Liverpool have announced a prestigious pre-season friendly with La Liga runners-up Villarreal

Former Moldova Under-21 coach Boris Tropanet has died at the age of 44 of a rare illness

Manuel Machado has returned to the helm at Portuguese side CD Nacional

Espanyol have moved to reshape their squad for next season by releasing five players

Olympique Lyonnais defender Jean-Alain Boumsong is rated doubtful for the French Cup final because of a groin injury

Former Bulgarian international Dimitar Rangelov has joined FC Energie Cottbus full-time after a successful loan spell from RC Strasbourg

AC Milan have confirmed that Kaká will meet a specialist in Brazil to determine whether he needs knee surgery

Coach Manolo Zambrano has been rewarded for keeping RC Recreativo de Huelva in the Primera División with a new one-year contract

SSC Napoli have reached an agreement with Juventus to sign Manuele Blasi on a permanent contract

Manchester United FC landed back on English soil in proud possession of the European Champion Clubs' Cup on Thursday evening

BV Borussia Dortmund have persuaded their "dream candidate" Jürgen Klopp to replace coach Thomas Doll, with the 40-year-old signing a two-year contract

For the fourth time in as many seasons, FC Internazionale Milano meet AS Roma in the Coppa Italia final, with the Nerazzurri chasing a domestic double

Sunderland defender Paul McShane wants to stay at the club and fight for his place

Tottenham Hotspur's Juande Ramos believes that the club can be happy with their work last season

Liverpool winger Harry Kewell is determined to show manager Rafael Benitez that he was wrong to let him go

Michael Owen is set to miss England´s upcoming friendlies against the United States and Trinidad and Tobago.

Australia striker Scott McDonald has backed himself to improve on the 31 goals he scored in a memorable first season at Celtic.

Giovanni Trapattoni´s enthusiasm for the Republic of Ireland coach´s job was apparent on Friday as he spoke on the eve of their Dublin friendly against Serbia.

Manchester United and Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is currently preparing for his fourth European Championship.

Antonio Cassano is a surprise inclusion in the 24-man draft Italy squad for EURO 2008, on the day coach Roberto Donadoni announced he has signed a new contract