The play-offs final match with FC Twente last Sunday, was Edgar Davids' last match wearing the shirt of Ajax Amsterdam.

A hosts of football stars and thousands of mourners paid their last respects to Celtic legend Tommy Burns at his funeral on Tuesday.

Reading manager Steve Coppell ended speculation over his future on Tuesday by announcing he will stay at the Championship club.

Mikael Silvestre believes winning the Champions League with Manchester United will make up for a nightmate season which has been blighted by injury.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson insisted on Tuesday that his team´s skill and style will be more than a match for the power and brawn of Champions League final opponents Chelsea.

Sir Alex Ferguson laughed off suggestions that Cristiano Ronaldo is on his way out of Manchester United and claimed he was ready to put "a very big bet" on the Portuguese winger staying at Old Trafford.

Alessandro Del Piero made the cut on Tuesday as Italy coach Roberto Donadoni trimmed his Euro 2008 list of possibles down to 24 - though he has to drop one name by May 28.

Jorge Jesus on Tuesday signed a two-year deal as coach of Portuguese top flight outfit Sporting Braga, a day after resigning as coach of top flight outfit Belenenses, his new club said.

Chelsea´s hopes that uncertainty over the future of manager Avram Grant and key players could be put aside until after the Champions League final were dashed on the eve of the biggest match in the club´s history.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson played down concerns over the pitch for Wednesday´s Champions League final as a key groundsman said he was "totally disappointed" with the new grass surface.

Frank Lampard is hoping to end a couple of emotional months for his extended family by inspiring Chelsea to Champions League glory and sealing a family double.

Paris Saint Germain striker Pedro Pauleta said on Tuesday he would have liked a chance to discuss his future at the club and admitted that the failure of the club to enter talks as his contract ran out meant it was "difficult" to see him postponing his departure.

Just one day ahead of the Champions League final against Manchester United, Chelsea received a serious setback as Ashley Cole might not be fit to play.

Steve Morrow of Northern Ireland was fired Tuesday as coach of FC Dallas here on Tuesday after the Major League Soccer club went winless in four games.

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie boosted Dutch hopes of landing their second European title on Tuesday as he told AFP he believed he would be fully fit by the time Euro 2008 starts on June 7.

2002 World Cup semi-finalists Turkey beat Slovakia 1-0 to give themselves a timely boost ahead of the Euro 2008 finals which begin on June 7.

Chinese hopes of making the AFC Champions League quarter-finals are on a knife-edge with Beijing Guoan needing to win on Wednesday and Changchun having to wait an extra day to discover their fate.

The first all-English final of the Champions League was always going to be a dramatic affair.

The first all-English UEFA Champion's League final is only 24 hours away and the pressure from all quarters is really starting build. The British press have been full of stories...