MELBOURNE, June 5 (Reuters) - Former Liverpool and Leeds forward Harry Kewell will return home to Australia to play with Melbourne Heart in his second stint in the country's top-flight A-League.The 34-year-old, Australia's best-known footballer, was released by Qatar's Al Gharafa last month at the end of the season after scoring one goal in four games.Kewell had signed a one-year deal with Heart...Full Story »

MADRID, May 30 (Reuters) - Real Valladolid coach Miroslav Djukic is leaving the La Liga club after two seasons at the helm despite still having a year left on his contract."It is the moment to seek new challenges," the 47-year-old former Serbia international told a news conference on Thursday."It was a three-year project but because the players have done things so well, we have completed our obj...Full Story »

Real Valladolid coach Miroslav Djukic is eyeing the match at home to Deportivo La Coruna as the game in which his side will finally guarantee survival. A win for Valladolid, who came up through the play-offs last season, will take them 11 points clear of the Galicians, who currently occupy the final relegation spot, and will ensure their status in the Primera Division again next season. The Se...Full Story »

SHAKY START ... Rafa Benitez salutes rival Roberto Mancini AND then there was one. Just one trophy left at the end of a season where so many of football’s prizes have slipped through their fingers. And if Chelsea start their game in Basel on Thursday week as they set off in yesterday’s semi-final against Manchester City then they can kiss that one goodbye as well. Not a great deal...Full Story »

Valladolid coach Miroslav Djukic has declared that his team are over the frustration of losing at Valencia in controversial circumstances last weekend and ready for their next league game at home to Getafe. Jonas won the match for Valencia in added time after they had taken a throw-in which had in fact been awarded to Valladolid. Valladolid requested that the final minute of the match be playe...Full Story »

New Zealand's preparations for their crucial World Cup qualifier match against New Caledonia in Dunedin on Friday could not have been more riddled with sub-text. Former captain Ryan Nelsen, considered the stabilising force in the side, hastily retired in January to take up a coaching role at Major League Soccer's club Toronto FC. Then coach Ricki Herbert quit his club job with the A-League's W...Full Story »

Juventus midfielder Simone Padoin will not let "the revelation of the season" derail the Turin giants' bid for a second consecutive Serie A title. In-form Catania pose a serious threat to Juve's dominance of the league table as they look to exploit any potential hangover from Wednesday's Champions League victory over Celtic. Padoin knows the Sicilians will be eager to atone for a 3-2 defeat to...Full Story »

Ryan Nelsen, Toronto FC's new head coach who just experienced his first official match as a professional bench boss, always knew the task of building TFC into a competitive side would be tough, but he had no idea just how bad things would be. "When we came in the club, the club had done nothing," Nelsen told reporters after training on Tuesday. "No recruitment, no scouting, no nothing. We liter...Full Story »

Midfielder Yossi Benayoun, a key ally of under-pressure interim manager Rafael Benitez, is out of the Barclays Premier League clash with West Brom with an ankle injury. Gary Cahill (virus) and Cesar Azpilicueta (leg) are available again after missing the midweek FA Cup win at Middlesbrough. Oriol Romeu (knee) remains a long-term absentee. It is possible Benitez's temporary tenure could soon c...Full Story »

Chelsea are still paying for the mistakes they made with Fernando Torres when he first arrived after his £50million transfer from Liverpool, according to Yossi Benayoun. Torres followed Benayoun from Anfield to Stamford Bridge two years ago and has never managed to recapture the scintillating form he produced on Merseyside. Britain’s most expensive footballer has 15 goals in all co...Full Story »