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Remy, 27, flew to Boston last week to join up with the Liverpool squad and undergo a medical examination but the Premier League club have put a stop to the deal following the results of the examination.

Real Madrid's pre-season got off on a losing note as they were worsted in a penalty shoot-out against Italian side Inter Milan in a friendly played in California.

Bayern Munich's chairman is giving coach Guardiola a ringing endorsement saying that the club will never fire him.

FIFA rejected calls to move the 2018 World Cup from Russia, saying the tournament "can achieve positive change."

Former Chelsea midfielder Lampard has signed for new Major League Soccer (MLS) club New York City FC on a two-year contract.

United made an impressive debut under coach Louis van Gaal, with Wayne Rooney scoring twice late in the first half of a 7-0 friendly victory over the LA Galaxy.

Colombian international James Rodriguez has agreed to a six-year-contract which will see him earn around six million euros a year.

The 50-year-old Dunga, who captained Brazil to their fourth world title in 1994, was last in charge of the national team in 2010.

Striker Morata's USD 26.97 million move to Juventus has quickly turned sour after the Spaniard injured his knee in his first training session.

Redknapp believes England need to stop trying to emulate other international teams and focus on creating their own footballing identity.

Messi topped the google search results for forwards during the just-concluded event in Brazil along with Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.

The 24-year-old Riviere, who scored 13 goals in 36 appearances last season, is Newcastle's fifth recruit in the summer transfer window.

The final set a new Twitter record of 618,725 tweets per minute discussing the match, according to a data.

The 30-year-old started alone up-front in all six of Brazil's matches in the tournament but scored just once against Cameroon in the group stage.

Messi always tried to avoid comparisons with Maradona, although that was going to be an impossible task.

Former Argentine footballer Diego Maradona said Germany are not "impossible" to beat in the upcoming final match of the 2014 Brazil FIFA World Cup.