Ajax Amsterdam easily advanced to the final of the Dutch play-offs for a Champions League spot.

Avram Grant has promised Manchester United a fight to the very finish after his Chelsea side beat Newcastle to ensure the English Premier League title race will go right down to the wire.

Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra has apologised to the Thai people after a group of the club´s fans emblazoned his name on the national flag, a crime in his homeland.

The Scottish Premier League (SPL) are to consider taking steps to ease the fixtures jam that is threatening to overwhelm Rangers hopes of pulling off a rare four-trophy slam.

North Korea want to relocate next month´s World Cup qualifier against South Korea away from Seoul, a South Korean football official said Tuesday.

Manchester United winger Nani has pleaded with his team-mates to forgive him for his needless red card against West Ham.

Fernando Torres has enjoyed one of the most prolific debut seasons in Premier League history, but Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina believes his Anfield team-mate will be even better next season.

Thierry Henry has insisted he will stay for at least another year with Barcelona despite a mixed first season in Spanish football.

West Ham striker Craig Bellamy plans to build a football academy in Sierra Leone in an attempt to help the country´s young players develop into global stars.

Rangers´ attempts to land a quadruple trophy haul have suffered a setback after Scottish football´s governing bodies opted not to ease the Glasgow club´s fixture pile-up.

Former Tottenham Hotspur coach Martin Jol could be set to replace compatriot Huub Stevens as boss of Bundesliga side Hamburg, according to reports in the German press on Tuesday.

Germany defender Christian Lell has extended his Bayern Munich contract for two years, the Bundesliga champions announced on Tuesday.

Kevin Keegan started his Newcastle clear-out on Tuesday as Stephen Carr, Peter Ramage and Australian youngster James Troisi were told they are free to leave the Premier League club.

Fabio Capello has been told he is expected to take England to at least the semi-finals of the next World Cup or Euro 2012 as part of ambitious targets announced by the Football Association.

Liverpool´s redesigned plans for a new stadium were given the green light on Tuesday.

Russian Premier League leaders Kazan battled from a goal down to clinch their season´s eighth win 2-1 here on Tuesday against the hosts FC Moscow.

Russia will allow traveling fans in possession of a valid ticket for the 2008 Champions League Final in Moscow to enter Russian territory without a visa between 19 and 23 May. Over 40,000 Chelsea and Manchester United fans are estimated to travel to attend the match at the Luzhniki Stadium on 21 May. The final will be the first ever all-English Champions League final and has attracted enormous interest in the UK with tickets changing hands at up to 10,000 USD. Russia's decision to waive normal visa procedures came after a direct appeal by UEFA president Michel Platini and is a slight thaw in the current icy relations between the UK and President Putin's Russia. Bet with Bet 365 World Soccer News Soccer betting tips Soccer Books & DVDs Tags Soccer News soccer football Champions League Moscow

England coach Fabio Capello believes he will be able to meet the Football Association´s demand to see the national team reach at least the semi-finals of the next World Cup or Euro 2012.

Rangers may be feeling the heat in the Scottish Premier League title race - after failing to win their last four league games - but Walter Smith could not be happier.

Serie A top two Inter Milan and AS Roma are one step away from also contesting the Coppa Italia final.