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Football: Hodgson frustrated as stars go west

England manager Roy Hodgson on Sunday admitted his frustration that Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham have all planned exhibition matches thousands of miles away from home as soon as the Premier League season is completed this weekend. Chelsea and Manchester City both head to America to play back-to-back games against each other in St Louis on May 23 and in New York on May 25 while Tottenham Hotspur play an exhibition match against Jamaica in the Bahamas the same week.

Football: Bayern thrill, Dortmund worry for Euro final

Borussia Dortmund must wait on Mats Hummels' ankle injury for next Saturday's Champions League final, while Wembley opponents Bayern Munich finished the Bundesliga season with a seven-goal thriller. Centre-back Hummels is an injury doubt for the London final after damaging ankle ligaments in Dortmund's shock 2-1 Bundesliga defeat at home to Hoffenheim on Saturday. The centre-back picked up the injury in the process of fouling Hoffenheim's Kevin Volland in the area, which led to the first of Sejad Salihovic's two penalties in the last 13 minutes.

Football: Tearful Beckham makes Parisian farewell

David Beckham, skipper for the night, bade a tearful Parisian farewell on Saturday as the former England star made his final appearance at the Parc des Princes for Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain before heading into retirement. Last week, Beckham had helped PSG to their first league title since 1994 with a win over Lyon, and then announced he would retire at the end of the season having captured a championship in a fourth different league after England, Spain and the United States.

Football: Bayern's Badstuber suffers fresh knee injury

Bayern Munich's Germany defender Holger Badstuber has suffered another knee ligament injury just when he was battling to recover from exactly the same setback, the Champions League finalists confirmed Saturday. The 24-year-old centre-back, who has won 30 caps for Germany, originally tore the cruciate ligament in his right knee in Bayern's 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund last December. But he has now suffered a fresh tear in the same ligament while in rehabilitation and will be operated on by a specialist in Vail, Colorado, next week, his club confirmed.

Football: Beckham named captain in PSG home farewell

David Beckham, who is to retire from football at the end of the season, was handed the captain's armband for Paris Saint-Germain's last home game of the Ligue 1 season on Saturday. The former England skipper will lead out the French champions to face relegated Brest at the Parc des Princes. The 38-year-old Beckham arrived in Paris on a five-month deal in January going on to become the first Englishman to win league championships in four different countries.

Football: Bayern win thriller on final day as Dortmund slump

Bayern Munich came from two goals down to seal a 4-3 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach, while their Champions League final opponents, Borussia Dortmund lost 2-1 at home to Hoffenheim on the final day of the Bundesliga on Saturday. Champions Bayern dug deep for their 29th league victory in 34 matches as Franck Ribery scored twice, then set up Arjen Robben for the winner after Gladbach had scored three goals in the opening 10 minutes.

Football: Scottish Premier League standings

Scottish Premier League table after Saturday's games (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Celtic 37 23 7 7 88 35 76 - champions Motherwell 37 18 9 10 67 49 63 Inverness CT 37 13 15 9 64 59 54 St Johnstone 37 13 14 10 43 44 53 Ross County 37 12 14 11 46 48 50 Dundee Utd 37 11 14 12 51 58 47 ------------------------------------------------- Hibernian 38 13 12 13 49 52 51

Football: J-League table

J-League standings after Saturday's games (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Omiya Ardija 12 9 2 1 22 9 29 Yokohama Marinos 12 7 3 2 24 13 24 Urawa Red Diamonds 11 7 2 2 22 11 23 Kashima Antlers 12 6 4 2 18 15 22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 11 6 2 3 20 10 20 Cerezo Osaka 12 5 5 2 17 11 20 FC Tokyo 12 6 1 5 22 16 19

Football: Wigan will bounce back - Martinez

Wigan will soon be back in the Premier League despite having suffered relegation this season after eight years in the top flight, manager Roberto Martinez said. The Latics dropped back into the Championship on Tuesday night after a 4-1 thumping at Arsenal, just four days after a historic first ever FA Cup triumph. "It's been a tough lesson of what football is all about - real highs and real lows. In our case it was a real contrast - as high as you can get and as low as you can get," said Martinez.

Football: Omiya stretch J-League lead

Daigo Watanabe scored one goal and assisted another to lead J-League leaders Omiya Ardija to a 2-1 win over Shonan Bellmare on Saturday as they stretched the lead in the standings. Watanabe sent a cross to the centre, where Slovenian international striker Zlatan Ljubijankic fired home from close range to open the scoring in the 15th minute. After Kazunari Ono made it 1-1 in the 18th minute, Omiya connected five passes for Watanabe's decider in the 81st minute.
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