Argentina: Olympic champions Argentina qualified for the 2008 Games in Beijing by beating Uruguay 1-0 with the last touch of the game in the South American U-20 championship on Sunday. Argentina joined Brazil, who went through as tournament winners after beating Colombia 2-0. Uruguay, needing a draw to qualify, had been set to go in place of their neighbours after enjoying the better of the match. But Lautaro Costa headed in from a corner in the third minute of injury-time and there was not even time for the stunned Uruguayans to kick off again.

Ronaldo: Real Madrid and Milan were unable to reach an agreement over the transfer of Ronaldo yesterday after differences over the price and conditions of payment for the three-times World Player of the Year. "There is no agreement at the moment," Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani told reporters. "We will meet again tomorrow (today) to continue negotiating. We have offered seven million euros and Real want eight and we haven't agreed on the payment conditions either."

Palermo: Italian Serie A side Palermo have agreed to buy Poland striker Radoslaw Matusiak, the Polish state news agency reported. The PAP news agency said Palermo had paid $2.6 million to promoted Polish club GKS Belchatow for Matusiak, making him the sixth most expensive transfer in Polish football history.

Udinese: Udinese are to sign two captains from top Czech sides. Defender Tomas Zapotocny, 26, of Slovan Liberec and midfielder Tomas Sivok, 23, of Sparta Prague were having medicals with a view to joining the Italian club.

Lyon: Olympique Lyon have signed Brazilian midfielder Fabio Dos Santos Barbosa from Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte for 4.2 million euros on a 3-1/2-year contract. Barbosa, 26, will reinforce the team in Alou Diarra's absence. Midfielder Diarra will be out of action for six to seven weeks with a thigh injury. Barbosa is qualified to play in Lyon's French Cup last-16 game at Marseille.

In Italy: Serie B - Napoli vs Genoa 1-1. Serie C1 (A) - Sangiovannese vs Lucchese 0-0.

MFA Division Two: Rabat vs Gozo 2-1; Sta Venera Lightnings vs Mellieha 1-3.

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