JOHANNESBURG (SW) – Tickets for the World Cup to be held in South Africa in 2010 will go on sale on 2 February 2009.

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has warned Dutch winger Ryan Babel that playing in the Beijing Olympics could wreck his first-team prospects.

The former president of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, Juan Villalonga, has reached a deal to take control of first division side Valencia, the club said Wednesday.

Manchester City´s deputy chairman John Wardle has stepped down a year after selling the Premier League club to Thaksin Shinawatra.

West Ham have given permission to English Premier League rivals Fulham to speak to striker Bobby Zamora and defender John Pantsil.

BIRMINGHAM (SW) - Aston Villa’s Norwegian striker John Carew has pledged his allegiance to the club, for the next two years at least.

LIVERPOOL (SW) - Everton manager David Moyes has made no bones about the fact that his number one target for the opening of the 2008/9 season is the Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher.

Liverpool striker Peter Crouch is on the verge of completing his 11 million pounds (13.8 million euros) switch to Portsmouth after agreeing personal terms with Harry Redknapp´s side.

Premier League new-boys Hull have a agreed a transfer fee with Middlesbrough for Dutch midfielder George Boateng.

Barcelona have reached an agreement with Arsenal to sign Belarussian midfielder Alexander Hleb for 15 million euros (23.5 million dollars), Spanish sports media reported Thursday.