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Liverpool reject ??35m Chelsea bid for Fernando Torres

??? Abramovich shows renewed ambition to revive Chelsea??? Fernando Torres has ??50m release clause in his contractRoman Abramovich attempted to revive Chelsea's faltering Premier League title defence last night with an audacious ??35m bid for the Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. The offer was...

Liverpool reject Torres bid

Liverpool have rejected a Chelsea bid worth a reported ?35million for striker Fernando Torres, according to a spokesperson.

Inter will make blockbuster ??40m summer raid for Bale

??? ??40m summer bid would be a record for a British player??? Gareth Bale also wanted by Jos?? Mourinho at Real MadridInternazionale will confirm Gareth Bale's growing reputation as the most sought-after player in world football with a ??40m bid in the summer, the most that has ever been offered...

Quiet ambition has made Tottenham's Gareth Bale world's No1 target | David Hytner

Internazionale's opening ??40m offer is set to spark a bidding war for the Welsh winger next summerGareth Bale's celebrations were typically low-key when he saw in 2010. "It was just me and my friend at my house in London chilling and playing Fifa all night," the Tottenham Hotspur winger has said....

The day video almost killed the Subbuteo star | Harry Pearson

The arrival of video games in the 1970s saw the slow demise of table football, cricket and rugby and with it the end of an era when sportsmen looked like your uncle LenLast week a friend came round and told me he was moving to France. "I wanted you to have this," he said, and handed me a bright...

Fifa ready to adopt goalline technology

??? Thirteen companies pitch for right to provide service??? Tests scheduled next month with results expected in MarchGoalline technology is firmly back on the agenda at Fifa and could be approved within weeks. Digger can reveal that 13 companies will make their pitches to Fifa at its headquarters...

I should have taken Theo Walcott to World Cup, admits Fabio Capello

??? England manager says he 'made a mistake' in 2010??? Capello pleased that Arsenal winger seems back to his bestFabio Capello has owned up to a mistake. The appearance of impregnable self-confidence was breached for a moment when the England manager volunteered that Theo Walcott should have been...

You are the Ref: Rio Ferdinand, Manchester United

Click to enlarge, and debate the strip below the line. Keith Hackett's verdict appears in Sunday's Observer and here from Monday. Competition: win an official club shirt of your choiceFor a chance to win a club shirt from the range at Kitbag.com send us your questions for You are the Ref to...