Feyenoord Rotterdam will be adding Fabio Da Silva Coentrao to their selection. The winger joins the Dutch club on loan from Benfica.

Zenit St Petersburg may be on their way back after a convincing 1-4 victory at FK Khimki. Star player Andrei Arshavin scored the final goal.

Poland´s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Timoshenko on Monday pledged their countries will be ready to host Euro 2012, amid jitters about preparations for the football showcase.

Barcelona´s new coach Josep Guardiola said on Monday he is expecting a lot from Thierry Henry after a mixed first season for the French striker at the club.

Marseille fans have raised almost 1.5 million euros in a bold bid to lure prodigal striker Didier Drogba back to the Mediterranean, according to the website handling donations on Monday.

Danish midfielder Christian Poulsen will be spending the next four seasons at Italian Serie A side Juventus Torino.

Brazilian Diego will definitely not be representing his country at the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing. This was confirmed by Werder Bremen on Monday.

LONDON (SW) – There has been an increase of 4½% in season ticket prices at the Emirates Stadium.

English Premier League side Arsenal on Monday increased the price of their cheapest season ticket to just under 1,000 pounds (1,250 euros).

Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola expects world football governing body FIFA will back the club in the on-going wrangle over Argentina´s Lionel Messi´s participation in the Beijing Olympics.

Barcelona has received a 32-million-euro (51-million-dollar) offer for two-time world player of the year Ronaldinho from English Premiership side Manchester City, the Spanish club´s president Joan Laporta said on Monday.

Portuguese side Boavista on Monday launched an appeal against their relegation from the first division over an alleged match-fixing incident in 2003/2004 season.

LISBON (SW) - Portuguese national team physiotherapist Antonio Gaspar has announced that Cristiano Ronaldo will not be returning to action before October.

Barcelona has received a 32 million euros (51 million dollar) offer for two-time world player of the year Ronaldinho from English Premiership side Manchester City, the Spanish club´s president Joan Laporta said on Monday.

Juventus striker David Trezeguet said on Monday that he could still be persuaded to return to action for France in the future, but only ´if things change.´

Italian champions Inter Milan´s teenage sensation Mario Balotelli told La Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday that his first call up to Italy colours cannot come soon enough.