Iuliano: Former Juventus and Italy defender Mark Iuliano has failed a doping test for cocaine. The veteran was found positive for traces of cocaine after Ravenna's Serie B game with Cesena last month. Iuliano has 22 caps and one goal with the Azzurri shirt and won four Serie A titles and an Intercontinental Cup with Juventus.
Lanzafame: Juventus have sold striker David Lanzafame to Serie A rivals Palermo for five million euros. Juve added they had bought back half of Lanzafame's registration in a player-sharing agreement.
Norwich: Businessman Peter Cullum will have to fork out £56m to take control of Norwich City. The 57-year-old made an informal offer last October but the Championship club yesterday said that the offer is not "financially viable". "Someone seeking to take control of the club and at the same time invest £20m in the playing squad would take a minimum of £56m," a club spokesman said.
Ferrari: Matteo Ferrari is looking to revive his career after becoming a free agent when his contract at Roma expired this week. Ferrari has already been linked with Inter and Fiorentina. "Monday was Matteo's last day under contract at Roma and they offered him a good extension," agent Gianni Corci said. "But this is a personal decision. Ferrari considers himself to be an important defender and at Roma he was nothing more than a good reserve."
Community service: Motherwell captain Paul Quinn has been ordered to complete 150 hours of community service for attacking a man at a team-mate's birthday party. The court heard Quinn, 22, knocked the other man unconscious in 2007. Quinn, had been out celebrating Motherwell striker Ross McCormack's 21st birthday.
Friendlies: Serie A champions Inter will visit Benfica for a friendly on August 15. Milan will play a friendly at Manchester City on August 9.
Wigan: Wigan Athletic have signed Daniel De Ridder from Birmingham City on a three-year deal. He had been brought to Birmingham by current Steve Bruce last summer, but struggled to make an impact at St Andrews. The Dutchman made just 12 first-team appearances for the club and is now looking forward to playing under Bruce again at the JJB Stadium. He is Wigan's first signing of the summer.
Olympics: Marathon runner Liza Hunter-Galvan has been added to the New Zealand track and field team for Beijing after winning an appeal against her omission. The 36-year-old was originally overlooked for the team because the national selectors thought she had little hope of finishing in the top 16 based on her previous results. Hunter-Galvan lodged an appeal against the ruling, arguing that Athletics New Zealand had not followed their own rules when omitting her and the New Zealand Olympic Committee agreed.
Golf: Colin Montgomerie, eight times European number one, has climbed back into golf's world top 100 after an absence of four weeks. The 44-year-old Briton slipped out of the leading 100 in the world golf rankings on June 2, his lowest position for 18 years, but climbed to 77th place after finishing second in the French Open on Sunday. Montgomerie's efforts in Paris also lifted the Scot from outside the top 40 to 14th in the European Ryder Cup list.