Aston Villa striker Luke Moore has completed a £3million permanent move to West Brom after signing a three-year contract.
The 22-year-old joined the Baggies on loan in February and made three starts and seven substitute appearances as they clinched the Championship title.
Moore, who won his fifth England Under-21 cap in March’s goalless draw with Poland at [...]

Defender Gerard Pique has paid tribute to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson following his return to Barcelona.
The 21-year-old, who made 13 appearances in United’s double-winning campaign, rejoined the Catalan giants yesterday after four years at Old Trafford. Pique told www.manutd.com: ‘I am leaving with some very special memories, most of all [...]

SAITAMA (Japan): Japan retained the Kirin Cup after a goalless draw with Paraguay yesterday, but coach Takeshi Okada said the main priority was getting past next month’s World Cup qualifiers.

Japan, who beat Ivory Coast 1-0 in the three-nation tournament on Saturday, ended with one win and a draw to take US$100,000 (RM324,000) prize, [...]

JUST when public sentiment is — thanks to its firm stand on the Champions Youth Cup (CYC) — swinging the FA of Malaysia’s (FAM) way, the competitions committee is set to spoil it all and prove, once again, that what matters most in local football is the interests of the state affiliates.

The competitions [...]

BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China has evacuated more than 150,000 people living below a swollen lake formed by this month’s devastating earthquake amid fears it could burst and trigger massive flooding, state media said on Wednesday.

A helicopter transports heavy machinery to the Tangjiashan quake lake, in the earthquake-hit area of Leigu town in Beichuan county, [...]

Perak’s football players undergoing training at the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu yesterday. Perak will meet Terengganu today in their Group A match. Pic: HAIRUL ANUAR ABD RAHIM.
SELANGOR coach Dollah Salleh believes it is premature to install anyone as the favourite for the football gold medal at the Malaysia Games when play begins today in [...]

SUBANG: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad returned from Japan yesterday and continued his attacks on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Arriving at Subang Airport at about 6pm, Dr Mahathir was driven out, waving from the sunroof of an MPV to about 300 supporters bearing banners and placards.
He was handed a loud hailer and requested [...]

DEWAN RAKYAT, Tues:
THE Pakatan Rakyat today announced it was boycotting Utusan Malaysia and Mingguan Malaysia for allegedly running a smear campaign against the opposition.

Reading a prepared statement, opposition bench chief and PKR president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the two publications have been criticising and painting PR members in a [...]

DEWAN RAKYAT, Wed:
It was a rare sight: MPs stood today to be counted in the Dewan Rakyat when it was time to pass the vote for a portion of the Supplementary Supply (2007) Bill 2008. The debate was on a supplementary supply bill at the committee stage (a stage when minute details of allocation [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will take on bloggers in cyberspace and respond to wild and baseless allegations raised in blogs.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said remaining silent was no longer an option.
He acknowledged that the Government had overlooked the need to engage the new media, which was a new dimension in shaping [...]