Manchester City (2) 2 Fulham (0) 3Sven-Goran Eriksson may be an old friend, but Roy Hodgson can scarcely have hoped for the hospitality he enjoyed in a scarcely explicable spectacle here.

MOSCOW, April 27 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian women's tennis team reached the Federation Cup finals after beating the United States 3-0 on Moscow's Luzhniki arena on Sunday. In the finals, Russia will take on Spain who beat China in

South African fast bowler Charl Langeveldt has signed for Derbyshire on a two-year Kolpak contract, a month after he refused to tour India with his national side.

Yorkshire's plans for a new pavilion as part of their re-development of Headingley Carnegie have been submitted, meaning cricketers would no longer have to share the same changing facilities used by rugby players.

Michael Ballack's 86th-minute penalty kept Chelsea FC in the hunt for the Premier League title as they beat leaders Manchester United FC 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.

Croatian midfield sensation Luka Modrić has agreed to join English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur FC from NK Dinamo Zagreb for a reported €23m fee.

FC Barcelona's dire recent run in the Primera División continued on Saturday as Frank Rijkaard's side fell to defeat against RC Deportivo La Coruña at the Riazor.

Turkish international Mehmet Topal has been rewarded for an impressive season with Galatasaray AS with a two-year contract extension running until May 2013.

Spain and Russia have dominated the UEFA Futsal Cup but there will be a new winner after ElPozo Murcia FS have played MFK Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg this Sunday.

Greece forward Ioannis Amanatidis has pledged his future to Eintracht Frankfurt by signing a two-year contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2012.

Ian Salisbury hit the winning runs off the penultimate ball as Warwickshire chased down 383 in the dying overs at Wantage Road. Darren Maddy led the way with 130.