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Roberto Soldado scored a hat-trick in Spain's 5-0 win over Venezuela, while Oliver Giroud and Florent Malouda scored for France.

The Spurs midfielder will captain England after John Terry was removed following a racial charge.

Van Persie has been linked with a move away from Arsenal after eight years. His current deal expires next year.

Arsenal came back from two goals down to thrash Tottenham Hotspur 5-2.

Juventus remain one point behind leaders and defending champions Milan, with a game in hand.

Not since Newcastle in 1996 has a team won as many successive home league games from the start of a season.

Fowler is one of the semi-retired world stars hired to play in the lucrative six-team league.

Juve will be hoping to reclaim top spot as they are one point below Milan, with a game in hand.

The Germany international injured his right ankle in Saturday's Premier League match against Sunderland.

After the 3-2 defeat, the defending champions trail table-toppers Real Madrid by seven points.

Steven Pienaar scored in his first game back at Goodison Park as Chelsea slipped out of the top four.

Manchester United were again third with $487.2 million, the highest of four English clubs in the top 10.

Pep Guardiola has called King's Cup semifinal second leg against Valencia "a game for men."

At least one in 10 football players in Russia has been approached at some point of time to fix a match.

Sevilla have fired their coach after the Spanish club's seventh straight league game without a win.

"I thought it fair that John Terry keeps the captain's armband," said Capello.