Real Madrid signed holding midfielder Asier Illarramendi from Real Sociedad on Friday as it intensified its efforts to capture Spain's latest generation of talent.

Sociedad club president Jokin Aperribay said Madrid paid Illarramendi's buyout clause worth 32 million euros ($42 million) plus another 6 million euros ($8 million) in taxes to secure his release.

You can ditch your computer and leave your cellphone at home, but you can't escape your DNA.

It belongs uniquely to you — and, increasingly, to the authorities.

German defense technology group Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann is about to lose a contract worth at least 5.0 billion euros from Saudi Arabia, the daily Handelsblatt reported on Friday.

The Saudis are losing patience over Berlin's foot-dragging on a deal, worth $6.5 billion, to deliver 270 Leopard combat tanks, which is the subject of fierce controversy in Germany, the newspaper said.

Juventus has completed the signing of Italy defender Angelo Ogbonna from city rivals Torino.

Ogbonna put pen to paper on a five-year deal on Thursday, tying him to the Serie A champion until 2018.

Superstar forward Ilya Kovalchuk stunned the New Jersey Devils by retiring from the NHL on Thursday to return home to Russia.

In leaving, the 30-year-old Kovalchuk walked from $77 million left on the 15-year contract that he signed with New Jersey, including guaranteed annual salaries of at least $11 million over the next four seasons.

Manchester United expects striker Wayne Rooney to be sidelined for a month after injuring his hamstring in a training session ahead of a friendly against a Thailand All Stars team in Bangkok.

Rooney flew back to England in the early hours of Friday morning, having been in Thailand less than 24 hours.

Napoli has completed the signing of striker Jose Maria Callejon from Real Madrid.

Callejon has penned a four-year deal to 2017.

The driven matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan is taking center stage with her own talk show, and Kris Jenner said she's ready for the spotlight.

"I'm definitely living my dream," Jenner said of Monday's launch of "Kris," a daily talk show getting a summer test run on Fox stations in a handful of major U.S. TV markets.

An Israeli soldier collapses onto the floor of a house in Lebanon, shot by Hizbullah fighters. As his squad mates clear out the second floor, a medic rushes over, pulling on latex gloves and digging into his first aid kit. Gunfire echoes down the stairs as he starts to work on the wound.

The Israeli military experienced this kind of brutal house-to-house warfare during its inconclusive 2006 war with Hizbullah. As it trains in a mock village in its base in the northern Israeli town of Elyakim, it is recreating similar battle scenarios as it prepares for the next confrontation with the Lebanese group. Officials say such a conflict could erupt at any time.

Some arrived in Porsches or BMWs, which were whisked away by valet parking attendants. The hotel lobby was awash with the celebrated and powerful including A-list actors, well-known artists and captains of commerce.

For one glimmering moment late last month, the Iranian capital was the talk of the world's art market after 80 works sold for $2 million, astonishing a country whose economy is battered by Western sanctions but still has pockets of wealth looking for investment havens for their money.