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Internacional president Giovanni Luigi has revealed that midfielder Oscar's move to Chelsea is on the verge of completion

A negative outlook points to chances of a high risk of annual cut in the rating within a couple of years.

Moody's outlook change on Germany's Triple-A rating raises questions about Europe's core as periphery continues to struggle

Arsene Wenger has revealed that Robin van Persie's future will be decided before the new Premier League season starts on 18 August.

Euro falls to two-year low against dollar as Greece struggles to convince lenders and Spain's economy slides deeper into recession.

Check out a review of Friday's practice times and a weather update for Saturday's qualifying, as well as information on where to watch the Hockenheimring practice and qualifying sessions live

Williams' Pastor Maldonado beat Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel by nearly half a second, to top timesheets for the second Free Practice session at the Hockenheimring. The McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton were dominant in the first session

Martin Whitmarsh confirms McLaren will bring "significant" bodywork updates for the MP4-27 for the Hockenheim race,

Dow Jones reports the temporary European bailout fund will set aside funds for Spanish bond buys

The full statement from Nokia's Q2 2012 financial results.

Nokia's financial results show it shipped 4 million Lumia handsets in three months to end of June 2012.

Fernando Alonso's race engineer explains Ferrari's turnaround in fortunes and there are doubts over the possibility of a German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring in 2013

United will play pre-season friendlies in South Africa and China before kicking off domestic duties with a game against David Moyes and Everton on 20 August

It's all somewhat worrying when financial items in much of the world's media refer to "ESM bailout funds" as if the European Stability Mechanism were already well established and operating in Luxembourg. Initially hoped to be up and running by July 2012 after a final draft was agreed by Eurozone leaders in Brussels on 02 February 2012, the ratification process, progressing fairly well up to the Netherland's Queen Beatrix granting Royal Assent on 05 July with formal endorsement on...

Ferrari are confident of maintaining their strong title charge during the weekend's race at Hockenheim and Fernando Alonso could be in line for his third race win of the season

Former Liverpool and Manchester City goal keeper David James has hailed England's Joe Hart as the best keeper in the world

Chelsea are close to completing a £60mn double swoop for Uruguay striker Edison Cavani and Brazil midfielder Oscar

Bizarre and entertaining pictures of the straw land art festival 2012 held in Croatia.Check out the photos.

Tottenham assistant manager Steffen Freund has revealed it was a dream come true to make his return to White Hart Lane in a managerial capacity, with the German starting out under a fresh-faced administration.

Nokia has halved the price of its flagship smartphone in the US ahead of expected poor financial results this week.

Fed chairman Bernanke gives semi-annual 'Humphrey-Hawkins' to US Congress as global growth stalls.

Arsenal captain Robin van Persie has been spotted house-hunting in Greater Manchester

The 2012 Formula 1 World Championship will arrive at the scenic Hockenheimring motorsports track, near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, for Round 10 of the season, during the weekend of 20 July to 22 July. Check out the first of IBTimes UK's many previews in the build-up to the race

Arsene Wenger remains hopeful of persuading Santos midfielder Ganso to move to Arsenal this summer after missing out on his national teammate Oscar.

The A-Z of the EU and ECB tool kit for building the bazooka-like firewall around the sovereign debt crisis

The McLaren F1 team has a lot to do to catch championship rivals Ferrari and Red Bull after yet another disappointing race led to criticism from drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button and former driver David Coulthard

American naval forces are deploying dozens of unmanned war submarines in the Persian Gulf

Marko Marin says he wants to prove that he is good enough to play for Chelsea, after the club confirmed a deal with the playmaker in April.

Gary Neville believes that Shinji Kagawa could become the next Javier Hernandez or Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United, with the former Red Devil praising Sir Alex Ferguson's latest signing.

Britain's Adam Gemili warmed-up for his Olympic debut in the grand manner by winning 100m gold at the World Junior Championships with a personal best time in Barcelona.