Topic: Barclays Premier League

Appeals court reinstates Viacom lawsuit against Google's YouTube

The court ruling Thursday allows Viacom and other entities to sue Google over the use of copyrighted video on the internet search engine's YouTube video platform.

Trapped in Douma, Syria: I saw the faith that keeps Syrian protesters going

During the 14 days I spent in Syria last month, I saw the most horrendous acts of the Assad regime on its people. When I asked people what spurred them on amid such indiscriminate brutality, they all gave the same response: Their only hope is their faith in right and wrong.

How Twitter is upending British privacy laws

While extreme gag orders, or 'super injunctions,' often keep the British press from airing the private details of celebrities' court cases, they haven't yet been able to quiet the Twitterati.

Dimitar Berbatov finally paying off for Manchester United

Dimitar Berbatov was never quite the waste of space that critics made out. Playing alongside the yapping energy of Rooney makes many players, not just Berbatov, look pedestrian in comparison.

French football team meltdown at World Cup subject to hearing by French parliament

French football problems at the World Cup are being treated as an issue of national importance by legislators.

World Cup: Ghana win over USA one of few bright spots for Africa

Ghana's victory over the USA yesterday has lifted a continent sorely disappointed with its performance in this World Cup. Why didn't great teams from Nigeria and Cameroon do better?

World Cup goals

A Christian Science perspective.

Andrea Pirlo, Didier Drogba – Who else may miss parts of the World Cup?

Italy's Andrea Pirlo, Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba, England's David Beckham and Rio Ferdinand are all either out of the World Cup or listed as questionable. Here's a rundown of which other key players may miss the Cup.

Andrea Pirlo, Didier Drogba: Why many key players may miss World Cup 2010

Italy's Andrea Pirlo, Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba, England's David Beckham, and Rio Ferdinand are all out of the World Cup – or listed as questionable. Here's a rundown of other key players who may miss the Cup.

As David Beckham returns, anger at Manchester United US owner

Manchester United prodigal son David Beckham returns home to Old Trafford for the first time in seven years today, representing AC Milan in a clash for a quarterfinal place in the European Champions League, the world's richest club soccer competition. There's a brewing insurgency in Manchester, though, against the clubs US owner Malcolm Glazer.

'Great recession' catches up with English Premier League

The English Premier League, one of the richest in world soccer, could see one of its teams go bankrupt.

Top universities: Britain pushes Oxford and Cambridge to recruit more widely

Top universities Oxford and Cambridge draw 43 percent of students from private schools that educate 7 percent of the population. They face pressure to take applicants' social and economic background into account.

An instant Somali soccer fan

Will English soccer be slide-tackled by the economy?

Eyebrows raised over $150 million bid for AC Milan's Kaka.

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