London  - Championship side Burnley progressed to the fifth round of the FA Cup, as they beat West Bromwich Albion of the Premier League 3-1 on Tuesday.

Wade Elliott gave them the lead just before half-time, and Steve Thompson added a second goal just after the break.

Gianni Zuiverloon pulled one back on the hour, but Burnley responded positively and, with three minutes remaining, Thompson added his second.

Zurich  - Football's governing body FIFA on Tuesday announced that they had received 11 formal expressions of interest to bid for the 2018 and/or the 2022 World Cups.

The deadline to register an interest in staging the World Cup in 2018 or 2022 expired on Monday.

In a statement issued by FIFA the organization said that Australia, Belgium/Netherlands, England, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Qatar, Russia, Spain/Portugal and the US had registered their interest.

London  - Chelsea's appeal

London, Feb. 3: England fans are celebrating after finally beating Germany on penalties in a world cup final - at table football.

Joe Hamilton, 22, and Rob Atha, 25, beat 500 players from 36 countries before meeting Germany in the final of the Inter national Table Soccer Federation World Championships, the Daily News reports.

Joe saved a penalty in the last minute of normal time, forcing the two sides, who were drawing 1-1, into a sudden-death shoot-out which England won 1-0.