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The trial of a former star goalkeeper charged with orchestrating the kidnapping and gruesome murder of an ex-girlfriend started Monday, with two lawyers abandoning the case and the victim's mother making a tearful plea for justice.

There was a time when Savio Nsereko, then of Germany Under-21s, was deemed to be worth GBP;9 million's worth of investment when West Ham jemmied him from Brescia's fold back in 2009 - such was his perceived potential. (N.B. the West Ham board are cur...

Chilean player Jorge Valdivia says he will keep playing in Brazil despite learning his wife was molested during the couple's abduction 10 days ago in Sao Paulo.

Suspended first-division soccer goalkeeper Omar "El Gato" Ortiz has been arrested in connection to his alleged participation in a kidnapping ring, Mexican police announced Saturday.

The kidnapped father of Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel was freed Monday after detectives traced him to a sprawling city in northern Nigeria and arrested his abductors.

A management firm representing Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel says kidnappers have been in touch with his family over the abduction of his father and have made a "sizable" ransom demand.

The management company for Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel says the Nigerian's father has been abducted.

A man involved in kidnapping an Argentine soccer coach faces 26 years in a Mexican prison.

Police say Botafogo midfielder Somalia made up a story about being abducted on his way to practice because he was late and wanted to avoid a fine.

Brazilian soccer club Botafogo says one of its players was kidnapped and released unharmed before a practice session in Rio de Janeiro.

Gunmen abducted a man who coached blind athletes and the head of Iraq's national basketball federation on Wednesday, police said, the latest in a wave of kidnappings targeting sports figures.

The current scandal engulfing Serie A is likely to have less impact on the Italian national team's World Cup hopes than one would think, writes Jen Chang.

A day after his resignation, the former general manager of Italy's top soccer team was questioned by prosecutors Monday.

Brazilian soccer players fear for their families after the mothers of five players have been kidnapped since November.

Argentine international Matias Almeyda has asked to quit his club new Independiente and leave the country after only a week due to kidnapping fears amid a wave of high-profile abductions.

A plot to kidnap Victoria Beckham, the popstar wife of England captain David Beckham, has been foiled after the arrest of five people, police sources said.