Football

Barcelona's will take a break from their regular pre-season schedule to visit Israel and the West Bank this weekend.

IBNLive Sports gives you Thursday's round-up of all the latest transfer news and gossip involving the leading clubs and top players around the world.

The 21-year-old Brazil forward made his Barca debut as a late substitute in a 2-2 friendly draw at Polish side Lechia Gdansk on Tuesday.

A second half strike by Kris Commons gave Celtic a 1-0 victory over Elfsborg in their first leg match.

According to reports in Spain, Real are prepared to offer a record fee of 85 million pounds in order to avail the services of Bale.

Dinamo Zagreb have been punished for fans' racist chants and must close one section of their stadium for a Champions League match on Tuesday.

The Premier League has long been blamed for England's failure to add to their one World Cup win in 1966.

Brazil, who hosted the FIFA Confederations Cup last month, stunned reigning world champions Spain 3-0 in the final.

Moyes confirmed this week that the club had made a second bid for the 26-year-old though Fabregas's Barca team mate Gerard Pique.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore is concerned that momentum is swinging in favor of moving the 2022 World Cup from summer to winter.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told reporters that the state government would be signing an MoU with the Union Sports Ministry for the conduct of the international event.

Goals from captain Steven Gerrard and newly-signed striker Iago Aspas earned Liverpool a 2-0 win over a A-League side Melbourne Victory.

The clause demands that Liverpool inform Suarez of any offer in excess of 40m pounds and Arsenal's bid will only complicate things for the unsettled striker.

Fiorentina have reached an agreement with Palermo to sign Slovenia international Josip Ilicic.

Bale has been linked with a move to Manchester United or Real Madrid and according to the coach, Bale will not play against Sunderland Wednesday.

Italian super agent Enzo Bronzetti is brokering the deal between AC Milan and CSKA Moscow for Keisuke Honda.