Newcastle dismiss sale 'nonsense'

Friday, 4 July 2008

Newcastle today described as "absolute nonsense" claims that Mike Ashley has put a price-tag of £420million on the club.

US Investors in Newcastle talks

Friday, 4 July 2008

Informal discussions have taken place over the potential sale of Newcastle to American investors.

Barton spared jail over training ground attack

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Premiership footballer Joey Barton was spared jail today for attacking a team-mate in a training ground row.

James Lawton: Aragones won over lovers of the game with sweet blend of style and discipline

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Those who say Spain is not a country but a state of various minds and a series of dramatic gestures must now admit there is nothing intangible about their football team – or the glorious way they have made themselves champions of Europe these last few weeks.

Keeping in shape does the trick for beautiful Spaniards

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

What would Euro 2008 have been like with England in it? It is not a question many have troubled themselves with amid the fraternal atmosphere of the Fan Zones, free of the usual 50,000 Englishmen claiming every bar or café as an adjunct of Rotherham or Stevenage by hitching a St George flag outside. Watching David Villa or Andrei Arshavin, few have been moved to say, "Yes, he's good, but let's see him up against Glen Johnson first."

Footballer Barton admits training ground assault

Monday, 30 June 2008

Premier League footballer Joey Barton pleaded guilty today to assaulting a former team-mate in a training ground row.

Spain bursts with joy for their 'Campeones'

Monday, 30 June 2008

The firecrackers started before the final whistle. The trumpets followed, then the streams of cars swinging through the streets of the Spanish capital, honking their hearts out, scarlet and gold flags rippling from the windows. "Viva Espana!" wafted in the air as they passed.

James Lawton: Aragones the unlikely star takes his place among Spain's leading lights

Monday, 30 June 2008

Luis Aragones will never be the pin-up boy of the big-time coaching circuit. He is too old and too fat. Yet there will always be a place of honour for him in the great but, until now, desperately under-achieving football nation of Spain.

Spain bursts with joy for their 'Campeones'

Monday, 30 June 2008

The firecrackers started before the final whistle. The trumpets followed, then the streams of cars swinging through the streets of the Spanish capital, honking their hearts out, scarlet and gold flags rippling from the windows. "Viva Espana!" wafted in the air as they passed.

'Decades of suffering an inferiority complex have ended'

Monday, 30 June 2008