert Mugabe is gone. Shaun Munemo had a day to remember today – the day Brazil came to play.The six-year-old and his mother, Charity Munemo, 46, were among 60,000 people crammed into the national stadium in Harare for the biggest sporting event ever to hit Zimbabwe: a match against Brazil, the world's greatest footballing nation.