Football

Crystal Palace and Newcastle United traded players on Friday, with winger Andros Townesend moving to London for £13 million ($17.30 million) and striker Dwight Gayle joining the recently relegated club for £10 million.

Boateng has been a central figure in Germany's advance to the quarterfinals of the European Championship without conceding a goal, so it's a huge relief for his team that a calf injury won't keep him out of Saturday's quarter-final against Italy.

France, who have earned a reputation for leaving it late at this European Championship, would be well-advised to wake up early when they face Iceland for a place in the semi-finals, veteran defender Patrice Evra warned on Thursday.

Speaking ahead of Friday's Euro 2016 quarter-final between Belgium and Wales, Lukaku said Bale has showed greater consistency for club and country.

Senegal striker Sadio Mane has joined Liverpool from Premier League rivals Southampton on a "long-term contract" for an undisclosed fee, the Anfield club announced on Tuesday.

FIFA TV last year picked 10 best international goals scored by Lionel Messi. A year later, he has quit international football after a sorry defeat to Chile on penalties in the Copa America Final.

"On Saturday morning, 10 internationals were required by officials from UEFA's anti-doping control to do an out of competition test at their hotel base in Isle de Re," the Spanish football federation said in a statement. The players were not named.

That leaves one thing for sure, that if Argentina lift the title come Sunday, Messi's greatness will reach a step above.

Brady struck with just five minutes remaining as the Republic of Ireland claimed a dramatic 1-0 win over Italy in Lille on Wednesday to reach the knockout phase of Euro 2016.

Turkey kept alive their faint hopes of reaching the last 16 of Euro 2016 and eliminated the Czech Republic with a hard-fought victory.

Bale kept up his goal-a-game Euro 2016 campaign Monday to guide Wales to a 3-0 win over Russia and push them ahead of rivals England in their group.

The three-time world player of the year hasn't been short of scoring opportunities at the European Championship. The problem is that the Portugal captain has had 22 but missed every one.

Northern Ireland shocked Ukraine 2-0 in Euro 2016 Group C on Thursday thanks to goals from Gareth McAuley and Niall McGinn to keep alive their hopes of reaching the knockout phase at Euro 2016.

World champions Germany have warned that there is more to their biggest Euro 2016 group rivals Poland than Bundesliga top scorer Robert Lewandowski.

Antoine Griezmann struck late on before Dimitri Payet added a second in injury time as hosts France secured their ticket to the last 16 of Euro 2016 with a 2-0 win over Albania on Wednesday.

Barcelona has agreed to pay a fine of 5.5 million euros ($6.21 million) to the Spanish authorities to settle a tax fraud case over the transfer of Brazil international Neymar in 2013.