Riise signs new Red deal

John Arne Riise has signed a new contract at Liverpool which will keep him at the club until 2009.

The 25-year-old Norwegian, a member of the team which won the Champions League final last summer, has followed fellow Istanbul heroes Steven Gerrard, Sami Hyypia, Jamie Carragher, Djimi Traore and Dietmar Hamann in extending their contracts at the club this season.