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Cardiff City pay off £1.9m debt
Cardiff City say they have paid off a £1.9m debt to HM Revenue and Customs to end a High Court action that threatened the Championship club's existence.
Charalambous signs for Motherwell
Motherwell sign Anorthosis Famagusta's Cypriot under-21 international defender Angelis Charalambous.
Salisbury suffer double demotion
Salisbury City lose their appeal against a two division demotion after breaking Football Conference rules.
Zola & West Ham reach settlement
Gianfranco Zola agrees a compensation settlement with West Ham following his sacking as manager in May.
Italy's Pirlo to miss two matches
Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo is set to miss his country's first two World Cup group games against Paraguay and New Zealand with a calf strain.
Ridgewell extends Birmingham stay
Birmingham City defender Liam Ridgewell signs a new three-year contract.
Benitez appointed Inter manager
Former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is confirmed as the new manager of Italian giants Inter Milan.
Fifa to scrap 'home-grown' plans
Fifa has said it will scrap plans for a minimum of six "home-grown" players in club's starting line-ups.
Capello settled on England team
Fabio Capello says he has decided on his starting XI for England's 2010 World Cup opener against the United States on Saturday.
Rae to hold Killie manager talks
Former Dundee boss Alex Rae will meet Kilmarnock on Thursday to discuss the managerial vacancy at Rugby Park.
Man City confirm Vieira to stay
Manchester City say midfielder Patrick Vieira will stay at the club next season after signing a one-year extension to his contract.
Ellis close to Rangers takeover
The Andrew Ellis-headed consortium announces on the Stock Exchange it is in "advanced negotiations" to buy Rangers.
Prime minister David Cameron says he will fly the flag of St George over No 10 during the World Cup
David Cameron says he will fly the flag of St George over No 10 during the football World Cup in South Africa.
Everton sign Portuguese striker
Everton sign striker Joao Silva on a three-year deal from Desportivo Das Aves of Portugal's second division.
Joe Cole seeks start against US
Joe Cole believes his experience could win him a place in the England team to face the United States in their World Cup opener on Saturday.
Capello angry with photographers
Coach Fabio Capello reprimands a group of photographers prior to England's training session at their Royal Bafokeng World Cup base on Wednesday.
Cole and Ballack to leave Chelsea
Chelsea confirm that Joe Cole, Michael Ballack and Juliano Belletti are to leave the club on free transfers this summer.
Pantsil tips Ghana for semi-final
Ghana defender John Pantsil is confident the Black Stars will reach the semi-finals of the World Cup.
Wednesday's gossip column
Tottenham keen on Joe Cole, plus other rumours
Lennon seeks passion from Celtic
Neil Lennon wants to "bring the thunder back" now that he has signed a one-year contract to manage Celtic.