Manchester United will travel to Sweden for a friendly game against AIK in August as part of the English champions' pre-season tour.

The Paris Saint-Germain center-back was absent from training on Friday, reportedly suffering muscle soreness following Brazil's 2-2 draw with England at the Maracana stadium last Sunday.

World Cup host Brazil will play Italy in a friendly in Switzerland next year ahead of the teams' Confederations Cup match in June.

Barcelona defender Adriano and Zenit St. Petersburg forward Hulk have been ruled out of Brazil's international football friendly against Colombia next week with injuries.

Japan on Saturday rejoiced in its historic 1-0 friendly victory over footballing powerhouse France, avenging a humiliating 5-0 defeat in March 2001.

Brazil's national football team received a scare on the eve of its international friendly against Argentina when a violent storm forced its Resistencia-bound flight to deviate 300km from its original route.

Brazil coach Mano Menezes has ruled out resting striker Neymar during Wednesday's international friendly against Argentina.

England manager Roy Hodgson is hoping some of Frank Lampard's experience will rub off on his young squad after naming the Chelsea midfielder as captain for Wednesday's friendly clash here against Italy.

Manchester City exposed problems in the heart of Arsenal's defence to seal a 2-0 victory at Beijing's iconic Bird's Nest stadium on Friday.

One week before their match against Germany in the Euro 2012, the Portuguese national football team lost to Turkey 1-3 in a friendly here.