French football chief Noel Le Graet has slammed claims by ex-international Eric Cantona that France coach Didier Deschamps was guilty of racial discrimination in his Euro 2016 selection. Cantona told British daily The Guardian that Deschamps had snubbed Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa because of their "north African origins".

Milan's San Siro stadium is preparing for a glitzy all-Spanish final of the Champions League final as fans of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid packed the city in glorious summer sunshine. R&B star Alicia Keys will become the first artist to perform live at the final during a glitzy, nine-minute opening ceremony that will feature 400 dancers and be capped by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli singing the competition's anthem.

Marcus Rashford became England's third youngest goalscorer as the teenage Manchester United striker netted after 135 seconds of his international debut against Australia. Rashford's meteoric rise hit new heights at the Stadium of Light when he opened the scoring in the Euro 2016 warm-up with a cool volley from Raheem Sterling's cross in the third minute.

Lille's Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has extended his contract with the northern French club by two years until 2019. The 33-year-old was a key member of the Lille team that this season finished fifth in Ligue 1, ensuring a place in the preliminary qualifying round for the Europa League.

Steve Bruce insists Hull City will be motivated by glory rather than greed when they face Sheffield Wednesday for the lucrative prize of promotion to the Premier League in Saturday's Championship play-off final. With television revenue for Premier League clubs due to increase next season, Hull can expect £110 million if they win the second-tier showdown at Wembley along with their place in the top flight.

Cristiano Ronaldo insists personal goals will be put to one side as Real Madrid seek to embellish their incredible European record with victory over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final. Ronaldo, a three-time world player of the year, has never scored a goal at the San Siro but has the chance to match and surpass his own record of scoring 17 Champions League goals in a season.

Napoli have confirmed the signing of highly-rated Empoli defender Lorenzo Tonelli, as the Serie A runners-up look ahead to a fresh assault on the Italian league title next season. Tonelli had undergone a medical with the Partenopei last week but it took until Monday for Napoli club owner and president Aurelio De Laurentiis to end the speculation.

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez will join up with his Uruguay team for the Copa America on June 1 despite doctors diagnosing that he had suffered a hamstring injury, the Catalan club announced. Suarez hobbled off in tears midway through the Copa del Rey final win over Sevilla after sustaining the injury to a muscle in the back of his thigh.

Mario Goetze says he is looking forward to next season at Bayern Munich, dampening speculation of a move back to Borussia Dortmund, or Liverpool to work again with Jurgen Klopp. "I am looking forward to the new season in Munich and will do everything possible to be in top shape for my first training session with Carlo Ancelotti," Goetze told German daily Bild.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal left the squad's hotel on Sunday saying "it's over" amid reports he was about to be replaced by Jose Mourinho.

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Eintracht Frankfurt's Marco Russ capped a traumatic 24 hours by scoring an own-goal in Thursday's 1-1 Bundesliga play-off, first-leg draw against Nuremberg, a day after discovering he has a tumour. The 30-year-old centre-back only found out he had a tumour on Wednesday after abnormal levels of the pregnancy hormone HCG showed up in a routine drugs test.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault vowed Thursday that France will provide security at this summer's Euro 2016 football tournament "with all our strength". Ayrault spoke in a response to a question about the EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo that crashed inexplicably carrying 66 people.

Greek international striker Kostas Mitroglou has completed a permanent transfer to Benfica from English second-tier side Fulham, the Portuguese champions announced. The 28-year-old Mitroglou, who has spent this season on loan at Benfica, has signed a four-year deal through to 2020 with Portuguese press reports putting the transfer fee at seven million euros ($7.9m, £5.5m).

Chelsea striker Diego Costa has been left out of Spain coach Vicente del Bosque's provisional 25-man squad for Euro 2016. The naturalized Brazilian missed Chelsea's last two games of the season due to a persistent hamstring injury and has struggled at international level with just one goal in 10 games since declaring to play for Spain in 2013.

Euro 2016 hosts France kick off preparations for next month's tournament with a first training camp in Biarritz. Coach Didier Deschamps, who comes from nearby Bayonne, opted to bring his squad to the southwestern French coast for five days and four training sessions at the Stade Aguilera, which is home to local rugby team Biarritz Olympique.

Rafael Benitez admits his 'heart says yes' to staying at Newcastle as he leans towards pledging his long-term future to the club despite their relegation from the Premier League. Benitez held talks with Newcastle owner Mike Ashley after the 5-1 victory over Tottenham on Sunday that denied the visitors a second place finish on an emotional final day as St James' Park bade farewell to the top-flight for at least 15 months.

Olivier Giroud's hat-trick inspired Arsenal to a 4-0 demolition of Aston Villa that, combined with Tottenham's defeat at Newcastle, ensured they finished the season as Premier League runners-up. Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has endured protests from supporters convinced it is time for a change throughout much of a difficult campaign.

Everton striker Oumar Niasse has been arrested on suspicion of assault, it was announced. Police were called to a property in Salford, Greater Manchester, just over 30 miles from north-west Premier League club Everton's Liverpool base, at 00:55 local time Friday (2355 GMT Thursday) following a report of assault.

Players of La Liga strugglers Rayo Vallecano vehemently denied any wrongdoing on Friday amid an investigation from the Spanish league into suspicious betting patterns before their 2-1 defeat to Real Sociedad last weekend. Rayo now need to win against Levante on Sunday and hope other results go their way to avoid relegation.

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane believes his side can dream of pulling off an incredible comeback to usurp Barcelona and win La Liga on Saturday. Under the Frenchman's tutelage, Madrid have fought back from a 12-point deficit in March to close to within a point of Barca heading into the final game, whilst also reaching the Champions League final, where they face Atletico Madrid later this month.