A despondent Rafael Benitez says his Liverpool side lacked attitude and character as they slump to their ninth defeat of the season away at Wigan.

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez says his side deserved to beat Liverpool as they clinched a 1-0 victory and has urged his players to maintain that level of performance until the end of the season.

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish says his players will have to quickly get over the disappointment of losing to Portsmouth in the FA Cup as they prepare to face them again in the Premier League.

The Football Association is looking into a security breach after a recording emerged purporting to carry discussions between England coaches and players.

David Beckham insists he will not show any nerves when he faces Manchester United at Old Trafford for the first time with AC Milan on Wednesday night.

Ghanaian football authorities confirm that a player has died after collapsing on the pitch during a game.

FC Dallas has signed goalkeeper Kevin Hartman, a four-time MLS All-Star. The team said Monday that it acquired Hartman in a trade with the Kansas City Wizards, giving them a second-round selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for Hartman. The UCLA graduate was drafted in the third round of the 1997 college draft by the Los Angeles Galaxy.

img alt="MLS: Macumba Kandji (New York Red Bulls), Nat Borchers (Real Salt Lake), April 2009 (ISI)" src="http://u.goal.com/47200/47275_thumb.jpg" title="MLS: Macumba Kandji (New York Red Bulls), Nat Borchers (Real Salt Lake), April 2009 (ISI)"/br /MLS will produce every match in high definition this season, though not every match will air in HD in 2010. Kyle McCarthy explains the impact of the switch in the Monday MLS Breakdown.

img alt="Landon Donovan, Everton, EPL (Getty)" src="http://u.goal.com/91000/91021_thumb.jpg" title="Landon Donovan, Everton, EPL (Getty)"/br /On-loan American keen to remain in England.