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The Ł80m Ronaldo question: Has football now lost touch with reality

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I won't do any favours for England's 2018 chance, says Platini

Platini: English are losing their identity

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Didier Drogba will prove point in Euro clash, says Frank Lampard

03.11.09

Frank Lampard believes Didier Drogba will take six months of Champions League frustration out on Atletico Madrid tonight to fire Chelsea into the last 16... more

Real Madrid reveal huge debt

21.09.09

Real Madrid have announced a massive debt of Ł296million (327million euros) after a summer of lavish spending in the transfer market... more

Michel Platini's rampant ego will turn all clubs into victims

04.09.09

FIFA's tame disciplinary court's judgment on the signing of Gael Kakuta is an attack not just on Chelsea but on the entire Premier League. It has Michel Platini's fingerprints all over it.... more

Michel Platini looking to reign in spending

27.08.09

UEFA president Michel Platini has unveiled plans for financial reforms that could see the Premier League's big spenders forced to change their habits or face possible exclusion from European football... more

The Ł80m Ronaldo question: Has football now lost touch with reality

12.06.09

Football: Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer to Real Madrid has drawn criticism from UEFA chief Michel Platini, who called it ‘excessive’... more

England get green light for Olympics

01.06.09

Football: FIFA have given the all-clear for exclusively English football teams to represent Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics but are expected to decide this week only under-21 players will be involved... more

Silvinho backing Barcelona to find goals at Stamford Bridge

01.05.09

Football: Silvinho has insisted Barcelona will have the last laugh over Chelsea's defensive tactics and is confident they will set up a dream Champions League Final with his former club Arsenal... more

Briatore desperate for salary cap

24.03.09

Football: Queens Park Rangers chairman Flavio Briatore today called for a salary cap to be introduced as proposals emerged over a luxury tax designed to redistribute player wealth throughout football... more

Cricket can play a role in healing the sickness of Islamic terror

04.03.09

Cricket: The Pakistan public love cricket and depriving them of watching their team compete anywhere is an effective way of making clear what a pariah Pakistan is becoming because of its tolerance of the Islamic fundamentalism that breeds terror ... more

Platini eyes up spending cap as clubs risk 'imploding'

18.02.09

Football: Michel Platini has told the European parliament that UEFA are considering capping spending by clubs... more

‘Bond’ villain’s thunderball knocks living daylights out of calypso game

18.02.09

Cricket: Sir Allen Stanford's public humiliation is a serious blow to the credibility of the England Cricket Board, and particularly to their newly re-elected chairman Giles Clarke... more

Court of King Roman needs a revolution

11.02.09

Football: Now that the dust has settled, do I feel any better about the removal of Big Phil Scolari than I did yesterday? No I do not... more

I won't do any favours for England's 2018 chance, says Platini

06.02.09

UEFA president Michel Platini has told England they cannot count on his support to help them win the bid to stage the 2018 World Cup... more

Axe for blunder linesman won't change a thing

03.12.08

Andy Warhol promised us all 15 minutes of fame, and this week's lucky winner is John Stokes. He was the plonker who failed to spot that Robin van Persie was at least three yards offside when he scored the equaliser at Stamford Bridge... more

The jealous French are plotting an end to our dominance

26.11.08

The French are planning to set in train a chain of events that ends up destroying the Premier League as we know it, says David Mellor... more

This lack of respect on all sides is hurting our game

12.11.08

Football managers and referees were destined never to get on but rantings at the League Managers Association meeting in Coventry on Monday suggest a total breakdown in the relationship is now on the cards... more

Chelsea's Cole ruled out of trip to Rome

03.11.08

A scan revealed Ashley Cole will be out for up to 10 days after injuring his calf in Chelsea's 5-0 win over Sunderland... more

The biggest spenders will feel the pinch when it comes to the crunch

10.10.08

Whatever one thinks of UEFA’s latest assaults on the Premier League’s culture of greed and reckless borrowing, their grasp of the etiquette expected of a guest leaves much to be desired... more

Platini: English are losing their identity

09.10.08

Michel Platini has again warned that English clubs are in danger of losing their identity because of the influx of foreign owners... more

It’s reckless that horror tacklers are getting off too lightly

01.10.08

Last week, Middlesbrough's Emanuel Pogatetz injured Manchester United's Rodrigo Possebon with a crude and reckless challenge that has no place in civilised sport... more

Wenger’s fury after attack by UEFA boss

23.09.08

Football: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit back after being stunned by an attack on him by UEFA president Michel Platini... more

It's Ab fab for City but Scousers will be sick as parrots

03.09.08

The transfer window, Joey Barton and Michel Platini have David Mellor reaching for a few extra blood pressure tablets... more

Murray will be cut down to size now Nadal is a green giant

02.07.08

Mystic Mellor's money went on Rafael Nadal before the tournament began and I'm happy it's there despite this afternoon's showdown with Andy Murray... more

'England won't be missed at Euro 08'

06.06.08

Platini launches astonishing new attack on English football on eve of Championship... more

Climate of fear and a pitch battle are Platini's final insult

21.05.08

David Mellor lets fly at Michel Platini, tries to mend bridges with Harry Redknapp, writes off Steve McClaren and Lord's, and dismisses Dwain Chambers as irrelevant... more

Security fears for Cup final

20.05.08

Alarming security lapses have been exposed at the stadium which will host the Champions League final... more

Football Talk

03.04.08

Ajax takes action against English poachers, Ricardo Carvalho's son spotted in an Addicks shirt and comic bus drivers at Wembley feature in this week's Football Talk... more

Give praise to a French president who is not frightened to face facts

31.03.08

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Zola's thumbs up for quota move

28.02.08

Former Chelsea star is latest high-profile name to join the growing debate on limiting the number of Premier League imports... more

New plan's a joke, but at least it's made fools of top brass

13.02.08

It is hard to think of a more Loony Tunes idea than the Premier League's 'international round' and I can't imagine why as shrewd an individual as their chief executive Richard Scudamore has promoted it.... more