In Austria, debate rages over the possible inspiration for Sacha Baron Cohen's new film
Michael Ballack led the way as Germany maintained their four-point advantage over Russia with a 4-0 win against Liechtenstein in their World Cup Group Four qualifier on Saturday.
A fan of English football club Arsenal has been injured after the bus he and other supporters were traveling in was ambushed before the sides' Champions League clash in Rome, Wednesday night.
Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke is out of Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Russia and next Wednesday's match against Wales after breaking his hand in training.
Germany will be missing captain Michael Ballack and fellow midfielder Torsten Frings for their opening two World Cup qualifying matches against Liechtenstein and Finland.
A man wanted in Liechtenstein for leaking secret bank records told lawmakers on Thursday about elaborate sham transactions and code words used to outsmart the IRS
A Senate subcommittee prepares to hear about the bankers and their ultra-rich clients who use overseas accounts to skirt U.S. tax laws
A former UBS executive has pleaded guilty in a U.S. tax case that is part of a wide-ranging probe into whether the Swiss banking giant helped wealthy clients hide assets and evade taxes
Meanwhile, Niko Kovac scored the only goal in the 30th minute, as Croatia withstood a late rush to defeat Moldova 1-0 in their friendly match in Rijeka.
Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium will be the venue for the 2010 Champions League final.
In Austria, debate rages over the possible inspiration for Sacha Baron Cohen's new film
Michael Ballack led the way as Germany maintained their four-point advantage over Russia with a 4-0 win against Liechtenstein in their World Cup Group Four qualifier on Saturday.
A fan of English football club Arsenal has been injured after the bus he and other supporters were traveling in was ambushed before the sides' Champions League clash in Rome, Wednesday night.
Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke is out of Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Russia and next Wednesday's match against Wales after breaking his hand in training.
Germany will be missing captain Michael Ballack and fellow midfielder Torsten Frings for their opening two World Cup qualifying matches against Liechtenstein and Finland.
A man wanted in Liechtenstein for leaking secret bank records told lawmakers on Thursday about elaborate sham transactions and code words used to outsmart the IRS
A Senate subcommittee prepares to hear about the bankers and their ultra-rich clients who use overseas accounts to skirt U.S. tax laws
A former UBS executive has pleaded guilty in a U.S. tax case that is part of a wide-ranging probe into whether the Swiss banking giant helped wealthy clients hide assets and evade taxes
Meanwhile, Niko Kovac scored the only goal in the 30th minute, as Croatia withstood a late rush to defeat Moldova 1-0 in their friendly match in Rijeka.
Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium will be the venue for the 2010 Champions League final.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to meet with Otmar Hassler, the prime minister of Liechtenstein on Wednesday to discuss the growing tax-fraud investigation in Germany, The Associated Press reports.
German tax authorities are chasing as many as 1,000 wealthy Germans in one of the largest tax investigations in the country's history, spokesmen for the Ministry of Finance said Tuesday.
An investigation of alleged German tax evaders has fueled angst not only among wealthy Germans, but also among politicians facing an angry public
The head of Germany's Deutsche Post submitted his resignation Friday, a Ministry of Finance spokesman said, a day after German police searched his offices as part of an investigation into reported tax fraud.
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Marco Buechel of Liechtenstein broke his own record as the oldest winner of a World Cup race as he took the super-G at Kitzbuehel on Friday.
Sweden's march towards the Euro 2008 finals was stopped in its tracks as Northern Ireland claimed a superb 1-1 draw in Stockholm, depriving the home side of the three points that would have sealed qualification from Group F.
Spain and Sweden retained their dominance of European Championship Group F with clearcut victories on Saturday. The Spaniards triumphed 3-1 against Denmark in Copenhagen while the Swedes romped home 3-0 in Liechtenstein.
Two centuries ago, there were dozens of independent states in the part of Europe that was German-speaking. Today, there are only four: Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Strikers Ruud van Nistelrooy and Robin van Persie have been recalled to the Netherlands' 20-man squad named by coach Marco van Basten for a friendly against Switzerland on August 22.
Sweden have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Denmark after a fan ran onto the pitch and attempted to attack referee Herbert Fandel in the final minutes of the European Championship qualifier in Copenhagen last Saturday.
World champions Italy have reclaimed top spot from Argentina in FIFA's world rankings which were published by the governing body on Wednesday.
Northern Ireland surged to the top of Euro 2008 qualifying Group F after coming from behind to beat Sweden 2-1 in Belfast.
