The goalscoring goalkeeper retires

He was the goalscoring goalkeeper whose record of finding the net was so good it put most outfield players to shame. A world champion with Brazil in 2002 and a winner of 18 major titles with Sao Paulo, Rogerio Ceni's long and successful career came to an end Sunday. And it's a testament to his goalscoring prowess that neither that World Cup success or his haul of silverware will likely be the achievements for which Ceni will be best remembered. Instead, the 42-year-old, who made his Sao Paulo debut in 1993, will be revered for finding the net 131 times in over 1,200 matches -- a record that left him with a ratio of at least one goal in every 10 games -- during a career which has spanned three decades.

Soccer governing body donates watches worth $1.4M to charity

 World soccer governing body FIFA might not be able to turn back the clock on a wave of scandals but it's hoping donating watches worth an estimated $1.4m to charity will bring some closure -- on one chapter of its recent checkered history at least. Goodie bags gifted by the Brazilian Football Association to VIP attendees of a FIFA Congress in Sao Paulo ahead of the 2014 World Cup included Parmigiani watches worth $30,000 each. Subsequently FIFA's independent Ethics Committee insisted the watches be handed back, ruling they broke their Code of Ethics on the grounds they were "unauthorized gifts." Of the 65 watches only 48 have been returned, but they have now been donated to the streetfootballworld charity, which plans to plow the proceeds of their auction into Brazilian soccer projects.