Sporting briefs

Moutinho: Sporting have turned down a 15 million euro bid from Premier League side Everton for Portuguese midfielder Joao Moutinho. "I want to leave Sporting. The club management already knows my wish," the 21-year-old Moutinho, told reporters. The player's contract runs until 2013 and includes a 25-million euro rescission clause.

Beach soccer: Diego Maradona's son Diego Junior scored as Italy lost 5-3 to Brazil in the final of the beach soccer World Cup in Marseille. Diego Junior, who met his father for the first time in 2003 when he surprised the Argentine great on an Italian golf course, played with Venafro in the Italian fourth tier last season.

Borriello: Milan striker Marco Borriello will travel to a specialist hospital in Antwerp on Wednesday for treatment on a knee injury, the club said in a statement. No details were given on how long the former Genoa player is expected to be out for.

Scolari: Chelsea manger Luiz Felipe Scolari said he was inching closer to finalising his starting 11 for the opening match of the Premier League season. "I have a minimum 75 per cent in mind but I don't know the other players," he told a news conference in Kuala Lumpur.

Juve win: Juventus beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 yesterday in a rescheduled friendly. The match was originally set to be played on Saturday evening, but was postponed after a freak thunderstorm struck the Westfalenstadion. New signing Amauri scored after only five minutes and Vincenzo Iaquinta added two others for Juventus in the second half.

Kalac no.1: Milan have estab-lished Zeljko Kalac as their first-choice goalkeeper, club supremo Adriano Galliani said. With Christian Abbiati's return from Atletico Madrid and Nelson Dida back to full fitness, Milan are sploit for choice. "We have established a hierarchy of goalkeepers and Carlo Ancelotti drew it up," Galliani said.

Friendlies: Portsmouth vs Man. United 1-2; Lask Linz vs Real Madrid 2-3; Inter vs Bari 2-0.

Nadal wins: Rafael Nadal crushed Nicolas Kiefer 6-3 6-2 to win the Toronto Masters last night, claiming his seventh title in 2008 and fifth in a row since mid-May. Playing his first event since an epic five-set victory over Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final on July 6, Nadal completed a smooth transition from grass to hardcourt as he moves within sight of Federer's world number one ranking.

Basket, NBA: The Los Angeles Lakers reached an agreement with reserve guard Sasha Vujacic on a three-year $15 million deal to keep him with the team. Vujacic had threatened to take his talents overseas, following in the footsteps of former Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Childress, who signed for Olympiakos. The 6-foot-7 shooting guard has developed into a marksman from the outside.

Olympics: Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko will carry the Russian flag at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on August 8, said Russian Olympic chief Leonid Tyagachyov. Kirilenko, 27, who last year led Russia to their first European basketball title since 1985, will become the first basketball player to lead the country at an Olympic opening ceremony's parade.