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Porto striker Falcao is delighted to have taken his goal-tally in the Europa League to 15 goals this season but warns that he is “not done yet”. The 25-year-old scored four times in Porto’s 5-1 victory over Villarreal in the first-leg of their semi-final tie on Thursday evening, equalling Jurgen Klinsmann’s record of 15 goals [...]

Villarreal defender Carlos Marchena admits that it was disappointing to lose 5-1 to Porto in the Europa League on Thursday evening but believes that they can still turnaround the tie and progress to the final. Despite taking the lead on the stroke of half-time in the first-leg of their semi-final tie in Portugal, the Yellow [...]

Brazilian defender Adriano has signed a three-year extension to his current contract with French club Monaco, it has been announced on Friday. The 29-year-old’s original deal was set to expire in June this year but his new contract will see him remain with the Ligue 1 side until 2014. Adriano is delighted to extend his [...]

Schalke striker Raul believes that the Bundesliga in Germany is more balanced than Spain’s Primera Division. The 33-year-old Spanish veteran played for Spanish and European giants Real Madrid first team between 1994 and 2010 and joined the Royal Blues last summer. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers ever, Raul has had a massive impact [...]

The biggest football derby in the world will be played at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday evening. The two teams come after they won the semifinals at the Champions League double header going in the Tottenham team that Lucescu Romans and Razvan Rat, Shakhtar Donetsk. During the three weeks the two teams will meet 4 [...]

The Argentine national team have finalised their programme of friendly matches for the next three months, with various combinations of local and foreign-based players making their case to be included in the Copa America squad. The domestic Seleccion, including River Plate goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo and prospective Copa inclusion Ivan Pillud of Racing, will have [...]

The SuperSport defence is suspect having leaked many goals this season. Gavin Hunt’s men let in four goals in the 4-2 defeat against Golden Arrows on Wednesday, while Stars easily brushed aside Maritzburg United 4-1. The Bafana Bafana centre back told KickOff.com that he is well aware that Stars will come out with guns blazing [...]

Reports from Italy suggest that Juventus are ready to step up their efforts for Santos and Brazil striker Neymar, and will make a huge €30 million bid to tempt the starlet across the Atlantic. Corriere dello Sport report that La Vecchia Signora will make a huge offer for the 19-year-old, who impressed in Santos’ 3-2 [...]

Inter are ready to pay up to €25 million to secure the summer signing of Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez after having met with the Argentine in Milan on Thursday evening, a source close to the Nerazzurri has told Goal.com. The 27-year-old was spotted in the fashion capital yesterday and was reported to have met with [...]

Milan star Thiago Silva has claimed that Brazil team-mate Ganso favours a move to the Rossoneri, and that his side had the Santos starlet’s support for last week’s derby thrashing of Inter. The 21-year-old has been strongly linked with both Milan giants in recent months, and with contract talks with Santos almost deadlocked a move [...]