Former England captain John Terry said he was happy the focus was back on football after putting his difficult summer behind him.

Aston Villa centre-back Richard Dunne has revealed he is considering his international future with the Republic of Ireland.

A French Football Federation committee was on Friday examining whether to impose sanctions on four players for disciplinary breaches during Euro 2012.

Thirteen clubs and 44 people including Juventus coach Antonio Conte and Italian international Leonardo Bonucci have been called to appear before a disciplinary commission of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on August 2 as part of an ongoing probe into a match-fixing scandal, the FIGC said on Thursday.

Japan scored one of the greatest upsets in Olympic football history Thursday after stunning reigning world and European champions Spain 1-0 at Hampden Park.

France international footballers Samir Nasri, Yann Mvila, Hatem Ben Arfa and Jeremy Menez have been called to appear before a disciplinary commission of the French Football Federation (FFF) on Friday morning to answer for their behaviour during the Euro 2012 tournament.

Ex-England boss Fabio Capello vowed Thursday to inject youth and vigour into Russia's laboured performances as he signed on to head the squad with a mission of making the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Greuther Fuerth, newly promoted to the Bundesliga, said Thursday they have signed Danish international striker Tobias Mikkelsen on a three-season deal plus a one-year further option.

Brazil kick off their latest attempt to win their Holy Grail of Olympic footballing gold on Thursday as their star-studded side take on Egypt in Cardiff.

Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky will be out for between six and eight weeks after undergoing another operation on an injured Achilles tendon, the Prague daily Sport reported on Wednesday.

Portuguese international defender Bruno Alves said he was hoping his club, Russia's reigning champions Zenit St Petersburg, will be able to reach Champions League semi-finals in the upcoming campaign.

A second-half goal from Urby Emanuelson gave AC Milan a 1-0 friendly win over Schalke 04 on Tuesday in a pre-season warm-up match played in Gelsenkirchen.

Paris Saint-Germain's most recent big money signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrived Tuesday in the United States to join up with his new teammates at their summer training camp in Princeton, the club said.

Barcelona's first game under new coach Tito Vilanova ended in a 2-1 friendly win away to German Bundesliga club Hamburg on Tuesday.

Paris Saint-Germain's most recent big money signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic will join up with his new teammates on Tuesday at their summer training camp in Princeton, the club have confirmed.

France defender Laurent Koscielny has signed a new contract with English Premier League side Arsenal, the north London club announced on Tuesday, without specifying for how long.

Russia's new national football coach Fabio Capello received advice on life in Russia from compatriot Luciano Spalletti, who coaches Russia's reigning champions Zenit St Petersburg, local media reported Monday.

Manager Arsene Wenger repeated his determination Sunday to keep Arsenal's want-away striker Robin van Persie at the English Premier League club, describing the Dutchman as "world class".

Reigning Bundesliga champions and German Cup holders Borussia Dortmund fell to their second consecutive pre-season loss on Saturday when they went down 4-2 at Nuremberg.

Manchester United centre-back Chris Smalling has been ruled out for up to 10 weeks with a broken foot and is now set to miss the start of the new season.