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Borussia Dortmund wrap up Bundesliga title

Wigan Athletic 1-1 Everton | Premier League match report

It looks as if Wigan may finally be going down this time. They cannot hang on to a lead, never mind their Premier League status. They should have won this game against a half-interested Everton, and led for most of it, but ended up squandering two points through gifting their toothless visitors a...

West Bromwich Albion 2???1 Aston Villa | Premier League match report

The pecking order looks like changing in the West Midlands. Youssouf Mulumbu's late goal gave West Bromwich Albion their first win over Aston Villa in 26 years and lifted them above their opponents, up to 11th position with three games remaining.Written off as relegation candidates at the start of...

Sunderland 0???3 Fulham | Premier League match report

Bobby Zamora demonstrated the centre forward's art, Fulham showed how to threaten on the counterattack and a striker-less Sunderland could not take advantage of Philippe Senderos's defensive vulnerabilities.It all amounted to another awful afternoon for Steve Bruce but an ultimately pleasant...

Andy Carroll leaving was good for Newcastle, says Alan Pardew

??? Manager wants to re-invest ??35m paid for striker??? Pardew praises Joey Barton's attitudeAlan Pardew believes Andy Carroll's ??35m sale to Liverpool on the final day of the January transfer window could ultimately prove a blessing in disguise."Financially, it puts us in a situation where we...

Blaquart suspended over FFF race row

??? French government acts over dispute??? Further claims about meeting are revealed The national technical director of the French Football Federation, Fran??ois Blaquart, has been suspended by the French government as the fallout over an alleged plan to enforce racial quotas in youth academies...

Ars??ne Wenger insists Arsenal are 'not ashamed' about their season

??? Frenchman says his men are 'very close' to achieving??? Fortnight of defeats effectively put campaign on downturnArs??ne Wenger has identified the hectic fortnight in which Arsenal lost the Carling Cup final and were knocked out of the Champions League and FA Cup as the period that also ended...

Time for football to leave Victorian age and turn to technology | Paul Hayward

Football's technophobia helped keep Chelsea in the Premier League title race and dented Tottenham's European ambitionsFootball's technophobia helped keep Chelsea in the Premier League title race and may have relegated Tottenham Hotspur to the Europa League after match officials wrongly adjudged...