For the first time in over a decade Argentina has become the main provider of professional footballers worldwide.

Milan’s wage bill is now the biggest in Serie A with Silvio Berlusconi’s club spending an annual €130 million sum – overtaking Inter by €10m.

La Gazzetta dello Sport conducted a detailed study of Italy’s biggest spenders, with Milan taking the lead when it comes to drilling deep into figures.

Wayne Rooney’s latest sex shame could potentially cost him millions in lost sponsorship deals.

Rooney earns £100,000 a week at Manchester United, but his income is heavily boosted by commercial endorsements worth millions.

Thierry Henry and Mexican captain Rafael Marquez made the biggest news last month by joining Major League Soccer but England’s David Beckham remains the US league’s highest-paid player.

During its press conference at Gamescom 2010, EA Sports has announced the signing of David Beckham as brand ambassador for EA Sports Active 2. The game will be released on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the Nintendo Wii, the iPhone and the iPod Touch in Europe and Australia on the 19th of November 2010.

Real Madrid midfielder Kaka will grace the cover of all FIFA Soccer 11 cases when the video game hits shelves late next month.

The 28-year-old Brazilian will be the face of EA Sports’ global advertising campaign for the best-selling franchise’s latest installment.

Thierry Henry will be formally unveiled as the new icon of US Major League Soccer on Thursday, but sports business experts have already claimed he will not be as big an attraction as David Beckham.

Despite being one of the world’s most marketable footballers over the last decade, Henry is not expected to have the same commercial pulling power as Beckham, who moved to LA Galaxy in 2007.

Yahoo Inc said it signed British soccer star David Beckham as a brand ambassador ahead of the World Cup tournament in a move to draw more users to the online media company’s products.

Highly respected magazine France Football has released its annual list of the highest earners in world football on wages alone.

Following a scintillating week, where he has scored eight goals in three games, few will begrudge Lionel Messi for earning 33 million euros a year from Barcelona and coming top of the list.

Sports daily newspaper Marca reported today of a new and improved contract between Nike and Cristiano Ronaldo. Nike will pay Real Madrid’s superstar Cristiano Ronaldo 6 millions euros per year until 2014, which make Ronaldo the highest paid footballer under Nike’s contract.