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The 50-year-old Martino says he doesn't know how Barcelona arrived at their decision to hire him.

The match-fixing trial of Lazio captain Mauri, and seven other players, as well as three Italian clubs started on Wednesday.

Chelsea know United would sell their star striker for around 30 million pounds and are considering to improve their bid.

Napoli have had a 37 million euro offer accepted by Real for the Argentina international and are now thrashing out personal terms.

Nigeria Football Federation found that one player scored 14 goals in a 79-0 win in one of the two fixed playoff games.

Martino and Enrique are both suitable candidates to succeed Tito Vilanova as Barcelona coach, captain Carles Puyol said on Monday.

Moyes has confirmed that the club has made a second bid for Fabregas and the executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward is dealing with the matter behind the scenes.

Holders China scored twice in the final 10 minutes to hold Japan to a 3-3 draw in an entertaining East Asian Cup match in Seoul.

Napoli have agreed to buy Spain centre back Raul Albiol from Real Madrid, the Serie A club said on Sunday.

More than 20,000 turned out to watch the English champions train and tickets for match against an All Star XI was sold out with 83,127 packed into the Stadium.

The 21-year-old striker of Brazil signed for the Catalan club in June for 57 million euros.

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Reports are suggesting that Chelsea are ready to make a bid in the region of 30 million pounds.

British media reported that the Montenegro striker's fee was 22 million pounds.

Former English footballer Masefield was appointed the technical director of KOOH Sports, which launched its new football development centre in Noida, UP.

Atletico's club chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin was in persuasion talks with Arsenal regarding the 28-year-old.