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Roy Hodgson has overseen England to their highest ever FIFA ranking as we sit 10 places higher than the mighty Brazil and four ahead of Lionel Messi's Argentina.

Fernando Llorente has reportedly informed Athletic Bilbao that he wants to leave the club during the summer transfer window after rejecting their offer of a new deal.

Alisher Usmanov, the second largest shareholder in Arsenal Football Club, has launched yet another scathing attack on the Gunners' board members

Amidst all the confusions surrounding the contract extension of Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, Liverpool have finally announced that the 24 year old has signed a new long term contract at Anfield.

Arsenal are reportedly interested in the services of Celtic and Korean midfielder Ki Sung-yeung. The Gunners are now in Germany and will play Lukas Podolski's former club, FC Koln, in a friendly on12 August

Portuguese winger Nani is said to be considering his future after he failed to agree a new deal with Manchester United.

Montpellier defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa has revealed that he would be interested in moving to Newcastle United should be decide to leave the French club this summer.

Usain Bolt is confident that he could make a difference if he was given the chance to play at Manchester United.

Real Madrid star forward Cristiano Ronaldo has stated he would like to play in the US' Major League Soccer (MLS) at some point in his career, despite having found considerable success in Spain

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has now decided which players he feels can be placed on the transfer list after analysing his squad during pre-season.

Team GB on track to reach most successful Olympic games in more than 100 years with crucial day in triathlon, dressage and cycling.

Arsenal have confirmed the arrival of Spanish right winger Santi Cazorla, from La Liga club Malaga, for an undisclosed transfer fee

Juventus are planning to switch their striker target from Arsenal's Robin van Persie to Liverpool's Luis Suarez.

Liverpool are the latest club to be linked with Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin who has been told that he is no longer in the first team plans of manager Jose Mourinho.

Swansea City boss Michael Laudrup says Liverpool must pay big money to sign midfielder Joe Allen.

This is easily one of the most awaited pre-season games of the season - Catalan giants Barcelona take on English behemoths Manchester United in a pre-season friendly at Gothenburg in Sweden

Tottenham are hoping that they will finally be able to agree a deal for a striker in the coming weeks as they prepare to make an official offer for Brazilian forward Leandro Damiao.

Andrey Arshavin has edged closer to a move away from Arsenal after Galatasaray made an offer of £4million for the midfielder who has struggled to live up to expectations in north London.

French giants Paris Saint Germain (PSG) have reportedly outbid Manchester United and Inter Milan for the signature of Brazilian midfielder Lucas Moura,

Liverpool are said to be willing to listen to listen to offers for defender Daniel Agger in order to raise funds for potential new signings.

Craig Bellamy is very close to exiting Liverpool, according to reports, with the striker nearing a move to former home Cardiff for personal reasons.

Chelsea signing Oscar has admitted that he is hoping to convince Neymar to join the west London club, with the starlet hoping he can have his Brazilian teammate on side in the Premier League.

AC Milan have failed in their bid to take Edin Dzeko on a season-long loan as Manchester City make it clear that they want £25million for the services of the striker.

Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo insists that the club will not make any major changes to the team's playing style this season.

Lucas Moura has received no request to undergo a medical with an English club, the Brazilian Football Association has confirmed.

Jermain Defoe returned to action on Sunday as he scored the only goal against Watford to give his manager Andre Villas-Boas a timely reminder of his goal-scoring threat.

Arsenal wing-back Carl Jenkinson has revealed that manager Arsene Wenger has asked him to cross the ball into the box more this season.

Stuart Pearce believes that Daniel Sturridge and Tom Cleverley will both shine for England in the future, with the Chelsea and Manchester United men respectively showing their potential for Team GB in the Olympics.

Barcelona have announced their first team squad for the upcoming season and there was one glaring omission as Cristian Tello was not handed a squad number, despite having a superb debut season under former boss Pep Guardiola.