Sporting briefs

Zagorakis: Theodoros Zagorakis will quit as president of PAOK Salonika if the fans do not give him time to bring success to the club, who are ninth in the 16-team Greek Super League. "I am president of the worst PAOK side in recent years and the state of the team hurts me," Zagorakis said in a statement after a group of fans tried to break into the dressing room following Sunday's 4-0 home defeat by AEK Athens.

Sampdoria: Sampdoria president Riccardo Garrone and general manager Giuseppe Marotta have been charged for hiding losses in the club's accounts by inflating the value of transferred players, the Italian Soccer Federation said on its website ( www.figc.it ).

Coach goes: The Argentine championship claimed its sixth coaching victim after only 10 rounds of matches when Roberto Saporiti resigned at relegation-threatened Olimpo. Saporiti announced his decision two days after a 3-1 home defeat by Independiente left the club from the southern city of Bahia Blanca rooted to the bottom of the Clausura championship.

Cellino: Massimo Cellino told Rai radio that he will step down as president of relegation-threatened Serie A club Cagliari at the end of June.

Deco: Portugal midfielder Deco returned to training with the rest of the Barcelona squad after more than a month out with a right calf injury, the Primera Liga club said. Teenage striker Bojan Krkic returned after missing last weekend's 2-2 draw at Recreativo Huelva but Thierry Henry and Andres Iniesta continued to work on their injuries separately.

Borriello: Genoa president Enrico Preziosi has said Milan want to re-sign Serie A top scorer Marco Borriello, who is jointly-owned by the two clubs. "He is not going to any other Italian club. If he doesn't stay at Genoa, he'll return to Milan. The Rossoneri want him for sure. To make him stay we will have to make an important economic sacrifice," Preziosi told Radio Marte.