Catania striker David Suazo wants to make up for lost time when his team visits Udinese. Suazo is set to return to action at the Friuli stadium this weekend having recovered from a thigh injury that has kept him out of action since October. "I've been working with the team for the last two weeks and I'm delighted to be back," Suazo said. "I suffered an ugly injury. "My hope is to play as so...Full Story »

El Hamdaoui’s agent Sigi Lens has been in Barcelona in the last 24 hours to broker a move for the Morocco international, who has not featured at all this season after falling our of favour with Ajax coach Frank de Boer. The 27-year-old former Tottenham player is a long-term target for Espanyol having nearly joined on the final day of last summer’s transfer window - and now he fina...Full Story »

LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Liverpool have recalled midfielder Jonjo Shelvey from his loan spell at Blackpool after Brazilian Lucas injured his knee in Tuesday’s League Cup quarter-final win at Chelsea. “We knew that Liverpool had the recall option on him and it was only the unfortunate injury to Lucas that has prompted them to take this course of action,” Ian Holloway, boss of...Full Story »

Substitute Franco di Santo piled the pressure on embattled Sunderland boss Steve Bruce as bottom-of-the-table Wigan snatched a precious 2-1 victory at the Stadium of Light. The striker claimed the points in the third minute of injury time after James McArthur had caught Wes Brown in possession to complete a miserable afternoon for the Black Cats. Sebastian Larsson had put the home side ahead w...Full Story »

Israeli striker Itay Shechter snatched an 80th minute equaliser to rescue a 1-1 draw for Kaiserslautern against visitors Augsburg on Sunday. The Bundesliga newcomers struck after 10 minutes when Sascha Moelders was sent through to fire in his third goal in two games but new signing Shechter weaved through the defence and released a powerful left-footed low drive to level. The promoted Bavarian...Full Story »

An understrength Liverpool side lost 3-0 to Galatasaray in Istanbul - their second successive pre-season defeat by that scoreline. Following their defeat to Hull on Saturday, manager Kenny Dalglish sent out a virtual reserve side in the first half at the Turk Telekom Arena, with only Andy Carroll considered a genuine first-team starter. Shelved: Jonjo Shelvey goes in hard on Hakan Balta A...Full Story »

ATHENS (AFP) - Former Chelsea and Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnsen has signed a two-year contract with AEK Athens, the Greek Cup winners announced on Tuesday. AEK did not reveal details of the contract but local press reports said the Icelandic star would be receiving 650,000 euros yearly, not including bonuses. Gudjohnsen, 32, began his career with PSV Eindhoven in 1995 helping the team win...Full Story »

ATHENS, Greece (AP)—AEK Athens has signed Iceland forward Eidur Gudjohnsen to a two-year contract, Greek media report. According to the reports, the deal is worth ?1.3 million ($1.84 million) over two years. Former Iceland international Arnar Gretarsson is an AEK director. The 32-year-old Gudjohnsen has played for Chelsea for six seasons, winning two Premier League titles, and Barcelon...Full Story »

SYDNEY (AFP) - Celtic's pre-season preparations got off to a sticky start as they lost the opening game of their Australian tour 1-0 to A-League outfit Central Coast Mariners in Sydney on Saturday. Substitute Troy Hearfield netted the winner in the 87th minute after the Scottish giants had failed to clear a cross from the left. Celtic had an appeal for handball turned down by the referee just ...Full Story »

Liverpool starlet Jonjo Shelvey has apologised after an explicit photograph was posted on his Twitter account.The midfielder, tipped as a future England star, has closed down his account after a photo of his private parts was posted on the social networking site, where he had 55,000 followers.The photo is believed to have been posted by one of his pals as a joke after it was seen on his mobile p...Full Story »