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16 November 2010 It’s already being called the worst miss in football history. It’s certainly a blooper. Qatar’s teenage striker Fahad Khalfan really should have scored this one (see video below) against Uzbekistan to put the Asian Games holders into the quarter-finals yesterday, but hit the post rather than tap into an open goal. Uzbekistan […]

4 November 2010 . A digest of some of the Newcastle United stories making headlines today . Chris Hughton should be given a long-term contract at the club according to goalkeeper Steve Harper. “He has been the ideal manager for us,” Harper says. “He doesn’t work the crowd; he just gets his head down and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

28 October 2010 Colin Fleming is to team with Ross Hutchins in 2011 as the British duo aim to make an assault on the doubles rankings. As reported by The Herald, the 26-year-old Scot decided to team up with the Englishman after parting ways with former partner Ken Skupski after two years competing on the […]

22 October 2010 Wayne Rooney has changed his mind about wanting to leave Manchester United, signing a new five-year contract until June 2015. The terms have not been disclosed but the owners of the club, the Glazer family, were directly involved in the deal and it is assumed Rooney was given a bumper rise on […]

21 October 2010 The former England striker Robbie Fowler, now playing with Perth Glory in the Australian A-League, has capitalised on the Wayne Rooney situation at Manchester United to have a laugh Down Under. Returning to his club after a break in England, he told the Glory’s official website he’d known for some time Rooney […]

21 October 2010 Wayne Rooney might be leaving Manchester United but he’s still integral to a new TV ad for one of the club’s commercial partners, Turkish Airlines, which began a global campaign last night with the film below. Note that he’s already metaphorically kicked United in the head in the past few days, and […]