AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti has announced his resignation from the Italian Serie A side, the Ansa news agency reported on Tuesday.
I submitted my resignation and the club accepted it, said Spalletti after a 30-minute meeting with club president Rosella Sensi.
Roma lost 3-1 at home to likely title contenders Juventus on Sunday to leave them bottom of the Serie A table, having lost their opening game of the season 3-2 at Genoa.
Spalletti, 50, joined the Giallorossi in 2005 from Udinese. His contract was due to expire in 2011.
He initially enjoyed success at the Stadio Olimpico, taking the side to second-placed league finishes in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and back-to-back triumphs in the Italian Cup in 2007 and 2008.
Roma also made it to the quarter-…
Raymond Domenech, who is set to have talks with French football authorities over his future, will keep his post after France s draw against Romania, according to sports daily L Equipe on Monday.
The coach, under heavy pre-match scrutiny in light of France s dismal showing at Euro 2008 and a poor start to World Cup qualifiers, looked all but out of a job after the first 20 minutes against Romania on Saturday.
Two early goals from Florentin Petre and Dorin Goian stunned a flat-footed France side, as a worried-looking Domenech ominously paced the sidelines.
But a goal from Franck Ribery and a stunning 30-yard strike in the 69th minute by Yoann Gourcuff rounded off a gutsy Gallic comeback.
It looks good for Raymond, beamed L Equipe s front-page headline …
South Korea coach Uli Stielike is looking to unearth some new genuine options for future international tournaments at the 2015 East Asian Cup.
Stielike has picked a 23-man squad with only six players with 10 international appearances and seven yet to make their senior debut for South Korea, with the German s side set to begin the East Asian Cup against hosts China on Sunday.
South Korea made the final of this year s Asian Cup, going down 2-1 in the final to hosts Australia, and Stielike hopes to increase the depth of talent at his disposal as he looks to lead his team to the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Players each have different philosophies on their respective clubs, he said as quoted by Yonhap News.
My focus will be on bringing them all on the same pag…
Arsenal defender Calum Chambers is set to move to Middlesbrough on a season-long loan
With deadline day looming large and a number of clubs scrambling around to get deals over the line it seems like there is an interesting situation developing at Arsenal.
The Gunners have now sealed the signing of Spanish striker Lucas Perez and are seemingly just waiting to confirm German centre-back Shkodran Mustafi as their player.
However, the most interesting situation could be the temporary exit of England’s midfielder saviour Jack Wilshere.
It was reported on Monday that the midfielder will be sent out on loan before the transfer deadline on Wednesday.
Fellow England international Calum Chambers is also close to leaving the club on a temporary basis, as …
Beyond the reef, the shelf drops away into the turquoise haze of the open ocean. I find myself surrounded by golden-peaked pillars aglow with the shimmering petals of sunlit life. Bright green webs of twisted tendrils extend from pillar to pillar, forming a writhing network of bridges for the feathery, fern-like creatures who patrol and maintain them. It’s a spectacular, awe-inspiring scene. Yet it exists mostly in my imagination, its wonder shaped by a handful of single-sentence descriptions and a simple two-colour contour map. In Other Waters does so much with seemingly so little, emerging as a masterclass in prudent, minimalist storytelling.
Dr. Ellery Vas is a xenobiologist following in the wake of her partner who disappeared while researching extraterrestr…
Pep Guardiola has appeared to rule out a January exit for Joao Cancelo by saying Manchester City sign players for many years, not for six months .
Cancelo joined City from Juventus ahead of the 2019-20 season but has struggled to hold down a place in Guardiola s XI, starting just four Premier League matches.
The right-back has consequently been linked with mid-season moves to both his former club Valencia and Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.
However, Guardiola insists Cancelo, 25, was a long-term signing and a departure is therefore unlikely at this stage.
Today he was training with us, the City manager said. In the last month, Kyle [Walker, the first-choice right-back] was the best Kyle I have faced. I have given continuity to him.
[Cancelo] i…
Gerard Pique has wished Antoine Griezmann success despite the Atletico Madrid star s decision to snub Barcelona and remain at the Wanda Metropolitano beyond the World Cup.
Griezmann made the announcement during a documentary aired on Thursday, with the film produced by Pique s investment company Kosmos.
France star Griezmann has long been linked with a move away from Atleti, with Barca holding talks with the 27-year-old s representatives in the latter stages of the 2017-18 season.
However, Griezmann whose brace against Marseille secured a Europa League triumph for Diego Simeone s side in May has elected to stay put, committing his future to Atleti as they look to secure a Champions League title.
Writing on Twitter, Pique likely to start in Spain…
World football s governing body FIFA claimed on Wednesday that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has agreed to test FIFA s approach to out-of-competition drugs testing until 2010.
The announcement followed a meeting between FIFA and WADA officials on Monday and a rift between the two bodies over new provisions introduced this year to locate elite athletes for drugs testing.
FIFA has rejected the whereabouts rule that allows random testing by anti-doping specialists 365 days a year, arguing that footballers should only be tested when they are with their teams and not during their time off.
The current FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations have been understood by WADA and will now be tested in practice, prior to reassessment for 2010, FIFA said in a statement.
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Chelsea beat Everton 2-1 to win the 2009 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium here on Saturday.
France s Louis Saha scored the fastest-ever goal in an FA Cup final, in just 25 seconds, to give Everton the lead before Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba equalised for Chelsea in the 21st minute.
The match between the Premier League rivals remained all square until the 72nd minute when Chelsea s England midfielder Frank Lampard scored his 20th goal of the season despite Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard getting both hands to the ball.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has expressed his sadness following the death of AIK goalkeeper Ivan Turina.
The 77-year old president of world football s governing body sent a letter to the presidents of the Swedish and Croatian football associations expressing his shock at the 32-year-old goalkeeper s death.
Turina collected one international cap in a career that started with his hometown club Dinamo Zagreb before seeing him play for Skoda Xanthi in Greece and Lech Poznan in Poland.
He arrived in Sweden in 2010 after impressing on trial and went on to make 65 appearances for AIK.
Turina started five of their six league games this season and had
established himself as the number one after two years at the club, he had recently signed a new three-year contract…