Ferdinand fixes West Ham future

West Ham United FC defender Anton Ferdinand has signed a three-year extension to his contract at Upton Park. The 20-year-old, younger brother of England and Manchester United FC centre-back Rio, was one of Alan Pardew's side's promotion to the Premiership last season, and made his England Under-21 debut in August. "Anton has made rapid progress over the past year and if he continues to play as well as he has been then we are going to have a great player on our hands," Pardew told the club's website.

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Ligue 1 newcomers ES Troyes Aube Champagne have signed Serbo-Montenegrin midfield player Branko Boskovic from Paris Saint-Germain FC. The 25-year-old, who collected two championship medals at former club FK Crvena Zvezda, has failed to make an impact since moving to the French capital two years ago. He nevertheless made 36 league appearances last term and Troyes coach Jean-Marc Furlan will hope he bring experience ahead of an expected relegation tussle.

French UEFA Intertoto Cup hopefuls Olympique de Marseille have loaned winger Fabrice Fiorèse to Qatari side Al-Rayyan. The 30-year-old former EA Guingamp player arrived at the Stade Vélodrome in a last-minute move from PSG last August.

Promising striker Scott McDonald has committed to another two years at Motherwell FC. The 21-year-old, who scored 15 league goals last season - including the two goals that denied Celtic FC the Scottish Premier League title on the last day of the season - is now tied to the Fir Park club until 2008. McDonald was again on target against Celtic earlier today, as Motherwell began the new Scottish Premier League campaign with an enthralling 4-4 draw.