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• Sergio Agüero extends Manchester City contract by a year • David Beckham career ends as he misses PSG's Lorient game Agüero signs one-year extension of City deal Sergio Agüero has underlined his commitment to Manchester City by signing a one-year contract extension. The 24-year-old Argentina striker is now tied to the Premier League runners-up until 2017. Agüero joined City from Atlético Madrid in 2011 for £38m and ensured his place in the club's history books when he scored the last-gasp winning goal against QPR to seal the 2011-12 Premier League…
00:45 » GuardianThe final analysis
Former England boss Steve McClaren explains where the 2013 Champions League final was won and lost
00:23 » BBC SportRewind TV: Panorama: Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth; The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs; David Bowie – Five Years; Case Histories
The police were properly damned in Panorama but elsewhere acquitted themselves well rounding up Britain's sex gangs Panorama: Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth (BBC1) | iPlayer The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs (C4) | 4oD David Bowie – Five Years (BBC2) Case Histories (BBC1) | iPlayer In the choice between cock-up and conspiracy, I'm a cock-up theorist because most institutions I've encountered can't organise a decent press release, let alone any sort of sophisticated conspiracy. But there are situations in which cock-ups lead to cover-ups and the cover-ups become so…
00:04 » GuardianManchester City aiming big in America
IT has been some week for football across The Pond after Manchester City announced a tie-in with the New York Yankees that brings to mind the glory days of the North American Soccer League of the 1970s.
00:01 » Daily ExpressMark Hughes favourite for Stoke job
STOKE CITY want to appoint Mark Hughes as their new boss – but only if he agrees to certain restrictions.
00:01 » Daily ExpressRoy Hodgson happy with his England boys for Brazil
ROY HODGSON insists it’s time to move on from the Rio Ferdinand and John Terry era with England’s new breed of central defenders.
00:01 » Daily ExpressManchester City face fight to be kings of Queens
After a week of talk about their vision of a new Major League Soccer franchise, Manchester City were putting in the hard yards yesterday, taking players into the Queens district on unannounced visits to the many games which take place in the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, where the club want to build a stadium for New York City FC. But the strength of resistance to City setting up home in these fields is stauncher than they had imagined, and there is a growing sense here that City will be forced to switch location and opt for the Bronx district instead.
00:00 » The IndependentDecisions loom for in-demand Spanish pair Roberto Martinez and Rafa Benitez
Roberto Martinez and Rafa Benitez are weighing up their options this weekend before deciding whether to move on to Everton and Napoli respectively. Of the two Spanish managers, Benitez has the more concrete offer, the Italian club's president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, having gone on record as wanting him on a two-year contract.
00:00 » The IndependentRoy Hodgson's goalkeeper crisis
GORDON BANKS heard the familiar Scottish voice behind him and knew what was coming.
00:00 » Daily ExpressBitter Florent Malouda bowing out with a blast as Chelsea’s new targets wait in the wing
FLORENT MALOUDA has launched a final parting shot at Chelsea as his six-year stint comes to an acrimonious end.
00:00 » Daily ExpressIan Holloway eyes special return into top flight
WHILE most of the Premier League prepares to welcome the return of the ‘Special One’ at Chelsea, another manager out of a very different but still unique mould will be waiting in the wings at Wembley tomorrow.
00:00 » Daily ExpressNapoli striker Edinson Cavani close to joining Manchester City as Manuel Pellegrini prepares to arrive from Málaga
Manchester City hope to announce the signing of Edinson Cavani soon after Manuel Pellegrini is appointed as the club's new manager.
25 May » TelegraphAgüero agrees deal to stay until 2017
• Sergio Agüero signs one-year contract extension • Striker enjoys 'great relationship' with City fans Sergio Agüero has underlined his commitment to Manchester City by signing a one-year contract extension. The 24-year-old Argentina striker is now tied to the 2102 Premier League champions until 2017. Agüero joined City from Atlético Madrid in 2011 for £38m and ensured his place in the club's history books when he scored the injury-time winning goal against QPR to seal the 2011-12 Premier League title and end the Blues' 44-year wait for the title.…
25 May » GuardianChelsea's Ashley Cole expected to rejected offer to lead England out against Republic of Ireland
Ashley Cole is likely to reject Roy Hodgson's offer to captain England in celebration of the full-back's 100th cap for his country.
25 May » TelegraphCashed-up Monaco's next move for Radomel Falcao will signal frenzied big-money race for summer signings
French club Monaco's next move for Radomel Falcao from Atlético Madrid will send the summer transfer market into overdrive, says Jason Burt.
25 May » TelegraphRoberto Martínez emerges as Everton's first choice to replace David Moyes as manager at Goodison Park
Wigan Athletic's Roberto Martínez emerges as Everton's first choice to replace David Moyes as manager at Goodison Park.
25 May » TelegraphRogers returns to football at Galaxy
Robbie Rogers returns to football by signing for MLS side LA Galaxy, three months after announcing he is gay.
25 May » BBC SportReal Madrid ready to tempt Tottenham Hotspur resolve with an audacious £60m summer bid for Gareth Bale
Real Madrid are ready to test Tottenham Hotspur's insistence that Gareth Bale is not for sale at any price this summer by making a £60 million bid for the Wales international.
25 May » TelegraphRioting, violence and shame – memories of Ireland v England in 1995
Abandoned after neo-Nazis caused chaos, England's last match in Dublin was a hateful low point that shocked the game Neil Fraser watched the England fans making Nazi salutes, leering, jeering and sneering. He heard the boos and the goading battle cries: "No Surrender to the IRA", "Judas! Judas!" And then, when David Kelly – one of eight England-born players in the Republic of Ireland team that night – put his side 1-0 up, and the chants and coins raging down from Lansdowne Road's upper west stand were replaced by wood and metal and iron, he did what any press photographer would…
25 May » GuardianEverton crest sparks anger
Everton have provoked a backlash from fans after revealing a new club crest.
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