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Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac says Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien is putting his international career on hold to regain the form he enjoyed before sustaining the injuries that ruled him out of the World Cup. Essien injured a hamstring while playing for Chelsea last December and ruptured a cruciate ligament the following month while on Ghana duty at the African Cup of Nations.

Juventus will have to wait until 2011 before having Gianluigi Buffon available for selection.

The Malawi football fraternity has delved into the debate over the growing ban of vuvuzelas, especially in Europe.

Goal.com's Subhankar Mondal rounds up this week's best quotes from the players and managers, our writers and you the fans.

Frenchman to have September showdown with shareholders.

Goal.com’s Robin Bairner suggests that it will take ‘Le President’ some time to fully establish his influence on a raw France squad.

Goal.com lines up the winners of the European Championships since the first edition in 1960.

The reigning European and world champions retain the motivation to do it all over again.

As he prepares for his testimonial game, Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher says his strong character has kept him playing at the top level since 1997.

Thirteen years after Roberto Carlos stunned onlookers with his amazing "banana" free kick that seemed to defy the law of physics, scientists have finally worked out just how he did it. In what many people regard as the best free kick ever, the Brazil defender struck the ball with the outside of his left foot 35 yards (meters) out, bending it around the outside of France's three-man...

Japan midfielder Makoto Hasebe will miss Saturday's friendly against Paraguay because of a calf strain.

England coach Fabio Capello says he hopes the pressure of expectation over the team's Euro 2012 qualifier with Bulgaria will bring out the best in him.

Aston Villa re-sign 35-year-old goalkeeper Andy Marshall having released him at the start of the summer.

Japan have wasted little time putting new coach Alberto Zaccheroni to work by making him an ambassador for the country's 2022 World Cup bid.