Bellamy: Striker Craig Bellamy has joined West Ham from fellow English premier league side Liverpool for £7.5 million. The 27-year-old Wales captain signed a five-year deal yesterday.

Tomasson: Villarreal have agreed a deal with VfB Stuttgart to make Denmark striker Jon Dahl Tomasson's loan move permanent. The 30-year-old was loaned to Villarreal in January, and netted four times in 11 appearances.

Karagounis: Greece midfielder Georgos Karagounis, 30, has returned to his first club Panathinaikos on a three-year deal after being released by Benfica. The Greek top-flight club said the former Inter player will be joined by Senegalese attacking midfielder Dame N'Doyeby, signed from Portuguese side AA Coimbra.

Schweinsteiger: B. Munich said Bastian Schweinsteiger had suffered another injury setback the day after being passed fit for the first time in three months. The Germany midfielder who in April contracted Lyme disease - an infection caused by tick bites - picked up a thigh muscle injury in training yesterday.

Gourcuff: Milan midfielder Yoann Gourcuff signed a new contract yesterday. The deal will keep him at the San Siro until 2012.

Eriksson: Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is taking the squad on a pre-season tour of his native Sweden. The former England coach will assess his new team against second division Orgryte IS at Varberg on July 18 and third tier Carlstad at Karlstad on July 21.

Asian Cup: Malaysia vs China 1-5; Indonesia vs Bahrain 2-1.

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