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Saturday Sundae: Burnley's Bertie Bee sent off by referee

Mascot sent off for offering assistant his specs, Prince George brings Liverpool's ecru back into fashion, and winter ball returns MAN OF THE DAY Lovable Luis Suárez netted his first Anfield hat-trick . He scores one on average every 20.3 top-flight games: the fastest rate of all 46 players to…

Dyke insists commission will disadvantage nobody

• FA chairman responds to criticism of all-male, all-white panel • 'We always wanted to get Rio Ferdinand on board' Dyke says Greg Dyke, the Football Association chairman, has insisted the make-up of his England commission will disadvantage nobody. Dyke's first crisis since he took over…

Me, myself and I: why autobiography is cursed by an unreliable narrator

Three celebrity memoirs have just hit the bookstands and the history of the genre tells us that truth is often tangled with fiction – unless you're St Augustine or Keith Richards … Alexander Chapman Ferguson, born in Govan on 31 December 1941, and Steven Patrick Morrissey, born in…

Blatter wants tougher racism sanctions

Fifa president Sepp Blatter wants to fight racism by expelling offending teams from competitions or deducting points.

Manchester City's David Silva motivated by chance for more titles

• Spain playmaker targets elusive Champions League honour • David Silva says Arsenal and Liverpool also title contenders David Silva believes that on current form, and the way they have started the season, Arsenal and Liverpool have to be considered among the favourites for the title.…

David Moyes sees hope in comeback win against Stoke that helps Manchester United survive the boos

Manchester United manager David Moyes declared last night that an extraordinary late victory reminiscent of the Sir Alex Ferguson era could finally launch the club into a new era of success, despite a performance against Stoke City which at times was desperate.

Liverpool 4 West Brom 1 match report: Luis Suarez the ‘magician’ makes lingering Liverpool doubts disappear

Of all the figures who have been showered in vitriol in Sir Alex Ferguson’s abysmally timed autobiography, Luis Suarez largely escaped the Liverpool bits as they focused on the way Jordan Henderson ran or the old curmudgeon’s assertion that Steven Gerrard was not a “top, top…

Aston Villa 0 Everton 2 match report: Romelu Lukaku finds touch to break spell cast by American goalkeepers

Romelu Lukaku took another step towards securing the right to lead the Belgian line at next summer’s World Cup finals as Everton advanced their progress under Roberto Martinez by moving into third place in the Premier League.

Manchester United 3 Stoke City 2 match report: Javier Hernandez eases mood of discontent

When Manchester United had conjured a third goal to engineer an old school Old Trafford comeback, there were overtures of the touchline ecstasy shared by Sir Alex Ferguson and Brian Kidd when United clinched the title here 20 years ago, as the celebrations shared by David Moyes and his coach Phil…