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I am totally committed to Chelsea, says Terry

Manchester City will turn their attentions to a £12m bid for the Arsenal defender Kolo Touré, after John Terry declared yesterday that he has decided against joining them.

Ferguson's swipe fails to rile City

Manchester City were baffled yesterday by Sir Alex Ferguson's latest extraordinary attack on them and their ambitions, with manager Mark Hughes pointing out that the Carlos Tevez billboard campaign which has so angered the Manchester United manager was a harmless "bit of fun between fans" in just...

Robson helps lift Toon gloom

For a few emotional minutes last night the followers of Newcastle United put despair at the state of their club aside and paid their respect to Sir Bobby Robson. Around 30,000 fans turned up at St James' Park to watch a re-run of the England-Germany semi-final of Italia 90 in aid of Robson's...

Hat-trick for Giggs in Chinese demolition

Hangzhou's great attraction is its vast, pagoda-lined lake and, at the end of a thoroughly chastening night, Greentown's manager Zhou Sui'an must have wanted to hurl himself into its deepest parts.

Crouch is reunited with Redknapp at Tottenham

Tottenham have beaten off the last residual competition from Fulham to secure the services of Peter Crouch, who will join up with Harry Redknapp for the fourth time in his career, in a £12m move.

Reds sign off tour in five-star style

Liverpool completed their south-east Asian tour with a 5-0 friendly victory over Singapore yesterday, ending the two-leg trip on a high note with an emphatic performance in front of 50,000 supporters.

Transfer Talk: Redknapp wants Vieira

They shoot..The Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp insists that age is not a concern in his attempt to sign the former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira from Internazionale. "I'm still interested in Patrick," Redknapp said of the 33-year-old midfielder. "You need players who have been...

Eriksson's fairy-tale start thrills enchanted Meadow

His arrival at Meadow Lane was greeted with a mixture of disbelief and the collective bemusement of a thousand stunned mullets.