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Arsenal are close to agreeing a deal to sign Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech. Talks between the clubs are progressing towards the 33-year-old becoming Arsenal's first summer acquisition. The Czech Republic international played 16 times for the Blues last season and has...

Zinedine Zidane says he would have accepted the chance to replace Carlo Ancelotti as Real Madrid head coach had he been offered the job. Zidane was one of Ancelotti's assistants as well as the coach of Real Madrid's reserve side...

UEFA faces a high profile legal battle to keep its Financial Fair Play rules in existence. A group of football agents and fans from Manchester City and Paris-Saint Germain have persuaded the Court of First Instance in Brussels to refer...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 22 (THEWILL) – Stephen Keshi, the Super Eagles Head Coach, on Monday said his appearance before the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Disciplinary Committee would not deter him from doing his job.   The NFF had summoned Keshi to...

Former England captain Rio Ferdinand has questioned the value of English players in the transfer market. Ferdinand, 36, retired from football in May and was the world's most expensive defender when he joined Manchester United for £29.1m in 2002. "English players...

China secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup with a 1-0 win over Cameroon. The 1999 runners-up, who failed to qualify for the 2011 tournament in Germany, were without coach Hao Wei as he served a...

Argentina captain Lionel Messi says Neymar will be a missed at the Copa America after the Brazil forward was banned for the rest of the tournament. Neymar, 23, was sent off and given a four-match suspension after clashing with Colombia...

Liverpool have signed highly rated Charlton defender Joe Gomez for £3.5m. The England Under-19 international had a medical on Friday and agreed a five-year deal with the Premier League club. The 18-year-old will start pre-season with the Reds but is expected...

Brazil striker Neymar will miss the rest of the Copa America after being suspended for four games. The 23-year-old Barcelona forward was shown a red card for clashing with Colombia players following Brazil's 1-0 defeat in their most recent group...

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos was offered to Barcelona as a "trump card", according to one of the candidates in their upcoming presidential elections. Jordi Majo, who will run for the top job at the Nou Camp next month, was...