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Avram Grant

Avram Grant is facing FA rap over refs rant

Chelsea boss is asked to explain outburst as a misconduct charge looms

Samuel Eto'o

£27m Spurs move for Eto'o takes off

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is understood to be planning to fly to Barcelona on Sunday as the club step up their bid to sign Samuel Eto'o

Russians in new plea to English fans

Senior Russian officials urge Chelsea and Manchester United fans to "behave respectfully to one another" when in Moscow

Rio Ferdinand

Sir Alex Ferguson rewards Rio Ferdinand with £1m-a-year pay rise

The inspirational defender lifts the Reds ahead of next week's Champions League Final by agreeing to stay at the club until 2013
Olympic stadium

Olympic stadium set to host rugby league team

Division Two side London Skolars are in talks to move in from 2015 as part of their bid to join the Super League



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Jimmy Anderson is mobbed by his England team-mates

Jimmy reigns in the Lord's gloom

Jimmy Anderson justified England's decision to stick with him by taking three wickets as New Zealand struggled to 109 for five by tea in bowler-friendly conditions
Nick Barmby and Dean Windass

Lee takes the blame as Aidy plans big changes

Goalkeeper Richard Lee admits his blunder probably cost Watford a place in the Championship Play-off Final

Lawrence Dallaglio

Lawrence Dallaglio's dream team plea to Lions

Lawrence Dallaglio calls on British and Irish Lions chiefs to give Ian McGeechan the "dream" coaching team of Shaun Edwards and Warren Gatland
John Terry

I'm in strapping form and ready to lead Chelsea in Moscow, vows fired-up John Terry

Chelsea captain John Terry warns Manchester United his elbow injury is a thing of the past

Daniel Vettori

Atherton blasts Vettori over late show

Michael Atherton slams New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori, accusing him of being "downright rude" before the start of the First Test
Tony Adams

How Tony nearly nearly went for a Burton

Thirty years ago Tony Adams was indebted to an Arsenal coach for saving him from rejection before he'd even kicked a ball . . . on Saturday, they come face to face at Wembley

Simon Jordan

Bristol City 'mob' abused me, says Simon Jordan

Angry Simon Jordan claims he was abused by a mob of Bristol City fans who called him "a poof"

Hill-Wood's about-turn on Kroenke

Stanley Kroenke may soon get a seat on the Arsenal board after a change of heart by Peter Hill-Wood

League still attractive to millions

Football League crowds have broken the 16 million barrier for the fourth consecutive season
Sol Campbell

Cup is just the tip of Sol's Pompey plan

Sol Campbell has his sights set on a Champions League place


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Olympic news

Olympic village

2012 chiefs face village costs grilling

Concerns over the mounting costs of the athletes' village are to be raised during an inspection of the 2012 project by the IOC
Climber Ji Ji holds the torch of the Beijing Olympics as it is lit near the top of Mount Everest

Olympic flame is lit on Everest

The Olympic flame reaches the top of Mount Everest
Olympic Village

Boris and the 2012 legacy

The 2012 Olympics is one area on which Boris Johnson's mayoralty will be judged
 

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