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The United States has asked Switzerland to extradite seven Fifa officials arrested on corruption charges in May, the Swiss authorities say. Formal extradition requests were submitted on Wednesday, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) said. The seven top executives arrested...

Tom Cleverley is looking forward to a successful spell with Everton after officially signing his five-year contract at Goodison Park. Everton confirmed last month that Cleverley would join the club when his contract with Manchester United expired on June 30. The...

Player of the year Eden Hazard will find it hard to reproduce the same levels for Chelsea in 2015/16, says Tony Cascarino. The Belgian forward picked up the PFA and Football Writers’ awards after a stellar campaign for the Premier...

Three-time Champions League winner Samuel Eto'o has joined promoted Turkish top-flight side Antalyaspor, who are reported to be close to signing World Cup winner Ronaldinho. The ambitious club also stated they would recruit another "big name" and "set the world...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter will not travel to Canada for the final of the Women's World Cup on Sunday for "personal reasons". The 79-year-old Swiss had planned to attend the match in Vancouver, despite Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke pulling...

Manchester United have made a £28.6m bid for Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos. The Red Devils believe the 29-year-old wants to leave Real after they failed to offer him an extension to his contract, which expires in 2017. The Spain international...

Former AC Milan and Nigeria defender Taye Taiwo is keen to find a route back into top-level action despite 14 months of inaction. His last game was in April 2014 for Turkey's Buraspor, but his contract was ended a year...

Arsenal have signed Petr Cech from Chelsea in a deal worth about £10m. The Czech Republic goalkeeper, who played more than 400 club games in 11 seasons at Stamford Bridge, has joined the Gunners on a four-year contract. Cech, 33, made...

World Cup runners-up Argentina came to the Copa America in Chile as favourites and were expected to put plenty of goals past their opponents. Instead they are the lowest scoring team to reach the semifinals in which they clash with...

Brazil international Douglas Costa on Monday confirmed an interest by the German champions Bayer Munich to sign him but said there was no deal yet. The 24-year-old attacking midfielder, who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, said talks had taken...