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Premier League: Andrew Johnson and Erik Nevland punished sloppy Portsmouth defending in a 3-1 win for Fulham

How ironic it would be if the brief and increasingly fraught stewardship of Tony Adams at Portsmouth was finally put out of its misery by a malfunctioning offside trap.For years at Arsenal Adams was the personification of the offside law, looking along the back line with an arm raised in appeal as...

Premier League: Arsenal held 0-0 by West Ham United at the Emirates

Arsenal's recent history had been about pizzazz and, for a while, Premier League titles. These days the buzz word that crops up after spluttering performances and squandered points is "patience". There was frustration as their latest opportunity to gain ground on the Champions League positions was...

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Torres strikes after Lampard walks

All the elements of the great dysfunctional family that is the Liverpool boardroom were in Anfield yesterday: the Americans and the English, the factions and the grudges. Looking around the directors' box you would find it hard to get that lot to agree on anything, apart from, perhaps, the genius...

Adams on the brink at Pompey

Tony Adams' reign as Portsmouth manager was coming to an end last night as the club pondered a shortlist of potential replacements with former Chelsea manager Avram Grant the favourite. The former England captain endured his eighth league game without a win on Saturday that leaves Portsmouth in...

Spurs clinch £15m deal for Keane

Tottenham Hotspur last night clinched the £15m deal for Robbie Keane to return to White Hart Lane. Negotiations with Liverpool concluded around 11pm with Spurs confident that their former striker will sign today before the 5pm transfer deadline.

Referee Webb falls for spot of amateur dramatics

Derby-day pride, if that is the apt description, came after a fall for Newcastle United yesterday. Three falls in fact: first they fell behind to Djibril Cisse's 33rd-minute strike for Sunderland, then Damien Duff was booked for throwing himself into the visitors' penalty area. And finally, with 22...

Wenger rages as saga of Arshavin transfer adds to woes

Maybe this contest should have been subtitled "the curious case of Robin Van Persie" or, as a consequence, "the baffling saga of Andrei Arshavin". Having, probably rightly, decided not to expose Van Persie, whose physical fragility has dogged his Arsenal career, to a third start inside a week,...