Former England coach Fabio Capello has signed for Russia, he said Thursday.
Local media has reported that Capello, who has won league titles in Spain and Italy, will earn up to €10million per year.
“It’s a great honor for me to be at the helm of the Russian national team,” the Italian said, adding that this is a team with “huge potential”.
Thorgan Hazard will join his older brother Eden at Stamford Bridge next season after Chelsea confirmed his transfer from Ligue 2 side Lens.
The 19-year-old had only played 11 times for the Ligue 2 club but the Blues clearly see potential in midfielder Hazard, who could be immediately loaned to another club.
His brother signed for Chelsea from Ligue 1 club Lille in June for £32 million.
Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany has signed a new six-year deal with the Premier League champions. The 26-year-old Belgian defender, who steered the Sky Blues …
Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers will play in the Third Division next season following a vote of Scottish Football League clubs on Friday in a move that …
Athletic Bilbao manager Marcelo Bielsa said he will remain at the club despite earlier reports he was considering resigning in a row with the board. …
Leandro Damiao scored two second-half goals to help Brazil defeat South Korea 3-0 and reach their first Olympic men’s final in 24 years.
Romulo put Brazil ahead at Old Trafford with a first-time strike after a superbly weighted pass from Oscar.
South Korea, who beat Great Britain on penalties in their previous fixture, have the consolation of a bronze medal match against Japan in Cardiff on Friday.
Mexico earned a 3-1 victory over Japan on Tuesday and secure a spot in the final of the men’s Olympic soccer competition.
Australian international Tim Cahill left Everton for the MLS, with the move subject to international clearance, and with the Red Bulls currently top of the …
Former Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has said he will do all he can to save the embattled club from going out of business.
Redknapp plans to speak to Nwankwo Kanu, who has lodged a claim for £3million in pay, to see if he can convince the former Arsenal striker to work something out with the club.
“I will be ringing Kanu today to see if there is anything I can do,” he said.
Center-back Tal Ben Haim is also owed a similar amount in wages and Redknapp added: “In the case of Tal Ben Haim, if players have a contract and are owed money, you can see why they think they should get it. But if the club closes down they won’t get a penny. They need to think hard about that.”
Redknapp spent five seasons at Fratton Park between 2002 and 2008, guiding the club to a momentous FA Cup win in 2008.
AC Milan’s star legend Filippo Inzaghi is the new coach of the club’s youth team.
Inzaghi spent 11 seasons at Milan, where his contract expired this summer.
The club announced that the former Italy striker, who scored 73 goals in 202 Serie A appearances for the Rossoneri, is to take over the Allievi Nazionali youth side, who play in the Italian Under-16 league.
Werder Bremen have reached an agreement with Juventus to sign the Dutch forward Eljero Elia back to the Bundesliga for a reported €5.5million fee. The Dutchman was …
Luuk de Jong has signed a five-year contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach after the German club agreed a reported €15million fee with Twente.
De Jong made a total of 75 appearances for Twente over the past two seasons, scoring 39 goals to make him one of the Eredivisie’s most potent strikers.
“With Luuk de Jong, we are getting a highly-talented striker who, in spite of his young 21 years, has already collected a wealth of experience internationally with FC Twente and the Dutch national team”, said Gladbach’s director of sport Max Eberl.
The Premier League has agreed a new £120million three-year deal with title sponsors Barclays. The extended agreement will run for three seasons from 2013/14 to the end of the 2015/16 season.
The deal includes title sponsorship and exclusive worldwide marketing rights, plus advertising rights.
Britain’s third largest bank has held naming rights to the world’s richest football league since 2001.
The new Premier League deal comes a month after it sold domestic broadcast rights for the 2013-16 seasons for £3.018 billion, an increase of 70 per cent over the preceding three seasons.
Under Armour and Tottenham Hotspur unveiled on Thursday the club’s new home and away kits for the coming 2012/2013 season.
Tottenham will wear all white home jerseys for the 2012-2013 season set to start in August. The team wore a white shirt, blue shorts combo last year.
Spurs have, like Liverpool, taken up a new kit supplier after six years with Puma, also opting for an American sports clothing and accessories company.
The Tottenham Home Kits
The New Tottenham Away Kits
Tottenham have finally completed the permanent transfer of Emmanuel Adebayor £6 million.
Adebayor, 28-year-old, a former Arsenal striker, has scored 18 goals in 37 games for Spurs since he moved to White Hart Lane on loan, helping the club to finish in the top four of the Premier League.
Chelsea captain John Terry has been cleared of racially abusing QPR player Anton Ferdinand.
The Chelsea and England defender had denied making the comments to the Queens Park Rangers player during a match at Loftus Road last October.
The case led to Terry being stripped of the England captaincy by the English Football Association ahead of the European Championship and the departure of coach Fabio Capello who disagreed with the decision.
Terry was charged after he was seen mouthing the words ‘f****** black c***’ in Ferdinand’s direction during Chelsea’s defeat against QPR at Loftus Road on October 23 last year.
Former and Chelsea star Gianfranco Zola has signed a two-year contract to take over as manager of Championship club Watford. “Everyone knows how Gianfranco Zola …
The Kuwaiti Al-Hasawi family has completed a deal to buy two-time European Cup winners Nottingham Forest, the club has confirmed.
In a statement issued on the Championship side’s website, the Al-Hasawis said: “It is an honour and privilege for the Al-Hasawi family to assume control of this great club steeped in history and with the outstanding legacy left by its previous owner Nigel Doughty.”
Doughty put the club up for sale last October before dying of a cardiac arrest at his home in February.
Al-Hasawi’s love for football and previous experience of spending heavily to breed results is potentially great news for Forest fans, who are surely desperate to see their club attempt to return to the glory days.
Ludogorets beat Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3-1 to secure the Bulgarian Supercup and complete a remarkable domestic treble after league and cup success.
Two months on from their Bulgarian Cup triumph over the same opposition, Ludogorets came out on top again thanks to goals from new signing Júnior Caiçara, captain Emil Gargorov and Marcelinho.
Highlights: Ludorets 3-1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv