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Togo team bus attacked by gunfire

Gunmen spray automatic fire at bus carrying players to African Cup of Nations tournamentAfrican football was in shock last night after gunmen attacked Togo's national squad, including the English Premier League player Emmanuel Adebayor, five months before the continent hosts its first World Cup.The...

Manchester City seek to prise striker Moses from troubled Palace

• Big spenders target seventh forward• Palace put £5m price tag on youngsterManchester City's position at the forefront of transfer-window business has seen them open negotiations with Crystal Palace to try to reach a fee for their talented young striker Victor Moses.City have...

Absence makes heart grow fonder for Birmingham's Stephen Carr

Birmingham's captain tellss how he rediscovered his passion for the game after a seven-month exileThere is only so long you can wait for the telephone to ring and Stephen Carr had reached the point when enough was enough. Seven months had passed since he had been released from Newcastle United and...

Rafael Benítez keen to keep Ryan Babel as he plans for the summer

• 'I will fight on until the end,' says Liverpool manager • Benítez admits he is working on limited meansRafael Benítez has reinforced his desire to remain at Liverpool by revealing he has commenced his transfer strategy for next summer, even though a lack of spending power at...

Sam Wallace: My all-time Premier League XI

The hardest omission was Wayne Rooney. Cantona gets in ahead because he gives the team something completely different. Right-back has the least obvious candidates.

Mancini rejects Ansaldi but keeps his options open

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has dismissed suggestions that he might be about to move for the Argentine defender Cristian Ansaldi, suggesting that Wayne Bridge meets his requirements for the left-back spot.

Vieira renews his rivalry with United

It was bordering on the sentimental last night when Patrick Vieira, reflecting on five years away in Italy, said that he had even grown to miss the song Manchester United fans made up for him in the days when he strolled effortlessly through Premier League midfields and waged titanic, intermittent...

McLeish ready to meet the Godfather

Alex McLeish is partial to a good movie. So when a reporter wondered whether Sir Alex Ferguson was like The Godfather, with all his protégés resembling the mob waiting for "Don Fergieone" to vacate the firing line, the Birmingham City manager found the comparison impossible to resist.