Briefs 2-West Ham United sign Behrami from Lazio

July 23 (Reuters) - Sports news in brief from around the world:

Soccer - West Ham United have signed Switzerland utility player Valon Behrami from Lazio for 5 million pounds ($9.99 million).

The versatile 23-year-old, comfortable at both right back and right wing, played for the co-hosts at the European Championship in June. He signed a five-year deal.

"I am very happy to sign for West Ham. For me it is a dream come true to play for the club and in the Premier League," Behrami told the club's website (www.whufc.com).

Soccer -Goals from Salomon Kalou, Frank Lampard, Franco Di Santo and Shaun Wright-Phillips gave Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari a 4-0 friendly win over Chinese side Guangzhou Pharmaceutical in his first match in charge of the club. "I wasn't nervous at all, I was relaxed, it's always good to win the first game although the result doesn't matter much. The team isn't ready yet and they had some difficulties physically, this is something that we'll have to solve," Scolari told reporters through a Portuguese interpreter.

Soccer - Greece centre-back Traianos Dellas has been released by AEK Athens, the Greek Super League club said on their website (www.aekfc.gr).