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The Football Association believes Vauxhall is the ideal partner for the England teams after confirming a three-and-a-half-year sponsorship deal with the car giant on Tuesday

Barcelona have agreed a €3m fee with PSV Eindhoven to sign Ibrahim Afellay, the highly-rated Holland midfielder, in January

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres insists he never doubted his own ability despite enduring a difficult start to the season

Fabio Capello has confirmed that Rio Ferdinand will captain England for Montenegro’s visit to Wembley tomorrow night

Ireland will host a friendly against Uruguay in March of next year, the FAI revealed on Thursday

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has revealed the governing body will consider both scrapping extra-time and reintroducing the ‘golden goal’ rule to promote free-flowing football at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

Steven Gerrard says there are “no excuses” for England’s dismal World Cup campaign and admits he would boo England if he was a fan in the stands

Fabio Capello has conceded that his England players are suffering from low confidence after the World Cup, and admitted he does not yet know how to remedy the issue

FIFA have announced that all of the drug tests conducted during the recent World Cup returned negative

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

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

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

Carlos Queiroz reluctantly conceded that Spain were the deserved winners after his Portugal side were beaten 1-0 by the Euro 2008 champions in the last 16

Spain striker David Villa has defended Fernando Torres’ form at the World Cup ahead of Spain’s last 16 encounter with Portugal tonight

Lionel Messi has vowed to convince Oasis to reform should Argentina win the World Cup in South Africa

Adidas, the manufacturer of the World Cup football which has caused much controversy in South Africa, says it warned teams that the ball “takes some getting used to”

The BBC is looking into whether it would be possible to broadcast a separate “vuvuzela-free” audio stream during their broadcasts of the South Africa tournament

Marcello Lippi insists defending champions Italy are not favourites to triumph at the forthcoming World Cup

Safety of supporters called into question after a number of fans suffered injuries

Carlos Queiroz is confident that Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo will help fire his side to World Cup glory