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Dortmund charge seven points clear

Bundesliga: Shinji Kagawa and Lucas Barrios were on target as Borussia Dortmund beat Hamburg 2-0

England's weakness up front gives Capello a headache

??? Shortage of firepower for France friendly??? Cardiff's Jay Bothroyd on stand-byEngland are suffering from a lack of strikers for Wednesday's match against France. It is perhaps as well that Wembley is already sold out for the friendly since the shortage of firepower could makes it a less...

City prepare ??20m offer to outbid United for Henderson

??? Eastlands chiefs ready to sanction move for 20-year-old??? Manchester United also targeting move for midfielderManchester City are hoping that their unrivalled transfer funds will help see off competition from Manchester United to prise Jordan Henderson away from Sunderland.Henderson, expected...

City offer us a better class of boredom

It's not really news that Manchester City are boring. After all what could be more dull than having everything you ever wanted?The new-era Manchester City have so far been quite hard to pin down. Walled within their own impregnable riches, City have seemed remote, lacking a single outstanding...

England cannot rely on Carroll in the air

The Newcastle United No9 may deliver goals from on high but England rarely prosper with a traditional target manWatching Wednesday's Manchester derby, which was about as entertaining as the mating rituals of lugworms, Fabio Capello could have been forgiven for offering the silent hope that his...

Everton's Leighton Baines eager to avenge last year's Arsenal mauling

The Everton defender talks about recent frustrations with Everton and England ??? and his fascination with James Ellroy and John LennonLeighton Baines is a man of impeccable if somewhat disturbing taste. Asked to nominate his favourite John Lennon song in a poll for the Liverpool Echo, Baines...

Everton plan Phil Jagielka contract talks but Steven Pienaar could leave

??? Defender to be rewarded for England progress??? Moyes resigned to losing Pienaar in the summerDavid Moyes has revealed Everton intend to offer Phil Jagielka a new long-term contract but that he is resigned to losing Steven Pienaar following his refusal to sign a ??60,000-a-week extension at...

Promised Land: The Reinvention of Leeds United by Anthony Clavane ??? review

Dave Simpson enjoys a double history of Leeds and its football teamThe success of David Peace's The Damned Utd has been followed by a flurry of books tackling the real-life Shakespearean tragedy of Leeds United. However, despite its subtitle, Anthony Clavane's Promised Land is more than a book...