Liverpool has signed Belgium goalkeeper Simon Mignolet from fellow Premier League side Sunderland for a reported fee of 9 million pounds ($13.9 million).

Liverpool said the 25-year-old Mignolet has "penned a long-term contract" after a brilliant year last season in which he was one of the Premier League's top goalkeepers.

Laurent Blanc has been chosen as the new coach of French champion Paris Saint-Germain, clearing the way for Carlo Ancelotti to join Spanish giant Real Madrid at the same time.

Last season, Ancelotti led PSG to its first league title since 1994 but said several weeks ago that he wanted to leave the club after being linked with a move to Madrid.

Real Madrid confirmed Carlo Ancelotti as its new coach on Tuesday after weeks of speculation.

Given a three-year contract, he will be presented on Wednesday.

World football's governing body has defended Tahiti's right to play at the Confederations Cup despite the Pacific Islanders scoring just once and conceding 24 goals in three losses.

The 138th-ranked Tahiti is one of the eight teams at the FIFA tournament in Brazil after winning the Oceania Nations Cup final.

So good for so long on the French Open's clay, where he's won 59 of 60 career matches, Rafael Nadal is suddenly mediocre on Wimbledon's grass, where he's surprisingly been beaten twice in a row.

What a 15-day swing for Nadal: from a record eighth championship at Roland Garros to a quick-as-can-be exit at the All England Club, the only first-round Grand Slam loss of his career.

Naples prosecutors say they have ordered the search of dozens of football club offices as part of a tax fraud investigation relating to player contracts.

Financial police were executing search warrants on Tuesday on the offices of about 20 Serie A clubs, including AC Milan, Juventus and Lazio, in addition to clubs in lower leagues.

Brian Shaw, the former guard for the Los Angeles Lakers and Phil Jackson pupil, has agreed to succeed George Karl as coach of the Denver Nuggets, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal hadn't been officially announced.

AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani announced that Italy midfielder Riccardo Montolivo will become the squad's new captain after just one season with the club.

The move comes after Milan decided earlier this month in a surprise move not to renew the contract of previous captain Massimo Ambrosini, who took over the armband when Paolo Maldini retired in 2009.

Maria Sharapova shrugged off her public Wimbledon spat with Serena Williams to come through an equally fierce challenge out on court as she battled her way into the second round on Monday.

The 2004 Wimbledon champion was given a stern test by France's up-and-coming Kristina Mladenovic but the Russian third seed eventually triumphed in a 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 win on Centre Court.

The next time Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova meet, it will likely be on a tennis court, with a net separating them — maybe even at Wimbledon, in the final, on the first Saturday in July.

"I think it's great for women's tennis when we play each other," Williams said.