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Ancelotti ready to go on the attack

Carlo Ancelotti is not beyond using mind games as Chelsea prepare to face Liverpool after a bad weekUnlike many modern managers, who fear lighting the touch-paper of sensationalism – and stoking up the opposition – Carlo Ancelotti is not too diplomatic to diagnose a new weakness in...

England can win World Cup - Eriksson

• Eriksson feels Fabio Capello has a 'great team' • Former coach says pressure could harm EnglandSven-Goran Eriksson believes that England can win the World Cup next summer but the former national team manager has warned the media and the public about the dangers of placing Fabio...

Raúl and Giggs are sharing the love

The Real Madrid and Manchester United veterans are the last representatives of a lost ageThis is the story of two illustrious footballers who have dribbled the ball to a point in their lives where there is nothing left to prove, but have run straight past it anyway, not for the money but for the...

Don't ask about England's prospects

They may, they may not, they should certainly believe they can - but right now we should not be askingIn an ideal world there would now be a moratorium on anyone connected with England discussing the team's chances of winning the World Cup until, say, Easter. It is a stupid pastime that this...

Al-Fahim claims Saudi tycoon will complete Pompey takeover

• Al-Fahim to sell majority of his holding to Ali al-Faraj• Consortium reportedly set to take over this weekPortsmouth's turbulent season has taken another extraordinary twist after owner Sulaiman Al-Fahim revealed he is to sell the majority of his holding to a member of one of Saudi...

Sven indulges in some blue-sky thinking

The former England manager is feeling positive as the dark clouds clear above Meadow LaneAfter spending six of the past eight years working in England, Sven-Goran Eriksson has become wearily accustomed to putting up with poor weather, but – sitting in his office at Notts County on Thursday...

Crisis, what crisis? Rafa tells everyone to calm down

Manchester United, after losing at Burnley, and Arsenal, following two defeats in Manchester, have heard talk of an early-season crisis and come through it. Now it is the turn of Chelsea and Liverpool, who go into their meeting at Stamford Bridge today on the back of a performance or two that fell...