Israeli Midfielder Biram Kayal Signs for Celtic

Maccabi Haifa's Biram Kayal has signed for Celtic club on four-year contract. This was possible after he sucured a work permit. Earlier this week chief executive of the Scottish club Celtic, Mr. Peter Lawwell had a talk with 22-year-old Biram in Glasgow.

Biram Kayal plays in mid-field and has made more than 100 appearances for Maccabi Haifa and 13 appearances for his country Israel.

Biram is now Neil Lennon's seventh summer signing after Efrain Juarez from Pumas and Joe Ledley from Cardiff City.

Flamengo Goalkeeper Bruno Souza Arrested For Murder Of Ex-Girlfriend Eliza Samudio

Flamengo Goalkeeper Bruno Souza

Eliza Samudio

Eliza Samudio also said to had an affair with Cristiano Ronaldo

25-year-old Brazilian Bruno Souza, a star goalkeeper and captain of Brazil's championship-winning club Flamengo is now under arrest for plotting the murder of his former mistress, a porn actress also rumoured to have had a brief affair with Cristiano Ronaldo- Eliza Samudio.

Bruno Souza met Eliza Samudio at a teammate's party last year and got her pregnant the first night they spent together, police said. But he became enraged when she insisted on keeping the baby.

After the baby was born (now four months old) and Eliza tried to prove Bruno was the father of the child, Bruno hired a former police detective, Luiz Aparecido Santos, to kidnap, beat and murder her, investigators said. One of Souza's cousins, who allegedly took part in the abduction, said in a deposition that Santos committed ''barbaric tortures'' of Samudio while loud music blared to cover her screams, the newspaper Estado de Sao Paulo said. When Samudio begged Santos to stop, saying she couldn't bear it any more, he allegedly replied, "You are not going to bear it any more. You are going to die."

Police said Santos strangled Samudio, cut up her body and fed some of the parts to Rottweiler dogs at the home. The other parts were buried in concrete, they said.

Police have said Samudio is the mother of a 4-month-old boy from a relationship with Souza. The boy is being cared for by Samudio's parents.

Wolverhampton Wanderers's Mick McCarthy Named Championship Manager for August

Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Mick McCarthy has been named the Championship manager of the month for August. Mick McCarthy has been recognised for Wolves’ great start to the season.

Alan Irvine of Preston, Birmingham's Alex McLeish and Bristol City chief Gary Johnson were all in contention for the first managerial award of the new campaign.

Wolverhampton Wanderers were held to a 2-2 draw by Plymouth Argyle on opening day, but have won all three subsequent games and currently sit top of the table.

Barcelona's Pre Season Plans

July 14- All the players reurn to Nou Camp and spend a week undergoing tests and fitness camp

- Stars that have appeared in Euro 2008 maybe given special dispensation to stay away longer

July 24 Against Scotland side Hibernian

-(Date not mentioned) Against Dundee United at Tannadice

July 30 Against Italian side Fiorentina

August 3 Against CD Guadalajara in Chicago

August 6 Against New York in Giants Staduim

August 12 and 13 Champions League Qualifier

August 15 Against Boca Juniors for the Joan Gamper Trophy game

August 26 and 27 Champions League 2nd Leg Qualifier

Juventus Eyes Schweinsteiger

Juventus coach, Claudio Ranieri has eyed on German international Schweinsteiger to bring him in Juventus for the coming season. Schweinsteiger now plays football for Bayern Munich where he made his debut in 2002.

However Bayern Munich's new boss Jürgen Klinsmann is reluctant to idea of selling Schweinsteiger and only a lucrative offer would make Klinsman sell his main palyer to Juventus.

Ali Samereh Joins UAE Club Ajman

Al Shaab's Iranian striker Ali Samereh has signed a one-year deal with UAE club Ajman for 1 million dollars. He spent last 4 years with Al Shaab. He also played for Perugia of Italy in 2001.

UAE club Ajman is preparing for the season in the top flight for the first time in its history.

