Barcelona gave coach Pep Guardiola the perfect send off on Friday, beating Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in Madrid to win the Spanish Cup in the coach's last match in charge after a memorable four seasons in the Catalan hot seat.
Euro 2012 presents a great chance for Zenit St Petersburg's talented but temperamental defensive midfielder Igor Denisov to at last make his name at the highest level.
Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba confirmed on Tuesday he will leave newly-crowned European champions Chelsea when his contract expires at the end of June.
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Shanghai Shenhua's talks with Didier Drogba are continuing "just as planned", a report said today, raising expectations the striker will move to China after announcing his departure from Chelsea.
Blackburn's co-owner Venkatesh Rao said he is still in shock about their relegation from the English Premier League and that a decision on the future of under-fire manager Steve Kean would be made next month.
QPR's volatile captain Joey Barton received a 12 match ban from the Football Association on Wednesday after being found guilty by an Independent Commission of two counts of violent conduct.
Mario Balotelli, the temperamental and mercurial Manchester City striker, will have an important role to play for Italy at this year's Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.
Brazilian left-back Fabio Alves Macedo has signed a two-year contract to play for Sydney FC in Australia's A-League, the club said today.
Referees are routinely criticised for having poor eyesight, lacking fitness and getting decisions wrong but FIFA medical experts want whistlers tested for performance-enhancing drugs.
Barcelona have the chance to end the Pep Guardiola era in precisely the same way it began, with a King's Cup final win over Athletic Bilbao on Friday.
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England look set to base their Euro 2012 strategy on defensive strength as they prepare to face Norway in what will be new manager Roy Hodgson's first game in charge since taking over from Fabio Capello.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has called on Germany's World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer and his panel of soccer experts to try to come up with an alternative to penalty shootouts to settle drawn matches.
Despite their team’s uninspiring performances, England supporters will still search for positives at the mega event.