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July 11, 2002
Arsenal defender Martin Keown has signed a new two-year contract, thus ending speculation about his future plans, while his longstanding defensive partner, Tony Adams, looks set to quit Highbury to pursue a career in management.
July 11, 2002
Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni wants captain Paolo Maldini to postpone his planned retirement from the Italian national team.
July 11, 2002
Spanish World Cup midfielder, Gaizka Mendieta has been linked to a possible move to the Premiership with Chelsea.
July 11, 2002
UEFA's executive committee has revamped the format of the Champions League, scrapping the second group stage in a bid to reduce the fixture congestion currently besetting European football.
July 11, 2002
Roma defender, Vincent Candela has highlighted Zinedine Zidane's absence as the main factor in France's embarrassing first round World Cup exit.
July 10, 2002
Southampton are making desperate attempts to locate Agustin Delgado after the Ecuador international striker failed to turn up for pre-season training.
July 10, 2002
Liverpool have confirmed that they are in talks with Leeds transfer-listed midfielder Lee Bowyer.
July 10, 2002
Liverpool completed the signing of French youngster, Alou Diarra from Bayern Munich on a free transfer.
July 10, 2002
Many of the top Serie A clubs, including Juventus andInter, will begin secretly drug-testing their players this season.
July 10, 2002
Keith Cooper has become the latest casualty of Sepp Blatter's purge of the sport's govening body.
July 10, 2002
Fulham's first leg at Craven Cottage against Finnish side FC Haka ended in a 0-0 draw as the London team were continually denied by Haka's third-choice goalkeeper Mihail Slawuta, who pulled off a number of…
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