Legia Warsaw: Polish club Legia Warsaw have been granted a provisional reprieve from the European ban they received following crowd trouble at an Intertoto Cup match in July. UEFA's appeals body upheld a disciplinary panel decision throwing the team out of this year's competition but decided to suspend an additional one year ban. Legia had originally been told that they would be banned from one season of Euro competition should they qualify again within the next five years. Now the ban will come into effect if the club's fans fall foul of UEFA again within that five-year period.
Mihaylov: Liverpool goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov has been sent on loan to Dutch first division club Twente Enschede. He will be on loan for one season, the player's agent Luchezar Tanev said.
Riera: Espanyol midfielder Albert Riera, target of a recent bid from Ajax, has reached an agreement to extend his contract with the Catalan club until 2011. "It's not signed yet, but we are all agreed and there will be no problems." Riera said. "I'm delighted the club is counting on me in its plans."
Weidenfeller: A DFB tribunal has banned Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller for three matches for verbally abusing Schalke 04 striker Gerald Asamoah in a match last weekend. Asamoah complained that Weidenfeller, 27, had called him a "black pig" during Saturday's derby, which Schalke won 4-1. The tribunal also fined Weidenfeller €10,000.
Bayern: Cash is flowing into Bayern Munich's coffers as new signings and a strong start to the season boost merchandise and ticket sales, club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said. "The fans are keener than ever about the team and the club," Rummenigge said, adding that merchandise turnover had increased by 91.4 per cent in July, compared with the same month a year earlier.
Fulham: Premier League club Fulham have signed American international goalkeeper Kasey Keller from German side Borussia Moenchengladbach. The 37-year-old, who has more than 100 caps for his country, will provide cover for injured first-choice keeper Antti Niemi.
Spartak Fined: The Russian FA have fined Spartak Moscow 500,000 rubles ($19,380) for a racist banner that was displayed by Spartak fans targeting one of their own players, newly signed Brazilian striker Welliton, at last week's league match in Samara. The fine is believed to be the largest ever in Russian soccer and follows a steep rise in the frequency of racist incidents at matches around the country in recent years.
Visas Refused: Britain has refused entry visas to young Palestinian soccer players because it fears they may not be able to return home to Hamas-controlled Gaza following a three week trip and training camp in northern England. A British consular official in Jerusalem wrote to members of the squad, which goes by the name Palestine, to tell them they would not be allowed to enter the United Kingdom because they were unable to produce Israeli assurances that they could return home at the end of the trip.
Jol Backing: Tottenham Hotspur have issued a show of support for manager Martin Jol. Chairman Daniel Levy said he was "100 percent" in support of Jol, despite speculation all week that the Premier League club wanted to replace him with Sevilla coach Juande Ramos. "Martin and I have all the confidence that we can move this club forward again," Levy said.