Football

The 27-year-old netted 19 goals in all competitions last season as Deportivo finished 15th in La Liga.

Indian Super League team FC Pune City last week announced former Chelsea and Barcelona star Eidur Gudjohnsen as its marquee player for the 2016 edition of the league.

West Ham United have signed Italian striker Simone Zaza from Juventus on a season-long loan for an initial fee of five million pounds ($6.57 million), the Premier League club said on Sunday.

Jurgen Klopp returns to the scene of his first game as Liverpool manager at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday, still searching for an effective winning formula.

Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter fought to overturn his six-year football ban on Thursday in a marathon appeal at the world's top sports court, pledging to accept the verdict.

Beaten 2-1 at promoted Hull City last weekend, Leicester avoided the ignominy of becoming the first English champions to lose their first two games since Aston Villa in 1981.

Sergio Aguero and Nolito scored two goals each as Manchester City won 4-1 at Stoke City in the Premier League on Saturday to continue manager Pep Guardiola's 100 percent start in English football.

The 23-year-old Spanish Alvaro Morata returned to Madrid this summer, while the club has also decided the time has come for the young talent Marcos Asensio to remain in the first team squad.

"I'm looking forward to the next stage in my career," Stones said.

Inter Milan have parted company with coach Roberto Mancini "by mutual agreement", less than two weeks before the start of the Serie A season, the Italian club said on Monday.

Jose Mourinho has dropped a heavy hint that Paul Pogba's protracted transfer from Juventus to Manchester United is close to completion.

"It was found that no violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics (FCE) had been committed by Mr Infantino," the ethics committee said in a statement.

West Bromwich Albion have agreed to sell the club to Yunyi Guokai (Shanghai) Sports Development Ltd, controlled by businessman Guochuan Lai, in the latest instance of China's growing interest in football worldwide.

England Under-21 striker Akpom pounced three minutes from time at the Avaya Stadium as the Premier League side snatched victory in an entertaining game.

Manchester United's International Champions Cup match against rivals Manchester City has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions here in China, it was announced on Monday.

Juventus have signed Dinamo Zagreb's Croatian forward Marko Pjaca for a fee of 23 million euros ($25.32 million), the Italian club said in a statement.