THE number of people ringing the Money and Budgeting Service (MABS) for help with debt and mortgage repayments more than doubled last year, latest figures show.

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has stressed his club will not “interfere or create any problems” for Manchester United over their handling of the Cristiano Ronaldo transfer saga.

Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster has urged his club to “pay what is necessary” to take Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo to the Bernabeu.

Bayern Munich have ruled out a summer move for Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.

WEST GERMANY’S 1974 World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer has refused to rule himself out of the running to succeed Lennart Johansson as UEFA president in 2006.