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England's David Beckham, left, vies for the ball with Czech Republic's Radoslav Kovac during their friendly soccer match at Wembley Stadium in London, Wednesday, Aug.

GOTEBORG, Sweden : Sidney Govou scored two second-half goals as France rallied to beat Sweden 3-2 in a friendly celebrating the 50th anniversary of the World Cup in the Scandinavian country.

Sunderland are on the verge of completing the loan signing of Djibril Cisse after reaching an 'agreement in principle' with Marseille over the transfer of the striker.

Sweden and France will both be without key players when the pair start their attempts to get over a disappointing European Championship on Wednesday.

Samir Nasri has been ruled out of France's friendly with Sweden on Wednesday because of a thigh strain.

Barcelona striker Thierry Henry was yesterday named captain of France by coach Raymond Domenech.

Title hopefuls Arsenal and Liverpool, and newly promoted Hull City, all made winning starts to the Premier League season on Saturday on an exciting opening day.

LONDON: Fernando Torres put a smile back on Rafa Benitez's face as his late goal gave Liverpool a barely-deserved 1-0 win in their Premier League opener at Sunderland yesterday.

A debut goal for Samir Nasri proved enough to give Arsenal a 1-0 win over new boys West Brom on the opening day of the Barclays Premier League season at Emirates Stadium.

With few attacking options, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's focus is on limiting the damage of once again having a weakened squad at the start of the season.

The LIVE football action is coming thick and fast as we head into the SPL tonight when Hamilton host Dundee Utd.

Lyon goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, Rennes defender Rod Fanni and Bordeaux striker Yoann Gourcuff were the new faces in the France squad named on Tuesday for a friendly in Sweden next week.

France have made a raft of changes to both their senior squad and technical staff ahead of next week's international friendly against Sweden.

Younes Kaboul has been backed to follow in the footsteps of Lassana Diarra and resurrect his career with Portsmouth.

The French season begins Saturday with two American internationals new to Ligue 1. While Rennes is counting up Carlos Bocanegra to help on its backline, Freddy Adu is sure to be welcomed at Monaco when he ...

Marseille president Pape Diouf expects Djibril Cisse to remain with the club this season, even though the France international continues to be the subject of inquiries from English sides.

Paris Saint-Germain winger Ludovic Giuly is confident his side can put the dark days of the past two Ligue 1 campaigns behind them this term.

Monaco v PSG. Click here to bet. Claude Makelele is struggling to make Paris St Germain's Ligue 1 opener against Monaco this weekend.

Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has been named the German player of the year.

Portsmouth's Lassana Diarra is a doubt for Sunday's FA Community Shield clash with Manchester United at Wembley after limping out of his first pre-season friendly with an ankle injury.