Sevilla Faces A Hectic Schedule

Spanish club Sevilla will return to training on July 7, before taking on AC Milan, Inter Milan and Arsenal.

On August 1, Sevilla will face AC Milan in the semifinal of the Russian Railways Cup, with CSKA Moscow taking on Chelsea in the other semifinal.

On August 7, Spanish side Sevilla will face Inter Milan in the LG Amsterdam Tournament. A day later they will face English champions Arsenal.

Henk Ten Cate Talks With Blackburn Rovers For Manager's Job

Dutchman Henk Ten Cate has been linked with English club Blackburn Rovers, who has been recently sacked from Chelsea football club. Ten Cate is also having talks with Greek giants Panathinaikos, but he himself is not interested to commit with the Greeks untill and unless he receives a final verdict from the English Balckburn Rovers.

Along with Henk Ten Cate, Paul Ince and Alan Shearer has been linked with Blackburn Rovers manager's job.

Argentine Soccer: Pedro Pompilio President of Boca Juniors

Pedro Pompilio was chosen the President of the Argentine soccer club Boca Juniors. He received 76% of the votes and his counterpart Roberto Digon was second with 23% of votes.

Pompilio will be president of the club till 2011. He has been in charge since current Buenos Aires mayor Maurico Macri left the direction of the club.

Ten Cate Follows Avram Grant Out Of Chelsea

Assistant Manager of Chelsea footbal club Henk Ten Cate was sacked yesterday. This is another big news in English football after the sacking of Avram Grant last Saturday.

Chief Executive Peter Kanyon called Ten Cate yesterday to a meeting at which he ws told to leave his job at Chelsea, because all leading candidates to succeed Avram Grant had indicated that they do not want to keep Ten Cate and they would prefer appointing their own staffs.

Chelsea: Avram Grant hires Anthony Julius for better deal

After the controversial sacking, Avram Grant has appointed higly reputed solicitor Anthony Julius to negotiate with Chelsea. The Israeli is unhappy with the payoff offered by Peter Kenyon (Chelsea chief executive). Grant thinks that his payoff contrasted unfavourably with the 12 million pound Jose Mourinho received when he was dismissed in September 2007.

Grant was offered 5.2 million pound as compensation by Chelsea. Grant hired Anthony Julius to help him secure a better deal with Chelsea.

Anthony Julius is the same person who fought in favor of Princess Diana for her divorce against Prince Charles.

Now we will see a real Chelsea fight off the field.

Kolkata Gears Up For The Final Match of Oliver Kahn

Actually, I am bit lucky to witness Oliver Kahn's last international match. His team Bayern Munich will be playing an exhibition match today in my city, Kolkata (India), starting from 18.50 IST. Apart from Oliver Kahn, Kolkatans will witness the magic and power of European football and see the skills of other players like Van Bommel, Ribery, Ze Roberto to name a few.
The stadium where they will be playing has a capacity of 130,000 and its the world's second largest stadium. Local name of the stadium Yuva Bharati Krirangan. Bayern Munich will be playing against Mohun Bagan, India's National Club, which happens to be my rival club (my football club: Kingfisher East Bengal, which happens to have results against foreign clubs).

Probable Bayern Munich team: Oliver Kahn, Jose Roberto Da Silva (jr), Andreas Ottl, Mark van Bommel, Jan Schlaudraff, Jose Ernesto Sosa, Michael Rensing, Bernd Dreher, Christian Lell, Toni Kroos, Breno Vinicius Borges, Dominik Rohracker, Taygun Kuru, Uwe Schlottner, Viktor, Bopp, Gianluca Simari, Diego Enrique Pizarro Bosio, Diego Contento

Probable Mohun Bagan : Sangram Mukherjee, Habibur Rehman Mondal, Rakesh Mashi, Anand Vasan, Rahul Kumar, James Singh, Henry, Isfaq Ahmed, James Singh (jr), Lalkamal Bhowmick, P.C. Lalawmpuia

Match will start 18.50 today...catch you tomorrow for this and other sports updates.