4 November 2010 . A digest of some of the Manchester United stories making headlines today . From the official website, Nani insists that United are now the ‘real deal’ and will start a proper challenge to Chelsea. “I think you are starting to see the real Manchester United now. We are very confident at […]

By Nick Harris 4 November 2010 UK Anti-Doping has today issued a warning to British sportsmen and sportswomen to “be extra vigilant” when using dietary supplements in the wake of the first UK athlete receiving a ban for testing positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine. UKAD says the warning follows a number of recent international […]

By Brian Sears 4 November 2010 Back in September after five game had been played in this Premier League season, sportingintelligence analysis showed Newcastle, Blackpool and West Brom had made the best starts, collectively, of any group of top-flight newcomers since 1992. With double the number of games played, the upstart trio have continued to […]

By Brian Sears 4 November 2010 While one of this Sunday’s ‘major’ Premier League games features table-toppers Chelsea away at lower-half opposition, the truly big game between a pair of genuine top-four aspirant clubs is surely West Bromwich Albion at home to Manchester City. Removing tongue from cheek, it is certainly a contrast of wealth […]

By Nick Harris 4 November 2010 A Chinese football club considers the size and shape of young players’ private parts as one factor in an overall assessment of whether they’re likely to make it as a player. An unnamed coach from Tianjin Locomotive, who play in China’s third-tier League Two, told reporters that “many factors”, […]

3 November 2010 . A digest of some of the Liverpool stories making headlines today . Damien Comolli has been hired as the club’s “director of football strategy”. Roy Hodgson welcomes the move, apparently, although he stopped short of praising the former Spurs sporting director’s – ahem – contribution at White Hart Lane. It’s being […]

By Alex Miller 3 November 2010 The man in charge of Fernando Torres’ fitness has warned the rest of the Premier League that the Spanish striker is ‘close’ to firing on all cylinders again but the player really should have had a rest of at least three months after his knee surgery in April. Liverpool’s […]

2 November 2010 . A digest of some of the stories making Arsenal headlines today . Arsene Wenger is ready to let Jack Wilshere fill the boots of Cesc Fabregas. In the immediate term, he’s talking about Arsenal’s Champions League game with Shakhtar Donetsk (Fabregas misses tomorrow’s game), but with Fabregas recently pining to be […]

By Brian Sears 2 November 2010 There are only a dozen miles separating Stamford Bridge from Upton Park but already a chasm of 19 points has opened up between Chelsea and West Ham in the Premier League with 10 games played. Chelsea have 25 points to West Ham’s six. But what does this mean to […]

1 November 2010 . A digest of some of the stories making Spurs headlines today . Harry Redknapp says if he’s charged by the FA tomorrow for his remarks about the weekend fiasco at Old Trafford, then he won’t ever do a TV interview again. “If I can’t come on TV when I do get asked […]