Slaven Bilic has been appointed coach of Lokomotiv Moscow from next season after they beat off competition from the Premier League for his signature.

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Slaven Bilic set to quit as Croatia manager after Euro 2012

Slaven Bilic has announced that he will step down as coach of Croatia's national team after Euro 2012.

Nikica Jelavic has been a revelation since arriving from Rangers

Everton have got a real bargain with £5m Jelavic, declares Bilic

Sometimes a club and a player seem to be a perfect fit. Everton supporters took warmly to a forward from Scotland not so long ago, and Duncan Ferguson ended up with the club badge tattooed on his arm. It is too early to say that Nikica Jelavic will impact so spectacularly at Goodison Park but the signs are good just 10 games into his career there after moving, like Ferguson, from Rangers.

Jel fire: The in-form Nikica Jelavic put Everton ahead twice in the game

Jelavic is all-round success story for Moyes

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Skiing: Vonn eyes record after 12th victory

Overall champion Lindsey Vonn notched her 12th win of the season and remained on course for the highest score ever in the women's World Cup when she won the downhill at the finals yesterday.

France beat Germany in midweek

Form of France, Sweden and Ukraine spells trouble

If England went down fighting in Wednesday night's defeat by the Netherlands, that might not be enough for them to progress from their group at this summer's European Championship.

Gallery: In the face of discrimination

A photography exhibition opposing discrimination across Europe opens in Croatia this weekend. We showcase the inspirational pictures

Deadline-day purchase Nikica Jelavic (left) and returning loan-signing Steven Pienaar show off their brand-new Everton shirts yesterday

Someone old, someone new but both Blue

Pienaar and Jelavic are glad to be at Everton. For one it's a warm return, for the other just another club

<b>Vedran Corluka:</b> Able to attack more than in the first leg, thanks to Madrid's lack of a traditional left-winger. 6

Bayer Leverkusen interested in Vedran Corluka loan

Bayer Leverkusen want to take Tottenham defender Vedran Corluka on loan until the end of the season, Press Association Sport understands.

Test for EU as Croatians vote on membership

Croatians voted in favour of joining the European Union yesterday despite a poor turnout for the key referendum.

Ivica Kostelic on his way to a third straight win in the Wengen slalom

Skiing: Kostelic's third straight win equals Stenmark feat

Ivica Kostelic proved the master of Wengen yet again yesterday, winning a World Cup slalom to close the gap on overall leader Marcel Hirscher.

Fabio Capello next to the European Championship trophy in Kiev yesterday. England will play Ukraine, Sweden and France at Euro 2012

TV schedule for Euro 2012 announced

England's opening group game of Euro 2012 against France on June 11 will be screened on ITV, it was announced today.

Croatia signs up for EU

Croatia is signing its long-awaited accession treaty that will bring it into the European Union in 2013 after ratification by the legislatures of the bloc's 27 member nations.

Centre-left poised to take power in Croatia

Croatians voted yesterday in a parliamentary election, where the conservative HDZ party is expected to be unseated by a centre-left coalition just as the country prepares to join the European Union.

He started off unlucky in love – now he's £2m out of pocket too

Australian doctor bled dry by a mysterious blonde called Lily and a dating agency owner

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