LONDON (AFP) - - Theo Walcott has been giving his England team-mate Rio Ferdinand a sense of deja-vu ahead of Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan and the Manchester United defender has only just worked out why. More »
LONDON (AFP) - - A top UEFA official has suggested that clubs with excessive debt could be excluded from the Champions League and UEFA. More »
BUCHAREST, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Romania striker Adrian Mutu says he has the backing of two players' unions in his bid to overturn the 17.2 million fine FIFA ordered him to pay to Chelsea over his failed drugs test. More »
LONDON, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - Russia international Roman Pavlyuchenko of Tottenham is set to be out for three weeks having torn an ankle ligament, the Premiership club said on Tuesday. More »
LONDON, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel will be back by Christmas, the top Premiership club said on Tuedsay, following news he will not need an operation on his injured right knee. More »
LONDON, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - The progress of Chelsea's bid to displace Manchester United as the English club with the biggest international support is one of the issues that will be gauged in the biggest-ever survey of football fans across the globe. More »
LAGOS, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has been given the green light by Nigeria to skip Saturday's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone, officials said Tuesday. More »
BRUSSELS, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - Sepp Blatter has expressed his concern over the influx of foreign investors snapping up English Premier League clubs. More »
LONDON, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has applied for political asylum in Britain where he has spent most of his time since he was forced out of office two years ago, officials said on Monday. More »
NEWCASTLE, England, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - The Nigerian consortium bidding to buy Newcastle has warned the Premier League crisis-club that they are ready to look elsewhere if a deal isn't completed soon. More »

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