Barcelona's Brazilian midfielder was granted dual nationality by Spain.

Barcelona's Brazil forward Ronaldinho was granted dual nationality by Spain on Monday, the Primera Liga club said.

Ronaldinho said on Friday he was determined to avoid the mistakes of last season and make this one his best at Barcelona.

Brazil continue to top the rankings, which has India placed at 151.

England forward Alan Smith joined Newcastle United from Premier League champions Manchester United on Friday in a five-year deal.

Cameroon retained the All Africa Games soccer title following a laboured 1-0 victory over Guinea.

African XI drew 3-3 with a Rest of the World team.

He was unveiled at the Nou Camp after passing a medical and putting pen to paper on a four-year deal with the Primera Liga side.

Coach Frank Rijkaard would also continue at the club next season.

India is all set to train a large number of cotton traders from African countries from Tuesday.

France leapfrogging Brazil and Argentina to take second spot, while world champions Italy held onto first.

The airliner has asked those willing to visit Douala to submit their travel details, including the name of the passenger who was onboard the ill-fated aircraft.

The aircraft, carrying 144 people onboard including 15 Indians, had gone off radar on Saturday shortly after taking off from Douala for Nairobi in torrential rain.

"We have not received any official list of Indian nationals present in the crashed plane," Patel, who was in Surat to inaugurate Surat airport, said.

When asked whether there was any information about Amol, Chauhan said, "All we know is that the plane has gone missing. We have not heard anything else yet."

India said it is in touch with its High Commission in Nairobi following the crash.

Two clinical finishes from Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov took twice winners Tottenham Hotspur through to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday.

They climbed from third to first place partly as a result of their 1-0 win over France in February and partly because older results have expired and are no longer used for the points evaluation.

The Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker pipped Samuel Eto'o for the honour.

Valencia beat leaders Barcelona 2-1 at the Mestalla to put themselves firmly in the Primera Liga title race.

The Barcelona strikers ended a public spat with a public display of reconciliation.

A round-up of weekend action in the main European leagues.

The Italian defender collected 40 percent of the readers' vote conducted annually by a British-based sports magazine.

Argentina moved up to third from fourth, trading places with France, thanks to the devaluation of defeats registered before mid-November a year ago.

Holders Barcelona must beat Levski Sofia to make sure of avoiding a shock exit from the UEFA Champions League.

Ronaldinho led Barcelona to a 3-1 win over Real Zaragoza while Ruud van Nistelrooy scored all four goals in Real Madrid's 4-1 win over Osasuna.

The European and Spanish champions struggled to find their rhythm in the face of hard-running opponents Deportivo Coruna in the Primera Liga.

Chelsea had goalkeepers Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini taken to hospital after both were knocked unconscious in the champions' 1-0 win at Reading on Saturday

Ronaldinho is bidding to lift the trophy for the third year in a row.

The BCC programme alleged corruption and rule-breaking in English football.

Barcelona eased to a 3-0 win over Racing Santander to keep pace with leaders Sevilla in the Primera Liga.

West Ham United stole the limelight with a stunning double swoop for Argentines Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.

The Economic Competitiveness Policy Group, led by John Redwood, said that the tax needed "simplification or flattening" to attract more investment in small and medium-sized enterprises.

The government has notified a list of 57 countries in Africa and South America that would get duty benefits under the Focus Market scheme, announced in the Foreign Trade Policy early this year, to boost exports.

Barcelona reached an agreement to sign Iceland striker Eidur Gudjohnsen on a four-year deal from Chelsea.

Coach Otto Pfister he would return with the team to their Wangen base to prepare for their other matches against Switzerland and France