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Nigeria part company with Amodu

Nigeria sack coach Shaibu Amodu despite the team's third place finish at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Ronaldo hoping for shorter ban

La Liga: Cristiano Ronaldo is hoping Spain's disciplinary committee will halve his two-match ban

Super Bowl supersedes not-so-super dad

Forget the nonsense about the former England captain, just enjoy the New Orleans Saints in the Super BowlDad of the year, you say? With the collapse of the John Terry super-injunction some small news story crept into one or two of the sports sections during the week regarding the then England...

Martin O'Neill says next two games are vital for Aston Villa's England contingent

• Manager backs players to make it to South Africa• Gabriel Agbonlahor bidding to emulate Peter WitheMartin O'Neill believes Aston Villa's next two fixtures offer an opportunity for the sizeable England contingent within his side to press their claims to be part of Fabio Capello's World...

Ancelotti backs Terry as Chelsea captain

• Manager has 'no interest' in players' private lives• 'We need Terry to play against Arsenal'Carlo Ancelotti is to stand by John Terry, his captain at Chelsea, despite seeing the defender stripped of the England armband last night, after expressing amazement at the furore whipped up...

Arsenal finishing third this season would be no disaster, says Arsène Wenger

• Frenchman questions value of winning the Carling Cup• Even defeat at Chelsea will not end Gunners' title aspirationsArsène Wenger has risked ­antagonising his club's supporters by saying that ­finishing third in the Premier League would not be a disaster and, in an...

Everton have made me happy, says John Heitinga

The Everton defender says he likes the passion and aggression of the English gameIt is not difficult to understand why John Heitinga has settled swiftly at Everton. In many respects he is a stereotypical Dutch interviewee: calm, considered, engaging and with an ability to dissect a tactical master...

Is an affair a sackable offence?

John Terry is the latest celebrity to be pilloried for his alleged infidelity. But, says the author of a new book on couples, if we judge public figures too harshly, it is our own private lives that will sufferEach new month seems to bring with it a new sex scandal. Just when we were tiring of the...