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Frank Lampard’s penalty, thumped home in the 80th minute after Emile Heskey had been brought down, completed the apparently straightforward win which all but secures England’s participation in next summer’s World Cup finals in South Africa.

The battle to sign AC Milan midfielder Kaka appeared to take a startling twist on Wednesday evening with reports claiming Chelsea have made a £73.5m bid.

As he was the only candidate running for the “Merengue” office, Perez was appointed president; he will take over on Monday, according to the team’s electoral board.

New Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has set his sights on bringing the European Cup to Stamford Bridge.

Real Madrid have confirmed that Florentino Perez has returned as club president. Perez, who held the post for six highly eventful years from 2000 to 2006, will be sworn in on Monday.

This is the big one, my friends.

FA Cup Final. At Wembley. Against Everton.
The final match of the season. The final match of Guus Hiddink’s initial tenure with the Blues.
What else do you need? How about a trophy presentation following the final whistle? Me likes.
Don’t engrave Chelsea’s name on that piece of hardware just yet, however.
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Werder Bremen lifted the DFB-Pokal and booked their place in the Europa League next season thanks to a narrow win over Bayer Leverkusen tonight.

Girondins Bordeaux clinched their first Ligue 1 title in 10 years when a Yoan Gouffran goal earned them a 1-0 win at Caen on Saturday.

Chelsea FC’s plans to give Guus Hiddink a memorable send-off at Wembley in Saturday’s FA Cup final could yet be torpedoed by a hungry Everton FC outfit who have already sunk Liverpool FC and Manchester United FC.

UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona enjoyed a spectacular homecoming as hundreds of thousands of ecstatic supporters took to the streets of Spain’s second largest city to salute their triumphant heroes.

An early Gao Junmin goal proved enough to earn China PR a draw with European heavyweights Germany on Gao Hongbo’s debut at the reins.

Roman Abramovich is prepared to splash out on a big-money signing this summer, according to Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck.

Lionel Messi has ended a memorable campaign with yet another personal accolade after his goal in FC Barcelona’s final victory, his ninth of this UEFA Champions League season, ensured he was the competition’s top scorer.

Wayne Rooney likened battle between Ronaldo and Messi to a heavyweight boxing clash. Taking him at his word, Sportsmail offers a round-by-round verdict on the men who topped the bill.

Barcelona became the champions of Europe for the third time on Wednesday night after defeating Manchester United 2-0 in Rome.