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iBet: Look To The Lady In The Prince Of Wales

The Prince of Wales Stakes today is regarded by many as the No1 race of the Royal Ascot meeting and ...

iBet: Favourites have a good record in the Coventry stakes

Today’s St James Palace looks a cracker and there has been sustained money for Dawn Approach since t...

Newcastle don’t need a football director – they need a new medical team after finishing bottom of the injury league

Newcastle United have shocked their fans by appointing Joe Kinnear as director of football but new f...

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A view of Arsenal's Emirates Stadium where Man City fans protested after being charged £62 for tickets

Fan protest: Why we're marching on Premier League HQ

Football Supporters' Federation chief executive Kevin Miles explains the anger among some fans

Joe Kinnear has joined Newcastle on a three-year deal

Steve Tongue: Newcastle director of football Joe Kinnear was one of the boys and a breath of fresh air... 21 years ago

When Wimbledon had a party he'd go along, join in and sing a few Irish songs

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Helenius joins Aston Villa from Aalborg following an impressive season in the Danish league last term. Only 22-years-old (presumably he's stopped growing), Villa manager Paul Lambert sees potential in the striker.

Heads up: Aston Villa signing Nicklas Helenius and the tallest players in football

The players that reached the heights of the game - if only in a literal sense

French footballers Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema in court over charges of paying for sex with under-age prostitute

French international players face up to three years in prison

After becoming a Uefa executive committee member, Gill has been appointed to chair the club licensing committee

Former Manchester United chief David Gill on a collision course with Manchester City over financial role

Gill will have powers to ban clubs from European competition

Newcastle don't need a football director - they need a new medical team after finishing bottom of the injury league

Newcastle United have shocked their fans by appointing Joe Kinnear as director of football but new figures suggest that it is their medical department that could use some reinforcement.

Gareth Bale

Gareth Bale files application to trademark 'Eleven of Hearts' goal celebration logo

The Tottenham forward could make up to £3m a year if it is successful

The Newcastle manager during his spell at the club previously
Jose Mourinho was wise to reinvent himself as ‘the happy one’

Kevin Garside: This time around Jose Mourinho needs to win a lot more than just trophies at Chelsea

After 10 years, Abramovich wants his team to capture the imagination

Glenn Moore: Even for Rupert Murdoch the sums do not add up to make a summer league look viable

The money on offer would have to be huge for clubs to risk draining their stars for the main season

Rupert Murdoch wants top clubs including Manchester United and Chelsea to compete in new tournament

Idea comes after Fox lose rights to Premier League football in the US

Paul McVeigh once played a match when he was still drunk from the previous night out

Read all about it: The Stupid Footballer Is Dead

England's footballers have again had their brain cells called into question after flopping in Israel. But now help is at hand: former professional Paul McVeigh has written them a self-help book

Ronaldo is the only ever player to appear for Sporting Lisbon's Under-16's, Under 17's, Under 18's, B-team and first team in the same season

Cristiano Ronaldo's records and greatest goals

A select few of the many records and goals that the Portuguese star has to his name

The infamous match: John Terry and Anton Ferdinand

Neil Warnock's 'The Gaffer' exclusive extract: Anton Ferdinand has not been the same since the John Terry storm

In excerpts from his new autobiography The Gaffer, Neil Warnock lifts the lid on the explosive episodes of his QPR career and their effects

Manuel Pellegrini

Comment: Manuel Pellegrini arrives at Manchester City - at least he's used to unbearable expectations

The new manager will not only have to win, he will have to win in style

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