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Bosses sing Arshavin praises

Stoke boss Tony Pulis was left in awe of Andrey Arshavin's performance during the 2-0 defeat to Arsenal.

Bayern third after Gladbach victory

Bundesliga: Bayern Munich squeezed past Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-1 to climb to third in the table

Steve Bruce plays pied piper to bolster Sunderland revival

The Sunderland manager has scoured the world for players capable of adapting to Wearside's footballing cultureSteve Bruce can seem contradictory. Viewed from certain angles he appears a virtual identikit of your cosmopolitan, well-travelled, "all badged up" 21st-century coach but there is another,...

Gary Lineker brings a note of sanity to bonkers World Cup bore draw | Will Buckley

The difference could not have been more stark or dispiriting. Outside, they were partying in the streets. Inside, the dead hand of corporatism reigned. Its representatives for this dullest of World Cup ceremonies being a Draw Master General – who behaved as boringly as one would expect a Draw...

Chelsea: potential transfer targets

Chelsea look almost unstoppable this season. In every department they have experience, strength and depth.

England can win it without WAGs

Fabio Capello has turned England from a country obsessed by the WAGs culture into one of the most disciplined powers in world football, according to Carlos Alberto Parreira, coach of hosts South Africa.

Given heroics make the most of Tevez's dead-ball mastery

Draws in the Premier League, according to Mark Hughes' bête noire Arsène Wenger, are like defeats, by which he meant that serious challengers cannot afford to lose two points at a time.

Wonder strike from Scholes sets United on way to rout

The Boleyn Ground has been a difficult venue for Manchester United; they had only won five of 13 prior Premier League fixtures and Sir Alex Ferguson has never forgotten the "obscene" effort which denied his team the 1995 title. Yesterday, however, was a stroll in the Upton Park.