Manchester City look to have secured yet another bi name striker, with Emmanuel Adebayor believed to be heading to the club on a $51 million deal.

Five Gold Coast United players have been isolated from the rest of the playing group after medical tests on Tahj Minniecon revealed the youngster has contracted the swine flu virus.

England striker Peter Crouch has arrived in the north-east to discuss a possible Barclays Premier League switch to Sunderland from Portsmouth.

Adelaide United coach Aurelio Vidmar says his side will come out fighting this A-League campaign despite a pre-season from hell that's already claimed swine flu victim Lloyd Owusu.

UEFA have reduced the ban handed to Chelsea striker Didier Drogba for his foul-mouthed rant at the referee after Chelsea's Champions League elimination in May.

Chelsea have warned big-spending Premier League club Manchester City once again that captain John Terry is not for sale.

Former Liverpool star Robbie Fowler made a dream start to his North Queensland career with a goal on debut in the Fury's 2-1 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers in Perth.

Fulham striker Erik Nevland grabbed a hat-trick in the space of eight minutes as Perth Glory crashed to a demoralising 5-0 defeat at Members Equity Stadium in Perth.

Middlesborough have agreed to a £12 million (A$24.5m) transfer of England winger Stewart Downing from the Teeside club to Aston Villa.

Manchester United's four-match tour of Asia is in doubt after bomb blasts hit the Indonesian hotel they were due to stay in.

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Mykhailo Rodionenko from Luhansk has been appointed to take charge of Saturday's league match between FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Chornomorets Odesa...

Sweden 2-1 IcelandLate goals from Sofia Jakobsson and Jenny Hjohlman helped Sweden seal a dramatic victory over Iceland, propelling them second place in Group B.

England 0-0 NorwayBoth teams go into Sunday's final round of Group B matches with hopes of advancing very much alive after an attritional draw in Molodechno.

Spain have become accustomed to success in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship and, after the disappointment of last year, Luis Milla is the man charged with taking the trophy back to Iberia.

Belarus coach Dmitri Shevchuk is determined his side will "show gratitude to the fans" when they meet Germany on Thursday after an improved perfomance failed to earn any more than a 3-0 loss to France in Borisov.

Ratomir Dujković has been named as the new coach of Serbia, succeeding Slobodan Kr marević who steps down having led the side in last month's UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Milo Kosti may have guided Slovenia to the UEFA European Under-19 Championship for the first time but the coach is determined there is still more to come from his side at the finals in Ukraine.

Jarl Torske and Mo Marley were united in praise for their resilient back lines after Norway and England played out after a hard-fought goalless dra in Molodechno that left both trainers happy with share of the Group B spoils.

Panathinaikos FC have agreed to pay IFK Göteborg €450,000 to secure the services of Sweden Under-21 captain Mattias Bjärsmyr, the centre-back moving to Athens on a four-year contract.