Tim Cahill returned from six months out injured to head in the winning goal that clinched Everton’s 3-2 victory at Stoke in the Premier League yesterday. ...

Luis Garcia scored a late goal to give Espanyol a 1-0 win at Recreativo Huelva yesterday and continue its perfect start to the Spanish league season. ...

Genoa defeated Milan 2-0 yesterday to inflict the Rossoneri’s second straight defeat to start the Serie A season. ...

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Top Serie A players Kaka, Ricardo Quaresma and Adrian Mutu will each make their season debuts this weekend, while AS Roma captain Francesco Totti may still be on the sidelines. Verona. ...

Top of the first division of the Spanish league for the first time in four years, Atletico Madrid travel to Valladolid today hoping to extend their slim lead. ...

Manchester United are expected to unveil their new strike force of Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney this weekend, and it couldn’t come at a better time for the defending champions as they travel to fierce rival Liverpool. ...

Lukas Podolski makes no secret of the fact that his favourite club is Cologne and gets a trip to the city of his youth with Bayern Munich today, although it is far from certain he will start against his old teammates. ...

Kimi Raikkonen celebrated his contract extension with Ferrari by leading yesterday’s free practice for the Italian Grand Prix after thunder storms had threatened to wash out the day’s event. ...

Russia, missing its top players, bids to retain the Fed Cup this weekend against a Spanish side hopeful that playing at home, at altitude and on clay will provide the ingredients for an upset. ...