Referee errors part of football: Beckenbauer (AFP via Yahoo! News)
German legend Franz Beckenbauer pleaded on Wednesday for the rules of football to be left as they are, warts and all, because refereeing errors can be part of the sport's charm.
Football for Hope social initiative receives award (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
The Football for Hope movement has received the award for Philanthropy and Cooperation through Sports at the Global Sports Forum. Football for Hope is a social development project led by FIFA and streetfootballworld which has carried out a range of initiatives in areas such as education, children's rights and anti-discrimination since 2005.
Football in a 'mess' peer claims (BBC News)
The financial problems of many football clubs has left the national game "in a mess", the House of Lords is told.
Salaries spike for college football assistants, successful coaches (USA Today)
The trend of rapidly accelerating pay for major-college head football coaches is being replicated and then some for their top assistants. With many contracts being negotiated or finalized, nearly a dozen schools in the NCAA's 120-school Football Bowl Subdivision have made deals under which they will be spending at least 38% more on their offensive or defensive coordinator in 2010 than they did ...
Salaries spike for college football assistants (USA Today)
The trend of rapidly accelerating pay for major-college head football coaches is being replicated and then some for their top assistants.
De Niro signs up to play football icon Lombardi (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
He has played killers and cops in the movies, and two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro may soon take on the role of iconic U.S. football coach Vince Lombardi in a film backed by sports television network ESPN.
Head of BCS: 'Congress has more important things to do' than question football bowl system (Los Angeles Times)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of college football's Bowl Championship Series says Congress "has more important things to do" than look into his group's revenue distribution.
Three teens arrested in football player's beating (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Three teenagers were arrested Wednesday morning in connection with the beating of an 18-year-old Grossmont College football player.
ASU completes football schedules through 2013 (The Arizona Republic)
Arizona State's football has added Cal Davis as the 2011 season opener on Sept. 3.
English Football Results (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
LONDON (AP) -- Results Tuesday in English football (home teams listed first): Premier League Portsmouth 1, Birmingham, 2 Sunderland 4, Bolton, 0 League Championship Crystal Palace 0, Bristol City 1 Ipswich 2, Cardiff 0 Peterborough 1, Sheffield United 0 Preston 1, Doncaster 1 Queens Park Rangers 2, Plymouth 0 Watford 0, Swansea 1 West Bromwich Albion 1, Sheffield Wednesday 0 League One Carlisle ...
