Football
The £30m match: Jewell desperate for the final push
Published: 13 May 2007
Southampton 1 Derby 2: Howard double shows way
Published: 13 May 2007
Fergie's only fear is Drogba in drama reserved for titans
Published: 13 May 2007
The Nick Townsend Column: Special One bows to The Boss - but we know the truce is only temporary
Published: 13 May 2007
Talk of the Toon: Big Sam faces the biggest test of all
Published: 13 May 2007
The Tevez Affair: Eggert thinks it's all over. Anything but
Published: 13 May 2007
Short of Alan Curbishley's West Ham reverting to their early and mid-season malaise and capitulating to the new champions, just as Wigan raise their game sufficiently to overcome hosts Sheffield United, Eggert Magnusson's sentiments will be as fanciful as a tale from the saga of Noggin The Nog.
Pars drop as Sutton keeps Saints alive
Published: 13 May 2007
Cruel misfortune sent Dunfermline Athletic down from the Scottish Premier League as their survival bid ended in heartache at Caledonian Stadium yesterday. An 88th-minute goal from Inverness striker Rory McAllister condemned Dunfermline to the drop, while their relegation rivals, St Mirren, produced a remarkable comeback to win 3-2 at Motherwell.
Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1: Dutch double gives Lennon fond farewell
Published: 13 May 2007
Neil Lennon bid an emotional farewell to Celtic Park after seven years by leading the champions to victory. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink's double ensured Lennon - set to return to England - could go out on a high, and the Celtic captain went on a solo lap of honour after his address to the crowd was rudely interrupted by the Aberdeen fans.
To have and have not: The unlevel playing field
Published: 13 May 2007
McCarthy plays down lure of promised land
Published: 13 May 2007
It sounds a bizarre thought to utter as the play-offs kick off, but the Wolves manager, Mick McCarthy, admits that he will miss life in the Championship should his team eventually win promotion to the land of milk, honey and massive television money that is the Premiership.
Bristol Rovers 2 Lincoln City 1: Walker keeps Lincoln on the run as Rovers steal a march
Published: 13 May 2007
Lincoln City have suffered League Two play-off misery in each of the past four seasons and John Schofield's side have all to do to avoid further strife this year after losing at Bristol Rovers in the play-off semi-final first leg yesterday.
Dudek salutes new spot king as Fowler heads for final bow
Published: 13 May 2007
The Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler will say his last goodbyes to the Kop today but Jerzy Dudek looks set to be consigned to a mere walk-on part. A groin injury is expected to prevent the Polish goalkeeper, whose contract expires in the summer, playing his final game for the club against the relegated Charlton Athletic as the Reds bring the curtain down on their League campaign.
As doubts swirl over future, Terry craves the perfect present
Published: 13 May 2007
Kidderminster 2 Stevenage Borough 3: Stimson's Wembley hat-trick - and he didn't kick a ball
Published: 13 May 2007
Giggs: 'This can be the best United ever'
Published: 13 May 2007
Last orders for Wigan
Published: 12 May 2007
Yeovil Town 0 Notts Forest 2: Yeovil pay the penalty
Published: 12 May 2007
Nottingham Forest's fortunes took another upturn in the first leg of this League One play off semi final.
Curbishley rules out conspiracy theories
Published: 12 May 2007
Five months as West Ham United manager and Alan Curbishley has already lived through some of the most outlandish football sub-plots ever to have hit a club but he refused to accept yesterday that one more waits in store. As his side play Manchester United tomorrow, with their Premiership status at stake, Curbishley said that he did not believe that Sheffield United and Wigan would conspire together to send his team down.
James Lawton: Owen must show commitment to the club to complete his footballing virtues
Published: 12 May 2007
Jordan accuses PFA executive
Published: 12 May 2007
The Professional Footballers' Association deputy chief executive Mick McGuire was yesterday accused of lying over his involvement with the Crystal Palace manager Iain Dowie's move to Charlton Ahtletic. The accusation came from the Palace chairman Simon Jordan during his £1m High Court compensation claim against Dowie for "fraudulent misrepresentation".
United defend Howard's absence
Published: 12 May 2007
Manchester United have defended their involvement in Tim Howard's non-appearance for Everton in the key Premiership game at Goodison Park last month.
Police arrange to question Barton
Published: 12 May 2007
Police are to interview the Manchester City and England midfielder Joey Barton over reports that he attacked a team-mate.
Sport on TV: Gods should deliver hammer blows to prima donnas as well as fans
Published: 12 May 2007
It's one of football's great truisms that proper hardcore fans are to be found in the away ends, condemned by the gods to traipse up and down Britain like Bill Bryson with a deathwish. Your average fan's notes from a small island would make depressing reading, and Football's Hardest Awaydays (Sky 3, Monday) paid tribute to the mad-dogs-and-Englishmen tendency (plus two barking Scotsmen and a couple of unhinged German Forest fans).
Lippi's son to stand trial in Italy
Published: 12 May 2007
Davide Lippi, the son of Italian World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi, has been sent for trial over his involvement with sports management agency GEA World, judicial sources said in Italy yesterday. Lippi, who is accused of "unfair competition through the use of threats and violence", will appear before a court in Rome from 21 June. Lippi senior led Italy to triumph in last year's tournament despite his son already being under investigation.
Northern Ireland FA hits out at Fulham over Sanchez exit
Published: 12 May 2007
The Irish Football Association will demand compensation from Fulham following Lawrie Sanchez's sudden departure as Northern Ireland manager, after the IFA accused the Premiership club of reneging on a previous agreement.
