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Inter risk losing top spot after Palermo stalemate

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Leaders Bayern stunned by two late Frankfurt goals

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Real Madrid fight back to go three points clear

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Robin van Persie returns to Arsenal training

• Striker back after five months out with an ankle injury• Dutchman could play Champions League semi-finalsRobin van Persie returns to Arsenal to join full training this week. Having missed nearly five months of the season with serious ankle damage sustained on international duty with...

Egypt's Olympic football team postpones trip to Palestine

• Possible Israeli visas at issue• Politics and public opinion interveneA visit by the Egyptian Olympic football team to Palestine has been postponed, reported the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper last week. The team were due to travel to the occupied West Bank next Sunday to play a...

Mutola moves into South African football

The 2000 Olympic gold medallist Maria Mutola has swapped the 800 metres for her first love – footballMaria Mutola was a dedicated footballer long before she won Olympic gold, playing alongside boys in the shanties of the Mozambican capital Maputo before going on to become a world champion...

Amy Lawrence on the French revival

With more managers than any other country still in the Champions League, France has much to shout aboutIt is one of the great anomalies of French football that no coach born on their soil has ever won the European Cup. Despite their reputation for innovation and education, and the fact the...

Police in China arrest referees on suspicion of match-fixing

• 2002 World Cup referee among suspects• Previously convicted official got 10 years in prisonChinese police have arrested three football referees on suspicion of match-fixing, including one official who presided at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. Although it is not clear...