Sunderland v Aston Villa match in 1895. Painting by Thomas Hemy Paul Hayward writes about a painting that could influence England’s World Cup bid. It evokes the the nostalgia that ...
He played his first match in Chile’s top division in 1982, at the age of 15 years 5 months. He was known as el Mortero Magico (the Magic Mortar) for ...
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini will return to his native Italy after the club were placed in the same group as Juventus in Friday’s Europa League draw. GettyImages Roberto Mancini: ...
West Brom have re-signed striker Marc-Antoine Fortune from Celtic for an undisclosed fee. GettyImages Marc-Antoine Fortune left West Brom last year • Celtic line up Stokes swoop Fortune, 29, joined ...
Charles N’Zogbia has been given permission to hold speaks with Birmingham City after the club matched Wigan Athletic’s valuation of the midfielder. GettyImages Charles N’Zogbia played in the 6-0 defeat ...
Kevin McDonald’s boost as interim coach took another turn for the worse as Villa came unglued at home against Rapid Wien. It was a bright begin by Villa as Ashley ...
A clean sweep – the first time since the awards were instituted in 1998. Diego Milito won the footballer of the year and also won the forward of the year. ...
The Spanish media outlets are saying that a deal is in the works that will bring Ibra to AC Milan for €40m which will be payable in three instalments. The ...
Bordeaux signed Maazou Moussa on a one-year loan from CSKA Moscow with an option to buy. GettyImages Maazou Moussa spent six months at Monaco last season Niger striker Moussa, 22, ...
Arsenal have finished the signing of France defender Sebastien Squillaci from Sevilla. GettyImages Sebastien Squillaci has played for Sevilla, Lyon and Monaco • Squillaci: Impossible to turn down Arsenal Sevilla ...
Udinese captain Antonio Di Natale has rejected a move to Juventus. GettyImages Antonio Di Natale has decided to stay with Udinese Last season’s Serie A top scorer was a target ...
The not so Special One Jose Mourinho is feeling a wee bit omnipotent nowadays and it really makes no difference if he coaches in the Liga or not – he ...
Wayne Rooney and James Milner have all come out with statements saying that they would love to have Paul Scholes back in the national side. It’s not a tepid endorsement ...
Adriano Galliani is in Barcelona to thrash out a transfer deal for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He will meet with Sandro Rosell tomorrow. But he warns Milan fans it will prove complex ...
SEOUL — FIFA, the governing body of soccer, stated on Wednesday that it has dismissed allegations that North Korea’s coach and players were punished for losing all three of their ...
Robinho has told Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini he wants to play in either Italy or Spain after snubbing an approach from Turkish side Fenerbahce. GettyImages Robinho was allowed a ...
Confusion surrounds the recent takeover of Leicester City after the Football League revealed that they have yet to approve the deal. GettyImages Leicester City’s Walkers Stadium The League Championship club ...
Juventus have announced the loan signing of Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani with an option to purchase the player for €16 million at the end of the season. GettyImages Alberto Aquilani ...
Anything remotely ruthless from an Arsenal player needs to be celebrated – so it will be great to see Sebastien Squillaci carry over the attitude that forced Sevilla to sell ...
Matheus gets the party started after Andres Palop who had a nightmare in goal spills the ball and the Brazilian is on hand to blast it home. Braga goes two ...