PSG missed a midnight deadline for a transfer certificate to be submitted to France's professional football league (LFP) from Spain's football authorities, sports daily L'Equipe and other local media reported.
The defensive midfielder, who failed to win a regular first-team place at Arsenal, signed a three-and-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee, Portsmouth said on their Web site.
Zinedine Zidane has said he would like to return to the world of football, not sure in which role.
Lance Armstrong said he was happy with the way his career ended and was sick of the doping allegations
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has accused Reading's Stephen Hunt of intentionally injuring goalkeeper Petr Cech.
Coach Eric Gerets will leave Ligue 1 leaders Olympique Marseille at the end of the season, the Belgian said on the club website.
The 29-year-old France striker will sign a four-year contract with the Spanish club.
Retirement after 22 years as Manchester United manager is a scary prospect, Alex Ferguson said.
Traianos Dellas, Angelos Charisteas, Michalis Kapsis, Antonis Nikopolidis, Yourkas Seitaridis and Theodoros Zagorakis have been named in an initial list of 50 for the European Footballer of the Year award.
Motorcycling world champion Valentino Rossi can make the leap to Formula One, according to Ferrari's Michael Schumacher.
The defender became France's third most-capped player with 103 appearances during Euro 2004.
France coach Raymond Domenech said he was not angry at Zinedine Zidane for his headbutt in the World Cup final.
Jean-Marie Leblanc, the Tour de France director, said he backed the report stating that Lance Armstrong took EPO in 1999.
Sebastien Grosjean withdrew from the quarter-final tie against Russia later this month citing fatigue.
"It has been a long time since I had to ask myself the question 'how can I beat this opponent?'," said Federer.
The French defender said he wants to leave Chelsea for AC Milan but the English champions are refusing to let him go.
Kelli White now looks certain to lose both her 100 metres and 200 metres gold medals.
World 400 metres champion Jerome Young tested positive for the banned endurance booster erythropoietin.
The 22-year-old Swiss is devoting herself to perfecting her English.
The striker said he would be having a fitness test before the game against fourth-placed Liverpool.
PSG make winning start as Messi arrival looms
Frenchman Lucien Laurent, who scored the first goal in World Cup history in 1930, died on Monday aged 97.
Fabien Barthez could be punished after a referee said the Olympique Marseille goalkeeper spat at him during a friendly match.
The midfielder told some of his France team mates after their World Cup qualifier on the Faroe Islands that he was quitting international football.
Angry Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said his player is being treated like "a slave" by France coach Raymond Domenech.
British daily The Times splashed "In the hands of God" with the image of Maradona celebrating after beating West Germany in the final of the 1986 World Cup.
Striker Thierry Henry is likely to miss France's final two World Cup qualifiers because of a groin injury
The LFP board will meet to "study the sporting and economic consequences of the measures announced by the prime minister", it said on Tuesday night after Edouard Philippe said the 2019-20 professional season could 'not return'.
Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli sparked speculation on Tuesday of a return from retirement less than two years after bowing out of professional tennis.
Banned European soccer boss president Michel Platini has withdrawn his candidacy from the race for the presidency of soccer's scandal-plagued governing body FIFA, he told French sports daily L'Equipe on Thursday.
Tennis Australia Chief Executive Craig Tiley confirmed in an email to players that authorities had agreed to allow players to train during two weeks of strict quarantine.
Amelie Mauresmo ended her coaching relationship with Andy Murray because she felt she could not improve the world number two any further, the former world number one said on Saturday.
Paris St Germain centre back Thiago Silva says the French club has what it takes to win their Champions League Group F after Tuesday's decider at Barcelona.
'I asked the coach for an explanation. An explanation can be just two minutes long. It's not complicated ... But I am still at the coach's disposal. The coach knows this' 'I have the feeling that my name is being manipulated for reasons that have nothing to do with football'
Ricciardo joined Renault from Red Bull last year with a contract that runs to the end of 2020.
The 47-year-old agreed to coach Djokovic, who has been through a crisis of confidence since winning his 12th major title at the French Open last year, last month.
A round-up off all transpired on and off the football pitch
RMC sport and sports daily L'Equipe said he had died aged 73 after having a heart operation in Paris.
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