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Norwich complete deal for Blackburn Rovers defender Martin Olsson

The Sweden international joins on a four-year deal

Paolo Di Canio

Sunderland have agreed to sign defender Benjamin Mendy according to his current club Le Havre

Ligue 1 club's president announces that deal is place with Black Cats for transfer of the 18-year-old

Sunderland's manager Paolo Di Canio reacts during their English Premier League soccer match against Stoke City in Sunderland

Paolo Di Canio warns his Sunderland players hard work awaits upon their return

The Italian helped steer the Black Cats to safety last term

Paul Gascoigne attends a match at his former club, Tottenham Hotspur

Former football star Paul Gascoigne sues the Daily Star over 'drugs madness' video

He denies the paper's claim that he injected cocaine

Incumbent mayor Gianni Alemanno

Postcard from... Milan

Sven-Goran Eriksson

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson becomes manager of Chinese club Guangzhou R & F

The Swede takes yet another job on a well travelled career

The Saturday Quiz answers

1. The Andes.

Senad Lulic goal wins Coppa Italia for Lazio

Lazio won the Coppa Italia for the sixth time by beating city rivals Roma 1-0 in a day of high tension at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

21 December 2009: Roberto Mancini is unveiled as the Manchester City manager, replacing Mark Hughes. The team won his first four games in charge (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Factfile: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini axed

A closer look at the Italian manager

Bayern Munich seal Juventus' fate

Juventus coach Antonio Conte admits: 'I can't see an Italian team winning the Champions League in the coming years'

Financial might of rivals means Italian football must pull together says Conte following defeat to Bayern Munich

Paolo Di Canio poses with a club shirt after being unveiled as the new Sunderland manager

Federico Farcomeni: Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio - the working-class hero from Centocelle who revels as the underdog

He was a hero to West Ham fans, the working class of the East End

Jaap Stam

Jaap Stam to make return to Manchester United for 'Legends' match against Real Madrid

Defender was sold after criticising his team-mates

Roy Hodgson said that Gascoigne needed to take 'drastic measures to try and get his life back into some sort of order'

Paul Gascoigne: 'Please don't let me die, I need to water the plants'

Former England star tells of 'horrific' health scare

A view of the Stadio Olimpico in Rome

Olympic Stadium: Will relocation be a success for West Ham?

Other football clubs have moved into stadiums with tracks - with mixed fortunes

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Briefings are off the record leading to transfer speculation which is merely a means to an end