Former Italy striker Christian Vieri has left Atalanta after storming out of training during the week.
The 35-year-old, who has hardly featured this term because of injury and lack of form, reacted furiously after being jeered by fans at the training session. His contract was up at the end of the season.
The much-travelled forward, who had his most successful spells at Atletico Madrid and Inter, had struggled to regain the trust of Atalanta fans after he quit the Bergamo club two years ago to join Fiorentina, only to return in June.
Capello singles out inspirational Terry
England coach Fabio Capello singled out captain John Terry for inspiring the 2-1 victory over Ukraine on Wednesday.
Terry's header set up the opening goal for Peter Crouch and the central defender slammed in an 85th-minute winner after substitute Andriy Shevchenko had equalised for the visitors.
"I am very happy for John, this was a very tough game," Capello said, adding that he was also impressed with the way Terry has dealt with tabloid newspaper stories this week about his family.
"It is one of the reasons why he is captain, he is a very important player and a strong character."
Mexico FA sack coach Eriksson
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson was sacked as Mexico national coach last night following a disappointing 3-1 loss to Honduras in a World Cup qualifier.
Wednesday's defeat was Mexico's second loss in three matches in the final phase of qualifying in the region coming hot on the heels of a reverse to the United States sandwiched by a home success over Costa Rica at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
Former England boss Eriksson took the reins last June on a reported seven-million dollar salary after parting company with Manchester City and replaced legendary striker Hugo Sanchez who had been sacked three months earlier.
Drinking row strengthened spirit
Midfielder Darren Fletcher believes Scotland have emerged as a stronger unit from a crucial 2-1 win over Iceland that was achieved under a cloud of controversy.
Goals from Ross McCormack and Steven Fletcher put George Burley's squad back on track to claim second place in Group Nine and vindicated the manager's decision to relegate captain Barry Ferguson and goalkeeper Allan McGregor to the bench as punishment for a late-night drinking session.
"It's safe to say the build-up wasn't ideal but we showed we were a team," Fletcher said.
"The togetherness was there and that was the most important thing. Things like this happen every day in club football and it happened at international level, but we showed that we have got a club atmosphere."
No fine for Podolski after Ballack row
Striker Lukas Podolski has escaped a German Football Federation (DFB) fine despite his on-field spat with captain Michael Ballack in the 2-0 win over Wales.
Ballack and Podolski clashed in the second half of the World Cup qualifier at the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday, but despite the Bayern Munich star arguing fiercely with his captain, the DFB will not fine the 23-year-old.
The pair exchanged heated words and the spat was only ended when Per Mertesacker intervened.
"The DFB find it hard to take disciplinary measures in this situation," said team manager Oliver Bierhoff.
"There will be no fines or special sanctions."
Mourinho not joining another Italian club
Jose Mourinho ruled out moving to another Italian club when his time is over at Inter.
The Portuguese, linked in the media with future stints at Manchester United and Real Madrid, is close to winning the scudetto with Inter in his first season in charge.
"After Inter, when it's over, I won't be in Italy. But I have a contract for two more years and I want to continue," he said.
The former Barcelona assistant coach repeated his wish to one day win the Spanish league.
"My dream is to win the three most important championships. One day I want to win in Spain," he said.
Trap proud of unbeaten record
Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni admitted he was proud of his team's start to World Cup qualifying after maintaining their unbeaten record against 10-man Italy following a 1-1 draw.
Despite playing almost the entire match with a numerical advantage, Trapattoni was pleased with the point.
"Before the game started we were among 11 unbeaten teams in the group stages," he said.
"I didn't say anything to you (the press) because I didn't want to jinx it but I talked to my players about this because I thought it would give them momentum.
"We may be ranked only 26th in the world but we still haven't lost. To stay unbeaten in Italy, it shows everything is possible."