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Bakaye Traoré's effort gives Mali the edge over Guinea

Mali 1-0 Guinea A speculative effort from Bakaye Traoré secured a hard-fought win for Mali over Guinea in their opening Africa Cup of Nations Group D match in Libreville on Tuesday. The French-born midfielder struck from outside the penalty area to separate the west African rivals, the last of...

Heaton confident of Cup success

• 'We've got enough about us,' says second string • Heaton shines in shoot-out defeat of Crystal Palace Cardiff City's goalkeeper Tom Heaton has stated that the Championship team will walk out at Wembley next month convinced they have the quality to prevail despite the prospect of...

Gerrard ready for another big week

Anfield captain justifies Kenny Dalgish's stance after Bolton debacle and claims the Reds can still achieve three targets Steven Gerrard has the offer of an ambassador's role from Liverpool but they are not spoiling him yet. The 31-year-old, along with the rest of Kenny Dalglish's squad, was...

Onus on clubs to prevent ugly spectre of racism rearing its head again | David Conn

Liverpool host Manchester United in the FA Cup with the clubs' bitter rivalry soured by the Luis Suárez affair If you had invited predictions a year ago about football's most combustible issue, it is unlikely that racism, the focus of sustained and successful efforts to kick it out, would have...

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard leads defence of maligned Kenny Dalglish

• 'Whispers about change after one defeat is ludicrous' • Gerrard claims he has no problem with City's Roberto Mancini Steven Gerrard has described criticism of Kenny Dalglish following Liverpool's defeat at Bolton as "absolutely ludicrous" and said he harbours no ill-feeling towards...

Has a player ever been idolised by a club he has never played for? | The Knowledge

Plus: Strange stadium additions; Footballers with degrees (3); and the most prolific scoring streaks ever. Send your questions and answers to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter "Has a player ever been idolised by a club that he has never played for?" asks Simon Coulthard. Plenty is...

Ferguson asks fans to behave at Anfield

Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, has written to the club's supporters, urging them to behave themselves at Liverpool on Saturday.

Referees will 'drive Mario out of England'

The Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli could eventually be forced out of England by referees, his agent, Mino Raiola, warned last night.

City reveal £9.3m cost to Tevez of misconduct

Carlos Tevez's defiance has cost the Manchester City striker more than £9m in wages, fines and lost bonuses. The club have not paid their one-time captain since the end of November and their chairman, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, has issued a statement saying that, unless Milan meet City's asking...