Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored in his debut Monday, helping Barcelona begin its Spanish league title defense with a 3-0 victory over Sporting Gijon. The Sweden striker dived low in the 82nd minute to head in Daniel Alves' deflected cross to round out the scoring. Earlier, Bojan Krkic and Seydou Keita had also scored from headers.

Stoke City have signed Uruguay
midfielder Diego Arismendi from Nacional for three million euros
($4.29 million), the English Premier League club said on Monday.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored with
an acrobatic header on his La Liga debut to seal Barcelona’s 3-0
win over Sporting Gijon as they opened their title defence in
style on Monday.

Serie A side Bari have signed
Celtic midfielder Massimo Donati who has gone back to Italy for
family reasons, the Scottish Premier League club said on Monday.

Argentina midfielder
Matias Defederico, dubbed the new Lionel Messi in Brazil, has
joined Corinthians who are looking to win the Libertadores Cup
for the first time next year.

Danny Guthrie fired Newcastle to the top of the League Championship with the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Leicester on Monday.

Sunderland have signed
centre-back Michael Turner from Hull City on a four-year deal
for an undisclosed fee, the Premier League club said on Monday.

Sunderland have signed
centre-back Michael Turner from Hull City on a four-year deal
for an undisclosed fee, the Premier League club said on Monday.

Getafe have agreed to sign
defender Miguel Torres from city rivals Real Madrid, the club
said on their website (www.getafecf.com) on Monday.

Getafe have agreed to sign
defender Miguel Torres from city rivals Real Madrid, the club
said on their website (www.getafecf.com) on Monday.