Topic: Gordon Taylor

Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard was thrown off the field after kicking a ballboy during a semi-final soccer match with Swansea in the Welsh city.

James Murdoch, head of his father Rupert Murdoch's U.K. news operations, saw an e-mail suggesting phone hacking was widespread, a lawyer testified Wednesday.

News International chief James Murdoch says he told the truth when he told Britain's Parliament he was unaware of phone hacking at News of the World.

Lawyers representing victims of phone hacking by Britain's News of the World were followed by detectives hired by the newspaper, sources said.

News Corp. executive James Murdoch misled lawmakers when he testified before a parliamentary committee, two former News of the World officials said.

A scheme involving mortgage fraud and marijuana grow houses located in several California cities has prompted 18 indictments, federal prosecutors said.

A three-year investigation of California's indoor marijuana-growing industry indicates Asian gangs still dominate the illicit field, authorities say.

Candy-flavored cocaine, worth more than a quarter-million dollars on the street, was seized and three people arrested in California, authorities said Monday.

Larger California dispensaries of medical marijuana claim they are being unfairly targeted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.

The Professional Footballers' Association, the union for soccer players in the English Premier League, called off its strike on Friday after reaching an agreeme