- David Beckham’s debut season in
Major League Soccer is almost over just two weeks after he made
his first start for his team LA Galaxy, with injury problems
ruining the best laid plans of the sport’s marketing men.

Latest score in the European
Super Cup at Stade Louis II on Friday:

VfL Wolfsburg signed Brazilian
midfielder Grafite from French club Le Mans in one of the few
high profile moves on transfer deadline day on Friday.

Birmingham signed Honduras midfielder Wilson Palacios on loan from Olimpia on Friday.

Italian striker Bernardo Corradi
has joined Parma on a season-long loan after a difficult spell
at Manchester City, the Serie A club said on Friday.

VfL Wolfsburg signed Brazilian
midfielder Grafite from French club Le Mans on Friday for a fee
German media reported at 8 million euros ($10.93 million).

Portsmouth were the busiest
Premier League club on a quiet day of transfer deadline business
in England on Friday.

Former champions Bayern Munich and the four English Premier League clubs in the UEFA Cup have all been handed comfortable ties in the first round, the draw for which was made here on Friday.

David Beckham suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee and will be sidelined for six weeks, meaning he will miss England's two September Euro 2008 qualifying matches.

The Danish Football
Association (DBU) said on Friday it would seek civil damages of
1.9 million crowns ($348,500) from the drunken fan who attacked
the referee in a Euro 2008 qualifier against Sweden in June.