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Said & Done: Fifa news; Loulou Nicollin; plus the fans who threw sausages

Man of the week; the football family; number crunching; sausage news; plus Loulou Nicollin on rudeness Man of the week Amos Adamu: losing an appeal against his three-year Fifa bribery ban. Adamu said the Sunday Times sting that caught him was illegal and left his image "violated"; the panel called...

Co-owner's wife 'gives Bournemouth's team talk'

• Maxim Demin's wife addressed players during 1-0 defeat • Chairman Eddie Mitchell thrown off Radio 5 Live for swearing The Bournemouth chairman, Eddie Mitchell, has defended his club's credibility after confirming that the wife of the Russian co-owner Maxim Demin gave part of the...

Rewind radio: Spoony Meets Sir Alex Ferguson; It's Not What You Know; Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show; London Chronicles – review

5 Live's Alex Ferguson interview was surprisingly engaging, wine anecdotes aside Spoony Meets Sir Alex Ferguson (5Live) | iPlayer Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show (R4) | iPlayer It's Not What You Know (R4) | iPlayer London Chronicles (World Service) | iPlayer Football is a big thing in our house....

Rowan Atkinson, I admire your bravery | Victoria Coren

The comedian is a rarity these days, a man prepared to speak up and make a principled stand One of the odder news stories last week was that Rowan Atkinson has come out in support of the BBC over the sacking of Miriam O'Reilly . O'Reilly won an age discrimination case last year , after she and...

Lampard's landmark return restores pride

A laboured win over a team in the bottom three is not exactly cause for an open-top parade but in their present predicament Chelsea and Andre Villas-Boas will take anything going. Mindful perhaps that Luiz Felipe Scolari was sacked after a goalless draw at home to Hull three years ago this month,...

Balotelli shows his passion against an indifferent Rovers

It says everything about Manchester City's changed status that in a Premier League season which has thrown up some strange results, the club once famed for inconsistency have become the great dependables. City at the Etihad can only mean one thing these days: a home win. This was their 18th in...

Diakite dismissal gives Fulham easy ride in west London derby

QPR's owner, Tony Fernandes, was left with much to ponder after flying in from Malaysia in search of evidence that his £12m January investment would secure the club's Premier League status. Even before Samba Diakite became the fifth Rangers player this season to be dismissed on home turf,...

Electric Odemwingie gives Sunderland a shock

If this was a result Martin O'Neill would not have seen coming, it probably took Roy Hodgson by surprise as well. Set the team with the worst home-goals tally in the Premier League against the team with the best away-defensive record outside the top two and this is not the kind of outcome that is...

Wolves thrive on spirited fightback

"Out of darkness," read the orange and black banner, high up in the gods with the visiting Wolves fans; notable for the unerring accuracy in its reading of proceedings yesterday for their football club.