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Gaetano Iannini, who plays for fifth-division Matera, has been banned for racially abusing an opponent.

Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne has pleaded guilty to common assault and drunk and disorderly charges and was fined 1,000 pounds.

Moreover, goalkeeper Subrata Paul has been left out of the squad announced for the away international friendly against Tajikistan on August 14.

The IPL-style football league is scheduled to kick start in January.

Benzema scored two second-half goals to lead Real to a 3-1 victory over the Galaxy in the preseason Champions Cup friendly tournament.

Media reports put the transfer fee at 30 million euros for Soldado, who scored 30 goals in 46 appearances for Valencia last season.

According to a Danish newspaper, Martino is targeting Agger to strengthen the team's defence.

It is believed that United will submit a bid of around 35million pounds for the midfielder, which would break their transfer record.

Iranian football club Persepolis has denied reports that the team has had negotiations to sign Italian veteran Alessandro Del Piero.

The Scot has declared his admiration for Mourinho, in much the same way as Chelsea's manager spoke positively of Moyes last week.

Reina claimed that he wasn't informed of the season-long loan to the Serie A side until after the deal was completed.

Schweinsteiger received 92 of 527 votes, ahead of Bayern Munich teammates Franck Ribery (87) and Thomas Mueller (85).

Bale will sit out the latest Tottenham pre-season match due to injury as he continues to be linked with Spanish giant Real Madrid.

The Argentina international was greeted by about 100 jubilant Napoli fans, waving club scarves and Argentina flags.

The incident took place during a 2-1 friendly loss to home side Sassuolo in the Trofeo TIM tournament.

Yoshihito Fujita scored with three minutes left to lead Yokohama F Marinos to a 3-2 pre-season win over Manchester United on Tuesday.