Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is leaving Schalke to join Bundesliga rival Bayern Munich, which also announced the signing of Brazilian defender Rafinha on Wednesday.
Sepp Blatter was re-elected unopposed for a fourth term as FIFA president on Wednesday, shrugging off the scandals that have hit world soccer's governing body to secure another four years in charge.
Defending champion Rafa Nadal faces the only man to have beaten him at the French Open on Wednesday when Robin Soderling will have his 2009 triumph but also last year's final defeat rattling in his mind.
The world No 3 Roger Federer set up a semifinal clash with the world No. 2 Novak Djokovic at the French Open after defeating the ninth seeded Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(3) on Tuesday.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes retired on Tuesday, with the 36-year-old opting to stay at the Premier League champions in a coaching role.
IOC President Jacques Rogge urged FIFA on Tuesday to take the example from his organization and emerge from the current troubles stronger.
Beleaguered president Sepp Blatter formally opened the 61st FIFA Congress on Tuesday warning of the dangers world soccer's governing body is facing.
Former Juventus captain Antonio Conte says he's fulfilling a dream by becoming the coach.
The Argentine Football Association says there were no doping controls during the 1993 World Cup playoffs against Australia because they were not required at the time.
President Sepp Blatter acknowledged that corruption scandals have left FIFA "shaking on its foundations" on the eve of an election which should give him four more years to overcome the turmoil that has soiled the image of football's governing body.
South Korean prosecutors said on Sunday they had arrested three more football players for alleged involvement in a growing match-fixing scandal, Yonhap news agency reported.