Didier Cuche clinched the 2007 downhill World Cup title with victory in the penultimate race of the Alpine ski season on Saturday.
Liechtenstein have named former Switzerland coach Hans-Peter "Bidu" Zaugg as their new national coach.
Marlies Schild won an Alpine skiing World Cup super-combined event on Friday as the dominant Austrian women's team filled the top four places on home snow.
Switzerland's Didier Cuche has clocked the best time in the first training run for Saturday's men's World Cup downhill race.
Hermann Maier and the mighty Austrian men's team have a point to prove when the Alpine skiing season shifts to Beaver Creek in Colorado on Thursday.
Fredrik Ljungberg will miss Sweden's European Championship qualifier at Iceland on Wednesday after injuring his calf during the 2-0 win against Spain on Saturday.
Sweden maintained their perfect start to their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign with a comprehensive 2-0 defeat of Spain in Group F in Stockholm on Saturday.
Euro 2008 co-hosts Austria celebrated their first victory of the year on Friday -- but only after coming from behind to put two late substitute goals past tiny Liechtenstein.
A hat-trick by striker David Healy gave Northern Ireland a surprise 3-2 home win over fancied Spain in their Euro 2008 Group F qualifier on Wednesday.
Swedish coach Lars Lagerback has sent home Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Olof Mellberg and Christian Wilhelmsson for staying out too late ahead of this week's Euro 2008 qualifier with Liechtenstein.
Uncapped midfielder Borja Oubina has kept his place in the Spain squad for their opening Euro 2008 qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Northern Ireland.
Former Barcelona and Celtic striker Henrik Larsson, now with Swedish side Helsingborg, has been suspended for punching an opponent and will miss his side's next two matches, the Swedish FA said on Friday.
Villarreal midfielder Marcos Senna and Valencia keeper Santiago Canizares have been dropped from Spain's squad for Tuesday's friendly against Iceland in Reykjavik.
The manager of Hungarian first division club Ujpest quit following the 4-0 UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg home loss to Liechtenstein side FC Vaduz on Thursday.
Harry Kewell continued his battle to feature in Australia's opening World Cup game against Japan next week when he played almost an hour of his team's 3-1 friendly win against Liechtenstein here on Wednesday.
Australia's Harry Kewell looks to be winning his fitness race ahead of the World Cup and is likely to take part in the Socceroos final warmup game against Liechtenstein on June 7.
John Aloisi, whose penalty earned Australia their first place at a World Cup finals for 32 years, will miss the Socceroos' final home warm-up match before the team goes to Germany.
Liverpool's Harry Kewell has been ruled out of Australia's World Cup warm-up against Greece in Melbourne because of a groin strain picked up in Saturday's FA Cup final.
It may not be the longest train journey in the world, a record currently held by the 9,288.2 km (5,787 miles) Trans-Siberian Railway.
Italian Kristian Ghedina clocked the fastest time in the first practise run for the weekend's World Cup speed events.
Marco Buechel became only the second man from Liechtenstein to win a men's World Cup downhill when he triumphed in the Dolomites with a time of one minute 27.99 seconds.
Olympic champion Fritz Strobl won the season-opening downhill at Lake Louise as pre-race favorites Hermann Maier and Bode Miller finished out of the podium placings on Saturday.
Portugal came from a goal down to beat Liechtenstein 2-1 in their Group Three qualifier and secure a place in the 2006 World Cup.
Red Star Belgrade, the 1991 European champions, will face Croatian side Inter Zapresic in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup next month.
A 33rd minute header from Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo gave Portugal a 1-0 win over Estonia.
Portugal, boosted by the return of Luis Figo, beat Slovakia 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Lisbon, to take a three-point lead in Group Three.
Russia coach Georgy Yartsev has dropped veteran goalkeeper Sergei Ovchinnikov from a 23-man squad for this month's World Cup qualifiers at Liechtenstein and Estonia.
Two Portuguese clubs will qualify automatically for the group stage of next season's Champions League as a result of Porto's triumph last May.
Tiny Liechtenstein recovered from two goals down at halftime to salvage a shock 2-2 draw with Euro 2004 finalists Portugal in their World Cup qualifier.
Jan Ullrich has been replaced as the overall leader of the Tour of Switzerland by Fabian Jeker, after finishing a distant sixth in Friday's seventh stage.
Swiss coach Koebi Kuhn called up 19-year-old midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta to the Euro 2004 squad before the 1-0 warm-up win over Liechtenstein in Zurich.
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