Steve Tongue

Steve Tongue is a Football Correspondent for The Independent.

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Staying power: Stan Kroenke has resisted offers to sell his US holdings

Middle East group set to offer £1.5bn for Arsenal

Owner Kroenke to be tempted with £350m profit on his shares but is likely to stand firm

Horse sense: Dean Howell believes being a vegan helps his fitness

Outside the Box: Eat leaves and shoot rather than hoofing it up the field

If the recent scares over quality of meat continue, might there be an increase in the number of footballers becoming vegetarian or even vegan? Should that happen, the Fleetwood Town defender Dean Howell will be saying, "Told you so".

Robin Van Persie receiving treatment at Loftus Road on Saturday
Rafael da Silva's wonder-goal opens the scoring for Manchester United against QPR

Match Report: Ryan Giggs still a smash hit for relentless Manchester United

Queens Park Rangers 0 Manchester United 2: QPR suffer as the Welshman stars in his 999th professional game

Outside the Box: Gazprom's hopes of a Soviet reunion are rebuffed

Gazprom, the largest gas company in the world, may be gaining increased influence and exposure as a sponsor of, among others, the Champions' League, Chelsea, Zenit St Petersburg, Schalke 04 and Red Star Belgrade, but their chairman's hopes for a united Russian-Ukrainian League as early as autumn 2014 appear doomed.

Swansea manager Michael Laudrup said he has no ambition to manage clubs like Real Madrid or Chelsea

Michael Laudrup says no to Chelsea and Real Madrid

Swansea manager does not want a top job and prefers working for clubs with modest ambitions

No one predicted a Wembley showpiece between Bradford City, left, and Swansea, but today football is relishing the good-news stories they bring

League Cup: Get ready for the feelgood cup final as Bradford and Swansea battle to win domestic title

No one predicted a Wembley showpiece between Bradford City and Swansea, but football is relishing the good-news stories they bring

Cross words: ex-Chelsea defender Elliott fell out with Richard Rufus

Paul Elliott resigns from FA post in wake of race row

Paul Elliott, one of football's leading anti-racist campaigners, who was made a CBE for his work against discrimination, has resigned his positions of responsibility at the Football Association after admitting using a derogatory racist term to another black man.

Millwall’s James Henry rounds Luton Town goalkeeper Mark Tyler to put his side into the lead at Kenilworth Road

Reality bites as Luton's thoughts turn to the fight for points at Macclesfield

Luton Town 0 Millwall 3: Getting out of the Conference remains the dream after big Cup awakening

Match Report: Luton Town's marathon run ends at last against Millwall

Luton Town 0 Millwall 3: Millwall make their League status tell in front of goal while gallant Hatters are left with happy memories and a sense of relief there was no repeat of crowd trouble

Day In a Page

Johnny Marr talks relationships and reunions

He's worked with Modest Mouse, the Pet Shop Boys and Beck, to name a few, and recently released his first solo album. So why, wonders Johnny Marr, do people still hark on about The Smiths?
After the flood: From Haiti to Britain, one man has captured the devastation of our increasingly deluged lands

In pictures: After the flood

From Haiti to Britain, one man has captured the devastation of our increasingly deluged lands
Death becomes her: Meet the very modern mortician who champions 'cool' funerals

Death becomes her: A very modern mortician

Ever considered baking a loved one's remains into a cake or putting their ashes in fireworks? If so, talk to Caitlin Doughty, champion of the alternative death industry.
How long can the 'Keep Calm' trend carry on?

How long can the 'Keep Calm' trend carry on?

At first it seemed clever and cute. Then the 'Keep Calm' motif went mad, spawning endless offshoots.
The man who built Brum: A lament for the demise of John Madin's Brutalist Birmingham

John Madin: The man who built Brum

The architect's buildings were supposed to leave an indelible, futuristic mark on his beloved hometown but they are now being inexorably torn down.
School of chop: Learning the art of butchery at the Ginger Pig

School of chop: Learning the art of butchery

How do you butcher a lamb? Or make Mexican street food in a British kitchen? Christopher Hirst finds out.
James Pembroke: The man who's eaten everywhere

The man who's eaten everywhere

Few people know more about restaurants than James Pembroke, who only spent five mealtimes at home during his entire childhood.
A Berliner in 1963 – but did John F Kennedy once admire Adolf Hitler?

A Berliner in 1963 – but did John F Kennedy once admire Adolf Hitler?

The young JFK praised 'superior' Nordic races during visits to Germany
Banned Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof to attend Cannes Film Festival 2013, his first public appearance since prison

Banned Iranian director to attend Cannes Film Festival

Mohammad Rasoulof to make his first public appearance since being imprisoned three years ago
Seeing the larger picture: Inspiring images of space

Seeing the larger picture: Inspiring images of space

An exhibition explores images how photography has shaped astronomy
Eat Spam and carry on: Wartime pamphlets could teach us a thing or two about healthy, thrifty eating

Eat Spam and carry on

Wartime pamphlets could teach us a thing or two about healthy, thrifty eating
Facial hair: Cat beards and the purrrsuit of excellence

Facial hair

Cat beards and the purrrsuit of excellence
The 10 Best salt and pepper sets

The 10 Best salt and pepper sets

Whether they're for everyday use or to make your dining table look just right, it's worth getting a stylish shaker...
Ferran Soriano: Predicting success if Manchester City 'vision' is followed

Ferran Soriano: Predicting success if Manchester City 'vision' is followed

Chief executive says trophies will come if a 'core' of suitable players is in place
Thomas Müller: We couldn't handle losing a Champions League Final again

Thomas Müller: We couldn't handle losing a Champions League Final again

The Bayern Munich forward tells Tim Rich his side have to shed chokers' tag after two recent final defeats