European Footballerskipper Raul believes Iker Casillas will not win the European Footballer of the Year crown.
The goalkeeper has been impressive form recently, have skippered Spain to their Euro 2008 victory in Vienna. Despite his superb performances, Raul is adamant that Casillas will not clinch the European Football of the Year title.
Instead, the Real captain rates [...]

England sealed a six-wicket victory over South Africa in the final Test at The Oval to hand Kevin Pietersen a winning start as Test captain.
Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook put on 123 as England looked set to cruise to the 197 needed for the consolation win. Cook departed for a fluent 67, but Ian Bell [...]

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon is adamant that Chelsea target Robinho will not be leaving the Bernabeu.
Chelsea made a £19.7m bid for Robinho, 24, on Thursday and he is believed to be keen to join fellow Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari at Stamford Bridge.
But Calderon made his stance clear: “Definitely, he is going to stay with [...]

Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed that he will remain a Manchester United player for “at least one more year”.
The 23-year-old Portugal winger had frequently expressed his desire to leave for Spanish champions Real Madrid this summer. But he told Portuguese paper Publico: “Sir Alex Ferguson heard my arguments, I heard his and it was settled that [...]

Argentina forward Lionel Messi could still feature in the Olympics football despite his club Barcelona winning the right to prevent him from doing so.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) ruled that Barcelona, Schalke and Werder Bremen were permitted to recall their players from the Games. But a spokesperson for the Catalan giants told BBC [...]

A header four minutes from time by Linas Pilibaitis gave Kaunas a dramatic victory over Rangers, leaving the Ibrox side out of European competition.
Kevin Thomson put Rangers ahead in the 33rd minute when he collected a Nacho Novo pass inside the box and fired past Kaunas goalkeeper Marian Kello. But Nerijus Radzius equalised with a [...]

Euro 2008, co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland, generated a net profit of 250 million euros for UEFA, European soccer’s governing body said on Tuesday.
UEFA said the money would be used to finance its youth and women’s competitions, refereeing and coaching programmes and administrative costs.
Martin Kallen, chief operating officer for the event organisers, said that in [...]

FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Wednesday sent a letter to member associations reminding them they must release players aged under 23 for the Olympic tournament.
“Making available players under the age of 23 for the Olympic Games has always been obligatory for all clubs,” Blatter said. “The fact that the Olympic football tournament in Beijing [...]

Spanish champions Real Madrid said on Monday they had asked the Brazilian Football Federation not to call up their striker Robinho for the Olympics in China next month because he is injured.
“The player was diagnosed with an injury this morning in his pubis so Real Madrid has asked the Brazilian Football Federation to release him [...]

Chelsea’s former France international midfielder Claude Makelele has reached an agreement to sign for Paris Saint Germain, the French club has announced. The 35-year-old is set to be presented at a press conference later on Monday after a deal was reached between both teams at the weekend.
Makelele joined Chelsea from Spanish side Real Madrid [...]