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Cole shoots student with air rifle

England left-back Cole, 30, was 'larking about' with a .22 air rifle when he fired at the work experience student from five feet awayEngland defender Ashley Cole accidentally shot and wounded a 21-year-old student on work experience at his club's Cobham training ground, it was revealed last...

Faith in Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes is correct but cannot be enduring | Paul Wilson

Should Manchester United win a 19th title this season they will have taken a markedly different route to eclipsing Liverpool's recordTry this for a quiz question. What do Graeme Souness, Terry McDermott, Mark Lawrenson, John Aldridge and Ray and Alan Kennedy all have in common? Apart from playing...

Didier Drogba feels the heat of change at Chelsea | Paul Hayward

The Ivorian striker and the old guard are losing power at Stamford Bridge and it seems likely the owner, Roman Abramovich, will soon make changes favouring younger playersBubbling away in Roman Abramovich's 16-home, ??11bn empire is the problem of what to do with the old guard. With Fernando...

Wigan 0-4 Manchester United

Manchester United opened up a four-point gap on Arsenal and a startling 15-point one on Chelsea with the most predictable of wins at Wigan, who have now played 13 games against Sir Alex Ferguson's side since 2005 and lost every time. Even with one eye on their trip to Chelsea on Tuesday United...

Newcastle United 1-1 Bolton Wanderers | Premier League match report

The last time Newcastle United won a home Premier League game that began at 3pm on a Saturday was in August 2008, when Bolton were the beaten visitors. Any hopes Alan Pardew's side harboured of making history repeat itself pretty much evaporated in the 54th minute when Ryan Taylor was rightly...

Paul Wilson meets Birmingham's keeper

He doesn't like watching football, so it is just as well Ben Foster expects to be kept busy by Arsenal at WembleyBen Foster doesn't watch much football on television. With a couple of children aged two and one the Birmingham City goalkeeper says he can't find the time, though that is not the only...

Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn

Aston Villa took their time in winning this match ??? perhaps the knowledge that three points would move them a vital leap further away from the drop zone caused a few jitters. Once they got going, however, G??rard Houllier's team confidently took Blackburn apart ??? form winning out over league...

Everton 2-0 Sunderland | Premier League match report

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