Scottish Premier League champions Celtic on Friday signed Cardiff City midfielder Willo Flood on a two-and-a-half-year contract.

Litex Lovech coach Stanimir Stoilov was on Friday handed the job of trying to guide struggling Bulgaria into the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals.

Berndt Stork was appointed Kazakhstan new national coach on Friday, the country football federation's press service announced.

Takahiro Futagawa has been suspended for two matches, while Nemanja Vidic will miss one match as a result of red cards during Japan 2008.

Blackburn on Friday completed the surprise signing of former African player of the year El-Hadji Diouf from Sunderland in a £2 million deal.

Moeneeb Josephs, the Orlando Pirates goalkeeper, say he is ready to put bad memories behind him in the fight for South Africa's No1 jersey.

Luiz Felipe Scolari believes the winners of Chelsea's crucial clash with Liverpool on Sunday will go on to lift the Premier League title.

Austrian striker Marc Janko, currently Europe's leading goal scorer, has extended his contract with Austrian league side Red Bull Salzburg.

Honduras' Colombian-born coach Reinaldo Rueda tells FIFA.com that his side can return to the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 26 years.

The FIFA President visited the South American Football Museum in Paraguay on Thursday and donated a replica of the FIFA World Cup Trophy.