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Duo eye City success

Patrick Vieira and Carlos Tevez are both convinced Manchester City are equipped for success.

Ref - Fletch red card was right

Mark Clattenburg insists he was right to send off Darren Fletcher after criticism from Sir Alex Ferguson.

Wenger mulling over future

Arsene Wenger insists that he is thinking about his own future before committing to a new contract.

Togo leave Angola as Nations Cup begins

Togo fly home from the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola as the tournament kicks off following the attack on their team bus.

Redknapp hope over fixtures

Harry Redknapp is hoping the impending fixture congestion in the Premier League will work in Tottenham's favour.

Sport's immunity is stripped away to leave real danger | Paul Hayward

South Africa may claim there is no link between events in Angola and their World Cup but the seed of doubt has been sownMuggings, car-jackings, robberies and shootings were all spectres haunting Africa's first World Cup but not politically motivated machine gun attacks, until the continent's other...

You are the Ref

Click to enlarge, and debate the strip below the line. Keith Hackett's official answers appear in Sunday's Observer and here from Monday.Keith Hackett's answers1) The law on encroachment is clear: once you have signalled for a penalty to be taken, if a member of the attacking team other than the...

As football begins, west is warned: don't stereotype whole of Africa

• Doubts remain over Togo's participation after attack• Leaders warn world against 'Afro-pessimism'Thousands of fans descended on ­Angola's national stadium last night for what should have been a moment of national pride, the jamboree that was supposed to be the 27th Africa Cup of...