Exclusive: As they prepare to make their debuts for QPR, Shaun Wright-Phillips says he's delighted to be reunited with the misunderstood midfielder ... more
An online petition calling for ministers to release Cabinet papers about the Hillsborough football disaster has now hit 100,000 signatures - enough to trigger a debate in Parliament... more
Newcastle midfielder has been denied the necessary permission to travel with the rest of the first-team Magpies' squad when they leave on Sunday... more
Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton has urged the club to spend the £35million accrued from selling Andy Carroll to enable them to challenge for a European spot... more
Newcastle midfielder has laughed off speculation he could leave the club next month and insisted he would be happy to see out his career on Tyneside... more
Manager will forever moan about referees but allowing them the chance to rate officials will not alleviate any of the frustration and only serve to intensify the huge pressure on the man in the middle... more
Football: Joey Barton’ Newcastle career looks to be over after he was suspended by the club indefinitely today amid reports he almost came to blows with boss Alan Shearer following the 3-0 defeat at Liverpool... more
New England skipper Andrew Strauss has his work cut out trying to heal a divided dressing room following the spectacular fall out between Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores. We take a look at some of the biggest sporting spats between team-mates
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David Mellor asks whether Arsenal should call time on Arsene Wenger, calls Sunderland pathetic, calls on the FA to ban Joey Barton, and fires a sot at the Standford circus and incompetent football referees... more
Football: Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear has told Joey Barton to start paying off his £5.8million transfer fee after seeing him pave the way for a first win in eight Premier League games... more
Football: The Football Association have hit Joey Barton with a 12-game ban and fined him £25,000 following his training ground assault on former team-mate Ousmane Dabo... more
Joey Barton, released from prison this week, could be suspended for the start of the season after being charged with violent conduct by the Football Association... more