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Santana, sacked by 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa in October, signed a one-year deal with Botafogo, who fired Estevam Soares after last weekend’s humiliating 6-0 defeat by Vasco da

UN goodwill ambassador Zidane and Real Madrid’s Kaka were joined by Luis Figo, Rui Costa, Thierry Henry, Pavel Nedved and Edgar Davids in front of a capacity crowd of 65,000

Inter moved nine points clear of second-placed Milan despite Wesley Sneijder’s 27th-minute red card thanks to goals by Diego Milito and Goran Pandev. Brazil defender Lucio was also sent off

The Red Bulls will take on Pele’s former Brazilian club Santos on March 20 as they officially open the new 25,000 capacity stadium in Harrison, New Jersey. Pele’s emotional farewell

Portsmouth, owned by Saudi businessman Ali al Faraj, argued that the Value Added Tax (VAT) portion of its outstanding tax bill was too high by 7.5 million pounds. A spokesperson

The awards, known as the Italian football ‘Oscars’, were voted on by Italy-based players during the close-season and reflect performances during the 2008/09 campaign. This allowed Sweden’s Ibrahimovic, Serie A

Jose Mourinho’s side, who won 4-3 against Siena last weekend having looked beaten, went behind to two Paulo Barreto penalties in the second half but stormed back despite missing several

Bayern provisionally lead the standings on 36 points withBayer Leverkusen, who slip to second a point behind, hostingMainzon Saturday. Schalke 04, with 34, host lowlyNurembergon Sunday on the first weekend

An epic fightback saw them through 5-4 on aggregate after they overturned a daunting 3-0 first-leg deficit. Portugal winger Simao curled his effort into the top corner six minutes from

The Championship strugglers beat the seven-times FA Cup winners 2-1 after extra time in their third-round replay after Liverpool had been less than a minute away from securing a fourth-round