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Reading players pay tribute to Brian McDermott after manager is sacked
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Royals boss fired with just nine games of the season to go
Paolo Di Canio the favourite to take over at Reading following Brian McDermott sacking
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Former Swindon boss in the frame
Reading sack manager Brian McDermott
Monday 11 March 2013
Manager leaves the club second from bottom in the Premier League
What England must do to win the Grand Slam - Six Nations 2013 permutations
Monday 11 March 2013
England and Wales meet in Cardiff on Saturday
Reading 1 Aston Villa 2 match report: Brad Guzan key to Aston Villa survival hopes
Sunday 10 March 2013
Villains record crucial win at fellow strugglers Reading
Stuart Lancaster: England must raise game to win in Wales in Six Nations decider
Sunday 10 March 2013
Stuart Lancaster was sharper and brighter than his team when he suggested that they will need to be a damn sight better than this to achieve a first Grand Slam in a decade in Cardiff next weekend.
Reading 1 Aston Villa 2 match report: Christian Benteke helps Aston Villa breathe life into their survival plan
Sunday 10 March 2013
Paul Lambert's side move out of bottom three with crucial win over fellow strugglers Reading
Reading v Aston Villa match preview - Premier League
Saturday 09 March 2013
A look ahead to this weekend's Premier League fixture at the Madejski Stadium
Reading captain Jobi McAnuff keen to keep Premier League dream alive
Friday 08 March 2013
The Royals are among the favourites to be relegated
'#Naffwest': Fresh compensation claims face RBS and NatWest as customers pledge to abandon bank after SECOND computer glitch locks them out of their accounts
Thursday 07 March 2013
Customers took to Twitter to voice their anger over technical problems
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe hoping bundle of joy can provide new focus, starting against Inter Milan
Wednesday 06 March 2013
Tottenham striker has become a father for first time and now wants to emulate Gareth Bale
Lewis Holtby: My dad calls me Fritz
Sunday 03 March 2013
Lewis Holtby's English father reacted to his decision to play for Germany by giving him a new nickname. "He started calling me 'Fritz'," revealed Holtby, who joined Tottenham from Schalke last month. "Every time I had a good game, 'Great game, Fritz'. I got used to that name, the typical English humour, I loved it."
Reading midfielder Hope Akpan looking forward to facing former club Everton
Friday 01 March 2013
Akpan, 21, joined the Toffees as an eight-year-old
Picture gallery reveals tunnelling marathon under London
Thursday 28 February 2013
Five machines digging 26-mile Crossrail network as Europe's biggest construction project aims for 2018 completion
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Man and woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder victim of Woolwich machete attack, named as Drummer Lee Rigby
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'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
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Grace Dent: I’m not sure how these people can avoid being called ‘bigots’. And the more ‘civilised’, the worse they are
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Woolwich murder: They killed, then they performed - these men should be starved of our attention
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Woolwich attack: The EDL will seek to exploit this evil crime for their own evil ends
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