Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday said he is a huge Ronaldo fan and looks forward to his fine performance.
Stuttgart interim coach Markus Babbel will stay to the end of the season.
San Lorenzo beat Tigre 2-1 in the first game of a three-way Argentine championship playoff, the match ending in ugly scenes as the losers protested over a red card.
Italy midfielder Gennaro Gattuso said he views David Beckham's loan move to AC Milan as "strange" and does not believe he can take his place.
UEFA Cup favourites AC Milan missed the chance to progress to the knockout stages as group winners when a late Mahir Saglik equaliser handed VfL Wolfsburg a 2-2 draw at the San Siro on Wednesday
FIFA president Sepp Blatter squashed talk of ditching South Africa as 2010 World Cup hosts on Monday, insisting there was "no Plan B."
Fabio Capello said that his biggest challenge and his main success in his first year as England coach was changing the mentality of the players.
From Spain winning its first title in 44 years to Diego Maradona taking over as coach of Argentina, football featured a wave of major changes throughout 2008.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter squashed talk of ditching South Africa as 2010 World Cup hosts on Monday, saying there was "no Plan B."
Ten-men Bayern Munich moved to the top of the Bundesliga for at least 24 hours after a battling 2-2 draw at Stuttgart on Saturday.
Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho cannot discuss soccer because he has never played the game, Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic said on Saturday.
Premier League leaders Liverpool stumbled again at home on Saturday and needed two Steven Gerrard goals to salvage a 2-2 draw with Hull City.
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