Schalke: Bundesliga side Schalke, who are set to finish the season as runners-up to Bayern Munich this weekend, revealed their debt rose to €135.2 million in 2009. The Royal Blues have produced last year's financial report showing that revenues fell €14 million in 2009 to 119 million and that they recorded a further trading loss of €16.8 million.
Gudjonsson: Joey Gudjonsson has left relegated Burnley with immediate effect in the aftermath of his bust-up with manager Brian Laws. The midfielder was suspended for two weeks last month after questioning the spirit of the squad under Laws. Gudjonsson, 29, is now free to find another club having spent almost three years at Turf Moor.
Friedel: Aston Villa keeper Brad Friedel has no intention of hanging up his gloves any time soon. The American, who turns 39 later this month, insisted: "I feel fantastic physically. Age is no issue at the moment at all, except the experience helps. There are many goalkeepers around who would say the same, like David James, Edwin van der Sar and Mark Schwarzer. I hope to continue for as long as I can't walk basically."
Wolves: Wolves have announced a new two-season deal with sponsors Sportingbet.com. With one year remaining on the current agreement, the online bookie have agreed to extend their association with the club until the end of the 2012/13 season. Details of the deal have not been made public but the club did confirm it was a seven-figure contract.
Cardiff: Cardiff will be given more time to pay off their £1.9m debt after their case to avoid a winding-up order was adjourned for the fourth time. The Championship club, who face Leicester in the play-off semi-finals, recently confirmed new investment from a Malaysian consortium, with chairman Peter Ridsdale to stand down at the end of this month.
Skrtel: Martin Skrtel, the Liverpool centre-back, returned to full training yesterday, the club announced in a boost to the defender's hopes of making Slovakia's World Cup squad. The 25-year-old has not played since breaking a metatarsal bone in his right foot in February but is hopeful he can prove his fitness in time to make the trip to South Africa.
Colombia: Colombia have brought back Hernan Dario Gomez to coach their national side after they failed to reach the World Cup finals. The 54-year-old Gomez was in charge of Colombia previously between 1995 and 1998.
Tennis: Serena Williams overcame a mid-match slump to beat unseeded Andrea Petkovic in three sets yesterday to reach the quarter-finals of the Rome Open. The Australian Open champion won 6-2 3-6 6-0 against the 49th ranked German but rarely looked to be at her best.
Athletics: Tyson Gay has set his sights on Usain Bolt's 100m world record. The 27-year-old American won silver behind Bolt at the World Championships last year in 9.71 seconds, 0.13 slower than the mark set by the Jamaican that day. Gay said: "I don't know if it will be this year or the next but I want to own that world record one day."
Golf: The Maekyung Open tees off today with a full complement of South Korean players after they backed down from a threatened boycott, but only eight Chinese golfers have made the trip. The third of 11 events in the OneAsia Tour calendar gets under way at the Namseoul Country Club with Bae Sang-Moon defending his title after an about-turn on threats by South Koreans last week to stay away.
Rugby league: Rupert Murdoch said he was shocked that an Australian team owned by his News Corporation had been cheating the salary cap for years. The Melbourne Storm were stripped of their 2007 and 2009 titles after the fraud was revealed last month. Murdoch said: "We didn't enjoy it, it was very embarrassing but it certainly was not us. We were shocked. We're far from sure that we're the only club involved."
Wimbledon: Retired tennis stars Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova will team up to play in the legends doubles event at Wimbledon. Hingis, 29, won five Grand Slam singles crowns before retiring in 2007, when she was suspended for testing positive for cocaine. Kournikova, 28, reached the Wimbledon singles semi-finals in 1997.