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Metz have accused West Ham United of a ‘lack of respect’ regarding the Premier League club’s interest in striker Diafra Sakho. Ligue 2 champions Metz left Sakho out of Saturday’s 0-0 draw away to Lille in their first game back...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid claimed the first European silverware of the season with a 2-0 Super Cup win over Sevilla in Cardiff. Ronaldo, starting alongside new recruits James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos, tapped in a cross from...

Liverpool have agreed a £12m fee with Sevilla for left-back Alberto Moreno. The 22-year-old Spain international was withdrawn from Tuesday's Uefa Super Cup defeat by Real Madrid and is expected on Merseyside for a medical later in the week. Martin Kelly...

Manchester United have named Wayne Rooney as their new captain. The England international, 28, replaces Nemanja Vidic, who has left the club for Inter Milan , while Darren Fletcher has been named as vice-captain. Rooney will skipper United in the Premier...

Germany striker Miroslav Klose, who capped a record-breaking career with the national team by winning the World Cup last month, has retired from international football. Poland-born Klose, who scored twice in the tournament in Brazil to become the competition's record...

Venus Williams rolled back the clock at the Rogers Cup in Montreal Saturday to claim victory over her younger sister and World No 1. Serena Williams for the first time in five years. The unseeded Venus lost the first set...

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says his club have moved on from the exit of Frank Lampard by signing Cesc Fabregas. Lampard, 36, left in the summer at the end of his contract before the Blues signed midfielder Fabregas, 27, from...

Manchester City have signed defender Eliaquim Mangala from Porto for a fee understood to be about £32m. The 23-year-old Frenchman came close to joining City in January and was inadvertently pictured in a 'signing' video on the club's website last...

Chelsea came from behind to beat Ferencvaros 2-1 in a pre-season friendly, but lost striker Didier Drogba to injury during the first half. The Ivorian, making his first start since rejoining the club, had treatment on an ankle shortly after...

Manchester United's famed "Class of '92" including Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville donned their soccer boots for possibly one last time on Thursday and immediately wished they had left them in the loft. The retired trio, along with...