William Gallas will not mind taking a pay cut as he is almost jumping into Tottenham’s boat , two months after leaving Spurs’ fierce north London rival Arsenal. (more…)

Andy Murray has been doing just fine so far without a coach. (more…)

Barcelona have rubbished claims suggesting that they had agreed a swap deal with Manchester City involving Robinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. (more…)

Although Canada’s Jean Pascal retained his WBC light heavyweight title by beating Chad Dawson on points Saturday the fight is still generating much debate among boxing fans. (more…)

Liverpool star Joe Cole will serve a three-match suspension after his club decided not to appeal against the England midfielder’s red card against Arsenal. (more…)

Cardiff City are in pole position to sign out-of-favour Manchester City forward Craig Bellamy, according to reports. (more…)

 Fluminense extended their lead in the Brazilian Serie A, beating Copa Libertadores finalists Internacional 3-0 on Sunday. Second-placed Corinthians lost 3-2 at Avai. (more…)

It is not yet clear if  Marseille midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa will dump the club and move to England as speculated since he has refused to show any commitment to his club since the season kicked off.

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Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez was to appear in court Thursday, a day after he was charged with assaulting his father-in-law at a Citi Field family lounge following a game. (more…)

Chelsea’s Portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho is set to join his country man, Jose Maurinho and likely to sign a two-year deal with Real Madrid, the Spanish club said on Wednesday. (more…)

Danish captain Jon Dahl Tomasson announced his retirement from international football on Monday ending his 13-year spell in the national side. (more…)

Confident as David Nalbandian is, he harbored some doubts about how he would play at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. (more…)

Steaua Bucharest owner Gigi Becali says Victor Piturca has quit the club without signing a contract to be coach. (more…)

England goalkeeper Paul Robinson has announced his international retirement, hours after being recalled to the squad. (more…)

New Bordeaux coach Jean Tigana is relishing being back at the helm of a French side 11 years after leaving Monaco and having a spell in England with Fulham, the former France star said Friday.

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Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick will miss the start of the season after suffering an ankle injury in a midweek friendly in Ireland. (more…)

Spanish champions Barcelona performed a u-turn under pressure from promoters on Tuesday and said that Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi would after all play in a match against an all-star team on Wednesday. (more…)

Swiss midfielder Benjamin Huggel has announced his retirement from the national team. The Basel player, 33, wants to concentrate on his club career and told the national team coach Ottmar Hitzfeld of his decision yesterday. (more…)

France coach Laurent Blanc has vowed to  quit if France fails to qualify for the 2012 European Championship. (more…)