South Korea international Park Ji-Sung said Manchester United have the quality to win the Premier League and Champions League this season.

Title holders United lead the Premier League standings and are well placed to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League after winning the first leg of their quarter-final 2-0 away to Roma.

"We have got a good squad to play in the league and the Champions League and hopefully we can get the titles," Park told reporters.

"I believe we can do it. If we just keep our concentration hopefully we will have good results in both of them."

Wenger wants life bans for bribery

Players should be banned for life if they were found guilty of taking a bribe to throw a game, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said.

"It is surprising news and very bad news," Wenger said of reports that a former Premier League player had accepted a bribe of £50,000 to help throw a game.

"I am convinced that if it is proven they should be banned for life. I believe that the most important thing is that our game is clean," Wenger added.

Australia to host Ghana in friendly

Australia will play Ghana in a friendly in Sydney on May 23, Football Federation Australia (FFA) said.

The Socceroos will also take on China in a World Cup qualifying match in Sydney on June 22.

Australia are due to face Iraq in Brisbane on June 1 and will play away World Cup qualifiers against Iraq and Qatar on June 7 and 14. They top the Group One standings with four points from two matches.

Hyypia agrees new 'Pool deal

Sami Hyypia has reached agreement with Liverpool to stay at Anfield until the summer of 2009. The 34-year-old defender, whose contract was due to expire at the end of the season, is now set to join a select band of players to stay at the club for a decade.

Hyypia told the club's website: "I am very happy to have agreed a new deal. This is a great club with fantastic supporters, so I'm delighted."

Hyypia has so far made 440 appearances since arriving on Merseyside from Willem II back in 1999.

Keane bitter about United exit

Roy Keane has reopened old wounds with Manchester United by accusing the club of lying to him when he left Old Trafford in November 2005.

The Sunderland manager claimed he was told "certain things at certain meetings that were basic lies".

"The day I left United, in hindsight, I should have stopped playing really," Keane said. "I left on the Friday morning and they told me certain things that day. I was told the following week I could not sign for another club.

"There were certain things I was told at certain meetings that were basic lies. That was part of the exit plans."

Milan keen to sign Ronaldinho

Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that his club are interested in snapping up Barcelona's troubled star Ronaldinho.

"Ronaldinho is a great player," Ancelotti said. "Milan's interest in him has been there for a long time.

"At this time he is a Barcelona player and the club is evaluating the development of this situation. He is a champion who interests several clubs."

Anelka almost rejoined City

Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed that he almost signed Nicolas Anelka in January. The French striker eventually moved to Chelsea from Bolton in a £15 million deal but Eriksson has admitted he almost lured the striker back to the City of Manchester Stadium.

"It was close," said Eriksson. "Anelka was very high on our list because he's a great footballer, the complete player in many ways. But then Chelsea came in and it was difficult to compete with them."

Juve eyeing Kewell bargain?

Harry Kewell is being linked with a move to Juventus in the summer on a free transfer from Liverpool. Confirmation of the Bianconeri's potential interest in Kewell came from Torino's Australian midfielder Vincenzo Grella.

"It hasn't been talked about that much but when I was at Parma with Claudio Ranieri he asked for a lot of information about Harry," Grella told the Herald Sun newspaper in Australia.

Galliani turned down Toni

Italy forward Luca Toni was offered to Milan three years ago but Adriano Galliani said he'd be "embarrassed" to walk him into San Siro, Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

"When I offered Toni to Milan, Galliani replied he would be embarrassed to walk up the San Siro steps with Toni wearing a Rossoneri jersey," Zamparini said. "I imagine he won't regret that statement, seeing as he says he never regrets anything."


Barcelona striker Thierry Henry tops the list of the best-paid French sportsmen with earnings of €17.4 million in 2007, according to a survey published yesterday by the weekly L'Equipe Magazine. Henry succeeds Zinedine Zidane, who retired from competitive sport after the 2006 soccer World Cup. San Antonio Spurs basketball player Tony Parker is second on €9.6 million, with Inter midfielder Patrick Vieira third on €8 million.

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