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Liverpool have signed forward Roberto Firmino from Hoffenheim on a five-year deal for a fee of about £29m. The 23-year-old's deal is subject to a medical, which will take place after he returns from Chile, where he has been playing...

A Belgian court has imposed an interim order blocking European football governing body Uefa from activating new Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules. The Court of First Instance referred a case brought by several claimants to the European Court of Justice...

Neymar has been ruled out of the Copa America tournament in Chile after Brazil opted not to appeal against the Barcelona forward's four-game ban. The 23-year-old was shown a red card after the final whistle of Brazil's 1-0 defeat to...

Arsenal are close to agreeing a deal to sign Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech. Talks between the clubs are progressing towards the 33-year-old becoming Arsenal's first summer acquisition. The Czech Republic international played 16 times for the Blues last season and has...

Zinedine Zidane says he would have accepted the chance to replace Carlo Ancelotti as Real Madrid head coach had he been offered the job. Zidane was one of Ancelotti's assistants as well as the coach of Real Madrid's reserve side...

UEFA faces a high profile legal battle to keep its Financial Fair Play rules in existence. A group of football agents and fans from Manchester City and Paris-Saint Germain have persuaded the Court of First Instance in Brussels to refer...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 22 (THEWILL) – Stephen Keshi, the Super Eagles Head Coach, on Monday said his appearance before the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Disciplinary Committee would not deter him from doing his job.   The NFF had summoned Keshi to...

Former England captain Rio Ferdinand has questioned the value of English players in the transfer market. Ferdinand, 36, retired from football in May and was the world's most expensive defender when he joined Manchester United for £29.1m in 2002. "English players...

China secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup with a 1-0 win over Cameroon. The 1999 runners-up, who failed to qualify for the 2011 tournament in Germany, were without coach Hao Wei as he served a...

Argentina captain Lionel Messi says Neymar will be a missed at the Copa America after the Brazil forward was banned for the rest of the tournament. Neymar, 23, was sent off and given a four-match suspension after clashing with Colombia...