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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.

If the team can string together some degree of consistency from now to Rio in August, the possibilities of a bright show at the Olympics will increase manifold.

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.

In previous eras, Brazil would arrive at the Copa America brimming with confidence, with the only debate revolving around who they could expect to face -- and defeat -- in the final.

Messi sustained the injury in an accidental collision with Honduras player Oliver Morazan, giving Argentina an injury scare to their star player as they prepare for the Copa America Centenario in the United States next month.

Real claimed their second Champions League trophy in three years thanks to a 5-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Atletico Madrid at Milan's San Siro after the match had finished 1-1 after extra-time.

Tottenham are redeveloping White Hart Lane by building a 400 million pounds ($584.92 million) 61,000-seater stadium next to their existing ground and will have a reduced capacity next term as a result. They will use Wembley to meet UEFA requirements.

Atletico Madrid finished just two points behind Real Madrid in the La Liga this season with Antoine Griezmann being the star of Atletico with 32 goals in all competitions.

English football's biggest club seem to have secured the services of the sport's most colourful manager after Jose Mourinho, according to Sky TV reports, agreed personal terms with Manchester United.