Former Sunderland and Manchester City manager Peter Reid is set to be unveiled as the new coach of Thailand at the end of the month.

Charlton’s on-loan China international Zheng Zhi has confirmed he will return home at the end of the Premiership season.

French coach Roger Lemerre has said that he might call Nicolas Anelka into his World Cup squad if Thierry Henry is forced to withdraw because of his knee injury.

France coach Roger Lemerre is facing up to a real possibility that star striker Thierry Henry may miss the World Cup because of a knee injury.