Football

Iceland will head into their maiden appearance in a major tournament devoid of stage fright, their coach Lars Lagerback and key players said ahead of Tuesday's Euro 2016 Group F clash with Portugal in St Etienne.

Darren Rodgers, 24, fell over the guard rail at a restaurant on the beachside Promenade des Anglais and landed on gas bottles stored below at around 1.50 am, Jean-Michel Pretre said.

Defiant Brazil manager Dunga brushed off suggestions that early elimination from the Copa America would cost him his job on Sunday, telling reporters that he feared "only death" and not unemployment.

Strongly linked to a reunion with his former Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho, now at Manchester United, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was allowed to leave the Sweden camp on his days off to finalise a move.

Defender Schaer headed home Xherdan Shaqiri's corner in the fifth minute to give his team the three points a day after hosts France beat Romania 2-1.

Lionel Messi will return to Argentina's starting line-up for Friday's Copa America Centenario clash with Panama, coach Gerardo Martino confirmed Thursday.

Miller Bolanos scored the lone second-half goal and Ecuador rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie Peru 2-2 on Wednesday night in the Copa America.

Francesco Totti's wish of playing in Roma until he is 40 years of age has come true with the renewal of his contract.

James Rodriguez scored a goal and set up another in the first 30 minutes

Suning will pay 270 million euros for about 70 percent of the northern Italian team, one of the biggest clubs in European football which is now entirely in foreign hands for the first time.

"Suning Sports aims, through strategic expansion and acquisitions, to establish a sporting ecosystem along the whole supply chain," it said in a roughly 20-page presentation outlining its ambitions for the sports business.

Brazil showed touches of magic but a lack of killer instinct as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Ecuador in their Copa America Group B opener on Saturday.

For Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the European Championship is probably the last chance to do something big on the international stage.

Infantino's predecessor Sepp Blatter and Coe's predecessor Lamine Diack had been IOC members for years until 2015.

Ryan Giggs has been at United for 29 years and served as interim player-manager when David Moyes was sacked in 2014 and as an assistant coach under Louis van Gaal.

The unions said in a joint statement they planned to strike from June 11 until June 14 and might schedule further strikes a few days later if necessary. The soccer tournament begins in Paris on June 10 and will run until July 10.