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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Sunday’s trip to Manchester United will be “strange” without Sir Alex Ferguson. The pair were the longest-serving managers in the English game before Ferguson retired as United boss in May.

By Mike Collett London – After last season’s Champions League blip when they failed to advance from their group but still won the Europa League, Chelsea are well placed to reach the last 16 of the elite competition again in…

Wayne Rooney believes that Manchester United’s extensive experience of beating Arsenal will stand the club in good stead for Sunday’s clash with the Premier League leader.

Former boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has written off England’s chances of winning the 2014 World Cup. The 65-year-old Swede, now a coach in China, led England to the quarter-finals in both 2002 and 2006.

Tottenham have been described as “irresponsible” for allowing goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to play on against Everton after losing consciousness.

Real Madrid survived a second-half fightback by bottom side Rayo Vallecano to hold on to a nervy win.

Roma became the first team to win the opening 10 matches of a Serie A season when they beat Chievo 1-0 on Thursday.

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp has signed a contract extension which will keep him at the Champions League finalists until 2018.

By Alistair Magowan BBC Sport Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says the team can overturn a poor start to win the Premier League, despite being eight points adrift of leaders Arsenal.

World record signing Gareth Bale is on the 23-man shortlist for the Fifa men’s world footballer of the year award.

Uefa president Michel Platini wants the World Cup expanded from 32 to 40 teams. The 58-year-old has proposed the move after Fifa president Sepp Blatter suggested more countries from Africa and Asia should qualify at the expense of those from…

London- Manchester United rallied to beat Stoke 3-2 on Saturday in the English Premier League on second-half headers by Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez.

Troubled Sunderland may have been anything but infallible this season, but one man appears to be keeping the faith.

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari appears to have been duped by an impostor on Spanish radio into confirming he does want to call up Diego Costa for the World Cup.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says talk of boycotting the 2018 World Cup in Russia in protest at racism among the country’s fans is premature. Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has suggested black players could take action, after claiming he was…

The referee for Manchester City’s game against CSKA Moscow should not officiate again after failing to deal with racist abuse, according to Kick It Out chairman Lord Ouseley.

By SW Lim Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino has criticized referees for letting opponents escape with foul play on Neymar after his side dropped its first points of the season in a 0-0 draw with Osasuna.

By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) – Coach Jose Mourinho was ordered from the dugout and striker Samuel Eto’o was involved in a highly debatable equaliser as Chelsea beat Cardiff City 4-1 to move up to second in the Premier League…

By Andrew Wychrij Gareth Bale has described stories about a chronic back injury as “greatly exaggerated” after returning for Real Madrid against Malaga.

By Brooks Peck Bayer Leverkusen’s Stefan Kießling was given a very generous gift by the match officials when he was awarded a goal against Hoffenheim for a header that somehow squirted through the side netting and ended up inside the…

by Ryan Bailey Diego Maradona and Pele are two of the leading contenders for the greatest player of all time. And since neither has any sense of humility, they have been bickering at each other for decades in a vain…

Roy Hodgson said reaching next summer’s World Cup in Brazil was his proudest moment in football after England secured qualification with victory over Poland at Wembley.

England captain Steven Gerrard is using the “haunting” memory of failing to reach Euro 2008 as motivation in their World Cup qualifier against Poland.

Fifa has confirmed that German-based manufacturer GoalControl will be the official provider of goal-line technology for the 2014 World Cup.

By Richard Conway

By Richard Conway

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp will watch their Champions League game against Arsenal from the stand after his one-match ban was extended by Uefa.

Mario Balotelli and his usual nemesis, the referee, combined to salvage a point for Milan in the Champions League group stage with 1-1 draw against Ajax. Perhaps inspired by Pepe pulling Elche’s Carlos Sanchez down on top of him to…

Fernando Torres will not face retrospective action over an incident with Jan Vertonghen during Chelsea’s 1-1 draw with Tottenham on Saturday, the Football Association has confirmed.

A few weeks ago, a few hours after transfer deadline day to be precise, one was sitting in a bar somewhere on the holiday island of Ibiza still drinking in a night out to see the blistering French DJ David…