TUESDAY FOOTBALL HEADLINES
***Africa champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have gone top of Confederations Cup Group B by recording a comfortable 6-1 victory over Tahiti in Belo Horizonte on Monday night. Super Eagles will meet South America champions Uruguay on Thursday.
***Corinthians director Duilio Monteiro Alves has claimed that Tottenham Hotspur "have an interest" in Brazil midfielder Paulinho.
***Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs will travel to Turkey this week to take an intensive coaching course, with the aim of securing a UEFA Pro Licence before his playing career comes to an end.
***Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has insisted that he will use new financial fair play rules as an added incentive to succeed in his second spell at Stamford Bridge.
***Juventus director Beppe Marotta insists midfielder Claudio Marchisio will not be sold this summer, despite reported interest from Manchester United. (ESPN)
***Italian Serie A champions Juventus have completed their first summer signing after agreeing a permanent deal with Atalanta BC for defender Federico Peluso. The 29-year-old spent last season on loan with Antonio Conte's side, playing 30 times in all competitions as the Old Lady retained their Serie A title.
***Retired former England captain David Beckham was offered a trial as a kicker for an American Football side. An NFL franchise scout contacted the star to see if he would be interested in trying out as a star kicker. (The Mirror)
***Shakhtar Donetsk's Armenia international Henrikh Mkhitaryan will reportedly fly to Merseyside later Tuesday for a medical with Liverpool, after the Reds agreed a £23m fee for the midfielder with Shakhtar Donetsk. (The Mirror)
***Scottish club Hearts have confirmed they are to go into administration with a hearing expected within the "next couple of days".
***Liverpool forward Fabio Borini will not be moving to Serie A outfit Napoli, according to his agent. Borini, 22, has been linked with a switch to the Naples-based club during the off-season.
***Former Real Madrid manager Mariano Garcia Remon believes that Zinedine Zidane is not ready to take charge at Real Madrid. The Former world footballer of the year holds a director of football role with the Spanish club and is reportedly keen on replacing Jose Mourinho as first-team manager.
***Corinthians have insisted that there is no truth in speculation linking them with an attempted summer move for Real Madrid midfielder Kaka.
***Arsenal full-back Bacary Sagna is reportedly happy to snub offers to leave North London and stay at the Emirates, for at least one more season. (Daily Mail)
***Newcastle fans claim their club has been turned into a laughing stock after new director of football Joe Kinnear gave a cringeworthy defence of his job. But instead of clarifying his position, he launched into a gaffe-strewn rant against the fans and media, while repeatedly getting the names wrong of players and management wrong – including pronouncing Yohan Cabaye as 'Cabab'.