Football Archives: 07/2010

Newly-appointed Juventus manager Luigi Delneri is already facing selection problems after admitting Alessandro Del Piero and Diego cannot play together

At certain points Webb controlled the final with an iron-fisted brutality, but in other crucial moments he displayed surprising charity

Iker Casillas is confident Chelsea left back Ashley Cole will join Real Madrid this summer

Ryan Giggs is determined to reclaim the Premier League title with Manchester United in the forthcoming season

Republic of Ireland midfielder Steven Reid has retired from international football in order to prolong his club career

Spain have become the eighth nation to taste World Cup glory after Andres Iniesta’s extra-time goal helped his country to a narrow 1-0 win over the Netherlands in Johannesburg

CescFabregas says he is “desperate” to play in the World Cup final against the Netherlands despite only making three appearances for Spain in South Africa

Uruguay manager Oscar Tabarez is determined to end their superb World Cup campaign on a positive note with a victory over Germany in the third-place play-off tonight

Young French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 metres in under 10 seconds with a hugely impressive 9.98 to win the French National Championships in Valence

John Delaney, the Football Association of Ireland’s chief executive, will remain in his position after accepting a new five-year contract

AS Roma is set to be put up for sale as part of a proposed deal between the club’s owners and a creditor bank

English referee Howard Webb has been selected to officiate this Sunday’s World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain

New Barcelona club president Sandro Rossell has revealed that the Catalan club failed to pay their players at the end of June

Manchester United will take on an Airtricity League XI in the first-ever match at the recently-completed Aviva Stadium in Dublin

Urugyay striker Diego Forlán has insisted his team are ready to face the Netherlands in the first of the World Cup semi-finals tonight

The managing director of Hawk-Eye Innovations has offered to install goal-line technology in every Premier League ground free of charge if his company were to be allowed to sell the sponsorship rights of the system.