Days after resigning as coach of United Arab Emirates, Bruno Metsu took charge of Qatar on Thursday with a two-year contract.
ut-of-sorts Ronaldinho has been dropped by Brazil for next month's World Cup qualifiers while a fit-again Kaka called into the squad on Thursday.
Manchester City boss Mark Hughes admitted his side had only themselves to blame for a humiliating League Cup exit at the hands of League One club Brighton.
An inspired substitution from coach Jose Mourinho allowed Inter Milan to stay top of the Serie A table with a 1-0 victory over Lecce at the San Siro on Wednesday.
Rafael van der Vaart endeared himself to the Real Madrid fans with a hat-trick as the champions crushed Sporting Gijon 7-1 on Wednesday to go second in the table.
Germany striker Miroslav Klose proved last week's leg injury is behind him as defending German Cup holders Bayern Munich beat 2007 champions Nuremberg 2-0 in Wednesday night's second round tie.
English Championship side Sheffield United said on Tuesday a Football Association (FA) appointed arbitration hearing had ruled in their favour of their compensation claim against West Ham over the Carlos Tevez transfer saga.
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan promised on Tuesday that he and his Abu Dhabi United Group were at Manchester City for the long term after completing the negotiations for their takeover of the Premier League club.
Arsene Wenger declared himself confident that Arsenal's future is in safe hands after watching the club's youngest ever side inflict a 6-0 League Cup drubbing on Sheffield United.
Chelsea cruised past Portsmouth in the English League Cup on Wednesday, romping to a 4-0 third round victory at Fratton Park as coach Luiz Felipe Scolari's unbeaten start continued in style.
European soccer clubs that are not bankrolled by wealthy owners are feeling the pinch from the economic downturn and could suffer further, at least in the medium term, as sponsorship and ticket sales fall.
Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster admitted on Tuesday that his team is probably short of a player able to play on the wing this season.
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