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Zenit St Petersburg claim they are in talks with Arsenal over a possible loan deal for Gunners forward Andrey Arshavin.

Yeovil have secured the loan signings of Jonathan Grounds and Jonathan Franks from Middlesbrough.

West Ham United midfielder Ravel Morrison has been fined £7,000 and warned about his future behaviour following his homophobic remark on Twitter.

Sheffield Wednesday winger Jermaine Johnson will be occupying the sidelines for eight weeks with a knee ligament injury.

Brian McDermott has snubbed interest from Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers to sign a new deal with Reading.

Lazio boss Edoardo Reja has had his request to resign turned down by club president Claudio Lotito, and he is expected to oversee the side's Europa League fixture at Atletico Madrid on Thursday.

Wayne Rooney has been ruled out of Manchester United's Europa League clash with Ajax due to a sore throat.

Rangers chairman Craig Whyte has sold off an historic shareholding in Arsenal to Alisher Usmanov, the Uzbek-born billionaire who owns almost 30 per cent of the Premier League club, severing a link that dates back more than a century.

Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes has been nominated for the League One Player of the Year award.

Brentford are set to complete the signing of Everton midfielder Adam Forshan on a one-month youth loan.

Sheffield Wednesday winger Jermaine Johnson will be occupying the sidelines for eight weeks with a knee ligament injury.

Tranmere have extended the loan deal of Everton midfielder James Wallace by a further month.

Dagenham are searching for short-term goalkeeper cover after seeing the club's appeal against Chris Lewington's red card rejected.

Wayne Rooney was the only significant absentee from the open portion of training ahead of Manchester United's Europa League last-32 decider against Ajax at Old Trafford.

Former Crewe defender Patrick Ada is training with Burton.

Out-of-form Stuttgart striker Cacau has been included in the Germany squad for their friendly against France next Wednesday despite his disappointing season so far and amid growing competition from a string of younger Bundesliga players.

Leicester are planning talks with Aston Villa regarding the future of on-loan striker Nathan Delfouneso.

Rangers have accepted an offer for Matt McKay from South Korean club Busan I'Park.

Bristol City's survival hopes have been dealt a blow after influential midfielder Marvin Elliott was ruled out for the rest of the season.

Wolves are facing a battle to secure Brian McDermott as their new manager with Reading poised to offer him a new lucrative contract.

David Cameron has vowed to stop football being dragged back into the "bad old days of the past" ahead of a Downing Street summit aiming to tackle racism in the English game.

The inaugural edition of India's Premier League Soccer, featuring World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro and former France international Robert Pires, has been postponed because of a lack of venues, organisers told Reuters on Wednesday.

Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish admits it is unlikely midfielder Fabian Delph will play again this season after suffering an ankle injury during his loan spell at Leeds United.

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Former Brazil coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo is taking charge of Gremio until the end of the year.

Dundee United moved into the top six of the SPL with a crushing 4-0 home victory over Kilmarnock.

Marvin Emnes scored twice as Middlesbrough made it back-to-back wins - 3-1 at Millwall - to keep their Championship promotion bid on track.

Keith Fahey scored his first goal since August as ruthless Birmingham stretched their unbeaten run to 16 games to move up to third in the Championship as Barnsley were brushed aside 3-1 at Oakwell.

West Ham returned to the top of the Championship table by thrashing Blackpool 4-1 at Bloomfield Road, despite having goalkeeper Rob Green sent off.

Two goals from Napoli and another from Edinson Cavani hand Napoli advantage after Juan Mata opens scoring for Chelsea.

St Johnstone have signed former Hibernian full-back Michael Hart until the end of the season.