David Beckham says reigning champions Los Angeles Galaxy will not change their approach to today's Major League Soccer play-off match at San Jose just because a loss will end their season. Galaxy lost the first leg 1-0. "Our mindset doesn't change going into the game, whether it was 0-0 or obviously, the result we got," Beckham said. "There's no reason why we can't beat them." AFP
Rumours of Pep Guardiola's interest in taking over at AC Milan gathered pace when the agent and brother of the former Barcelona supremo was seen with officials from the Serie A club. Italy's biggest selling newspaper, sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport, said Guardiola's brother Pere and former Barcelona assistant coach Manuel Estiarte were seen with club chief executive Adriano Galliani. AC Milan denied the meeting took place. AFP
Three people have been arrested for their alleged participation in the kidnapping of the younger sister of Brazil striker Hulk, the 26-year-old Zenit St Petersburg player. The sister's boss was among those taken into custody, police said. Angelica Aparecida Vieira de Souza, 22, was released after the suspected kidnappers got into a row about the ransom. One of them was upset and decided to let her go. They were going to ask for US$150,000, police said. AP