Brazil won its third straight Beach Soccer World Cup title Sunday, defeating Italy 5-3 behind two goals apiece from Bruno and Sidney. Portugal took the third-place game, getting three goals from Madjer in a 5-4 victory over Spain. Amarelle had three goals for Spain and earned the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player. -- read full article
European champions Manchester United defeated fellow English Premier League club Portsmouth 2-1 in a pre-season friendly played at the Abuja National Stadium in Lagos on Sunday. -- read full article
Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari says he is targeting an unprecedented four trophies in his first season and is close to finalising the starting 11 who he hopes will achieve the feat. -- read full article
Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon expects Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko to start the season at Stamford Bridge, and has reiterated the club's interest in Robinho. -- read full article
Real Madrid coach Bernd
Schuster is concerned that his club's obsession with signing
Cristiano Ronaldo could cause them to miss out on buying other
players.
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Newcastle United manager Kevin
Keegan will welcome midfielder Joey Barton back to the Premier
League club when he is released from prison.
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Talented but controversial Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton was given the full support of the Premiership side's manager Kevin Keegan on Sunday. -- read full article
The lack of financial fire-power felt by Germany's top clubs compared to their European neighbours is no excuse for failure in the Champions League, insists Bayern Munich coach Jurgen Klinsmann. -- read full article
Argentine star Lionel Messi, currently at the centre of an Olympic Games club-or-country row, hit a hat-trick in Barcelona's 5-1 pre-season friendly win over Scotland's Dundee United on Saturday. -- read full article
Hamburg's new recruit Jonathan Pitroipa celebrated his debut with the winning goal as the Bundesliga side beat English Premier League side Manchester City 1-0 on Saturday in a pre-season friendly. -- read full article
Sunderland have signed France
full back Pascal Chimbonda from Tottenham Hotspur for an
undisclosed fee, the Premier League club said on Saturday.
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