Rome - Italian football giants Juventus Turin are considering the sale of striker Vincenzo Iaquinta to Russian club Zenit St Petersburg and appear close to buy young Argentine star Eduardo Salvio, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported Tuesday.

Zenit reportedly offered 10 million euros (13.2 million dollars) for the 29-year-old forward, who found little room in his two seasons at the Juve, mostly due to frequent injuries.

London, Jan. 27 : England football ace David Beckham has followed in the footsteps of ex-gaffer Steve McClaren - by adopting a comedy foreign accent.

The former Three Lions captain spoke in broken English in his post-match interview after bagging his first AC Milan goal.

Becks' famous squeaky voice made way for bizarre pronunciations, reports The Sun.

He was speaking after the Italian giants beat Serie A rivals Bologna 4-1 on Sunday.

London, Jan. 27 : Portuguese and Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo believes footballers are like cars when it comes to value – the sleeker and more sophisticated the model, the higher the price.

The World Player of the Year believes he is in the “super car” bracket of players who are worth 100 million pounds.

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Tehran  - Following a dispute between the Iranian Football Federation (FFI) and a popular television presenter, football fans on Monday night voted in favour of the presenter in a text message survey.

Adel Ferdowsipour, the country's most famous football commentator and presenter of the popular football programme 90, got into a dispute with the FFI earlier this month after he made critical remarks about the federation's inefficiency in managing the football affairs.

Rio de Janeiro - Milan superstar Kaka is the main attraction of the Brazil team that is set to play Italy in a high-profile friendly game on February 10 in London.

Brazil national coach Carlos Dunga made public Monday a list that also featured strikers Ronaldinho and Alexandre Pato - Kaka's colleagues at Milan - as well as Manchester City's Robinho.

The friendly at the Emirates Stadium will pit Brazil - the winner of a record five editions of the World Cup - against current World Champion Italy - who also won three other editions of the tournament.