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Struggling up front for England, Wayne Rooney is set to be shunted to the left wing as coach Roy Hodgson experiments ahead of the World Cup in the team's penultimate warm-up game.

Neymar scored one goal and set up two others to help Brazil defeat Panama 4-0 in a World Cup warm-up match on Tuesday.

Portugal will go into the football World Cup 2014 as dark horses heavily reliant on their captain and talisman Christiano Ronaldo.

Rickie Lambert has joined Liverpool from Southampton for a reported fee of 4 million pounds ($6.7 million), strengthening the team's attacking options.

Russia coach Fabio Capello has named an entirely home-based squad for the World Cup, with all 23 players drawn from clubs in the country.

The Sunday Times said it has obtained millions of secret documents proving that Mohamed Bin Hammam was lobbying on his country's behalf ahead of the vote in December 2010.

"Modric played excellent, especially in the second half and extra time. He was all over the field," Croatian coach Niko Kovac said.

Ramos equalised for Real in stoppage time, while Bale, Marcelo and Ronaldo turned it into a 4-1 rout in extra period.

Rooney might not be an automatic choice in Hodgson's England starting line-up at the World Cup, according to former club and country team-mate Scholes.

Vandals have attacked and burnt a six-metre high replica of the World Cup a few miles from where Brazil's squad will be based for next month's finals.

Toure was dismayed that, despite the club giving him a 31st birthday cake, the owners did not personally congratulate him at a post-season party in Abu Dhabi.

Simeone and his players may remember March 29 and their 2-1 comeback victory at Athletic Bilbao as the moment they truly started to believe the title was within their grasp.

Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal was full of praise for captain Robin van Persie after his breathtaking volley secured a 1-1 draw with Ecuador in a friendly on Saturday.

Alexis Sanchez gave Barcelona the lead in 34th minute but Diego Godin scored the equaliser for Atletico Madrid in 49th minute.

Manchester United have agreed a deal with FK Vojvodina to sign Serbia youth goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic, the English Premier League club said on Saturday.

The bookmakers have Arsenal as huge favourites to end their 9 trophy-less years with a win over Hull City on Saturday.