David Balleri, one of five players referred to the Italian football federation’s disciplinary commission on suspicion of match-fixing, says he feels “angered” by the accusations made against him.

Juventus were facing the bleakest moment in their club history tonight after being relegated from Serie A.

AS the new European season approaches, footballers without a club know it is far better to be put through your paces by a bellowing coach than be sat at home hoping for the phone to ring.

Portsmouth have completed the signing of Senegalese striker Diomansy Kamara from Italian club Modena.

FIORENTINA are dead - long live Fiorentina - that is the message coming from football fans in Florence after their club effectively disappeared from Italian soccer.