Sunderland AFC Soccer News

Sunderland won its second game under manager Roy Keane on Wednesday, beating Leeds 3-0 to drop it into the League Championship relegation zone. Liam Miller and Graham Kavanagh, both signed by the former Ireland and Manchester United midfielder, scored in the first half at Elland Road. Stephen Elliott added a third goal just after halftime. Having started the season with four defeats, the Black Cats have now won three in ...

Trinidad and Tobago striker Dwight Yorke said concerns over the length of his contract with Sydney FC helped lead to his departure from Australia and the signing of a two-year deal Thursday with English League Championship club Sunderland. Yorke, a 34-year-old former Manchester United star, was traded to Sunderland for 200,000 British pounds ($420,200 Cdn). He said he was disappointed to leave Australia, but with no indication from Sydney FC ...

Trinidad and Tobago striker Dwight Yorke will join former Manchester United teammate Roy Keane at English League Championship club Sunderland. Sunderland paid Yorke's Australian club, Sydney FC 200,000 pounds ($420,000 Cdn) for the 34-year-old forward. Yorke has signed a two-year contract. Keane took over as Sunderland manager this week, three months after he retired as a player. He played alongside Yorke at Manchester United between 1998 and 2002, where the club won the European Champions League, four league titles ...

Trinidad and Tobago international Dwight Yorke is reported to be heading back to England to play for struggling League Championship side Sunderland and his former Manchester United teammate Roy Keane. Australian radio reported Thursday that the 34-year-old midfielder-forward did not travel to Melbourne with the rest of his Sydney FC teammates for Saturday's A-League match against the Melbourne Victory. Sydney FC chief executive Tim Parker confirmed the club is speaking ...

SUNDERLAND, England (AP) _ Roy Keane looks set to return to soccer just months after retiring _ as the manager of Football League club Sunderland. The former Ireland, Manchester United and Celtic midfielder was linked Wednesday to his first managerial job since retiring as a player in June. Sky Sports News and the BBC website both reported Keane would be installed as Sunderland's next manager. Sunderland refused to deny the ...

SUNDERLAND, England (AP) _ Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn is effectively firing himself as manager after his team lost its first four league games and was ousted from the Carling Cup by the fourth division's last club, Bury, on Tuesday. Quinn, who led a consortium to take control of Sunderland in July, has been in temporary charge of the team. The Black Cats, which regularly attracted crowds of more than 30,000 ...