Alan Pardew said Newcastle are working had in the transfer market to fill the void in attack left by Andy Carroll’s departure.

England international Carroll was sold to Liverpool for 35 million pounds in January, and with last season’s top scor

Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez admits his side are powerless to stop Lionel Messi if he brings his best form into the Copa America quarter-finals.

Tabarez’s side meet Argentina in Santa Fe on Saturday in what will be the first meeting between the countries since 2009.

Both teams finished the group stage with identical recor

Juventus and Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini says his team-mates are impressed by new head coach Antonio Conte.

Conte, who led Serie B side Siena to the top-flight in the last campaign, was pegged to take over at the Stadio Olimpico following Luigi Delneri’s sacking in May.

Delneri was axed after Juve finished the 2010/

Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham is set to play former club Manchester United after being named in the MLS All-Star team.

The MLS All-Stars will take on United at Red Bull Arena in New Jersey on July 27, with former Arsenal man Thierry Henry – who now plays for New York Red Bulls – also included in the MLS team.

Fenerbahce president Aziz Yildirim has been remanded in custody and charged as part of the criminal investigation into Turkish match-fixing.

Yildirim and 25 others, including directors of 2010/11 Super Lig champions Fenerbahce, as well as players, are set to face trial over alleged match-fixing.

The president was one of 61 pe

Radamel Falcao’s first international brace helped Colombia defeat Bolivia 2-0 and book their place in the Copa America quarter-finals.

Hernan Dario Gomez’s side were in command throughout Sunday’s match at Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao Lopez, and the first-half double from Porto striker Falcao was just reward

England defender Chris Smalling has committed his long-term future to Manchester United after signing a contract extension on Friday.

The 21-year-old penned terms on a new five-year-deal with Sir Alex Ferguson’s side and immediately declared his intention to remain at the club for some time.

Smalling – who was sig

The Mexican Football Federation has cleared the five players banned after testing positive for clenbuterol prior to the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Antonio Naelson, Christian Bermudez, Edgar Duenas, Francisco Rodriguez and Guillermo Ochoa were suspended when they tested positive for the banned substance at a pre-tournament training camp in Ma

Copa America hosts Argentina must win their final group game against Costa Rica on Monday to avoid elimination from the competition.

Sergio Batista’s side have endured a frustrating start to the tournament on home soil, drawing their opener with Bolivia 1-1, followed by a goalless draw against Colombia.

They are third i

Former Real Madrid player Zinedine Zidane will succeed Jorge Valdano as director of football at the La Liga giants.

Frenchman Zidane, a three-time world player of the year, retired in 2006 after spending the last five seasons of his career in the Spanish capital.

Former Inter Milan manager Leonardo has begun talks with Paris Saint Germain about becoming the club’s new sporting director.

The Brazilian has been heavily linked with a move to the Ligue 1 club following his departure from the San Siro in June.

But

Costa Rica defeated nine-man Bolivia 2-0 in a fractious Group A clash at the Copa America in Jujuy on Friday.

It was a tale of two halves at the Estadio 23 de Agosto, the first a tepid encounter and the second featuring two goals, two send-offs, a penalty save and a few rough tackles.

Josue Martinez sparked the match into lif

Argentina’s unconvincing Copa America campaign continued after they were fortunate to emerge with a 0-0 draw against Colombia on Wednesday.

Expectations on the host nation were only amplified after Argentina’s 1-1 draw with Bolivia in the opening match of the tournament.

And under the glare of the lights at Santa

Former Liverpool goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis is on the verge of joining A-League club Melbourne Victory.

Bouzanis, who has been with Liverpool since he was 16, was once described by then manager Rafael Benitez as the best keeper at his age anywhere in the world.

Victory have denied an agreement has been signed to lure Bouzanis t

Two North Korean players at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup have come under suspicion after failing anti-doping tests.

Jong Sun Song and Sim Pok Jong were provisionally suspended after the tests were undertaken prior to North Korea’s match with Co

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said any player or official who is found guilty of match-fixing will be banned for life.

Blatter was speaking on a visit to Zimbabwe, a country that has been blighted by controversy over the past few years.

In 2009, a number of national team players, including captain Method Mwanjali, told an inquiry

New Inter Milan boss Gian Piero Gasperini is confident he has the players to regain the Serie A title they lost to rivals AC Milan last season.

The former Genoa boss was appointed on June 24 after former coach Leonardo departed to take up a consultancy role at Fr

Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan believes he has more to offer his club in the upcoming English Premier League season.

Gyan, 25, joined Sunderland from Rennes for a fee of approximately 13 million pounds after a stellar 2010 FIFA