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Liverpool are better off since we took over, says Tom Hicks

• American co-owner hits back at criticism of David Moores• 'We have grown sponsorship to £100m' says HicksTom Hicks said he was disappointed with David Moores after the former Liverpool owner wrote that he regretted selling the club to the Texan and George Gillett.The Liverpool...

World Cup Watch ... 15 days to go

Ballack issues a warning, Boateng bites back and Uruguay's long, long journey to South AfricaGermany Michael Ballack has warned the World Cup will be difficult for Germany and an exit before the semi-finals "would mean failure". "Germany is a nation which must always win," said the Chelsea...

David Moores's money for jam concept is sticky business

• Liverpool accounts contradict former chairman's stance• 2006 accounts show overdraft grew £12.7mDavid Moores was very clear yesterday in his 3,000-word letter of complaint to the Times about how Tom Hicks and George Gillett have run the club that once was his. "We would never...

How the World Cup exposed England's golden generation of self-regard | Marina Hyde

If England do triumph in South Africa, you can be sure that Sir Rio Ferdinand's The Impossible Dream will be rushed outNostalgia being the yearning for a past that one found perfectly grim at the time, I find myself consumed by wistful longing for the rich literary harvest of summer 2006. It was...

World Cup Watch: Goalkeepers

In anticipation of the World Cup, The Independent will be running down the key people and factors to keep an eye out for in South Africa with our World Cup Watch series.

Carragher just content to work with Capello despite déjà vu over bench duty

Jamie Carragher speaks with such unvarnished honesty about football that it has been hard to disbelieve any of the observations which have made his return to the international scene such a welcome one. So his reflections on his first international experience in three years – the second half...

Reina admits Liverpool must lower sights

Liverpool were facing the grim prospect of scaling down their aspirations from those of past seasons last night as co-owner Tom Hicks, whose US baseball team has filed for bankruptcy, raised the prospect of the club being under his ownership for a further 18 months.

United say they will meet new Uefa spending criteria

Manchester United insist they will pass Uefa's new "financial fair play" test, which is set to become part of European football's rules today.