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Arsenal 1 Galatasaray 2 match report: Didier Drogba returns to haunt Gunners as Turkish side win Emirates Cup
Sunday 04 August 2013
Gervinho looks set to complete long-awaited move to Roma after arriving in Italian capital
Didier Drogba returns to haunt Arsenal as Galatasaray win Emirates Cup
Sunday 04 August 2013
North Londoner's hunt for a trophy goes on as former Chelsea striker seals turnaround for Turkish side
Burnley 1 Bolton 1 match report: Close-fought battle sees Darren Pratley cancel out a David Wheater own goal in Championship season opener
Saturday 03 August 2013
Burnley took the lead against their local rivals but both sides come away with a point after Pratley equalised midway through the first half
Championship opening-day round-up: Wins for Wigan, Reading and QPR on return to Championship while Yeovil stun Millwall
Friday 02 August 2013
A round-up of the day's action in the SkyBet Championship
League One 2013/14 preview: Will Wolves stop the rot and mount a return to the Championship, and can Brentford recover from last-gasp heartbreak last season?
Friday 02 August 2013
A brief look at this season's SkyBet League One which gets underway tonight
Luckless Bolton midfielder Stuart Holden to be sidelined again
Tuesday 30 July 2013
The US international will miss the start of the season
Free agent Nicolas Anelka signs for West Brom on one-year deal
Friday 05 July 2013
The former Chelsea striker joins his sixth Premier League club
Bafflement in Blackpool continues as club insist Paul Ince did not offer resignation
Saturday 29 June 2013
45-year-old understood to have taken training today at pre-season training base in Portugal
Championship fixture list unveiled: QPR begin at home against Sheffield Wednesday
Wednesday 19 June 2013
The Hoops are looking to bounce back to the Premier League at the first attempt
Football League announce six opening day fixtures to mark 125th anniversary
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Championship sides Burnley, Bolton Derby and Blackburn are involved
New Wigan manager Owen Coyle denies he will make move for Kevin Davies
Monday 17 June 2013
Davies is a free agent having been released by Bolton
Owen Coyle emerges as the number one choice to replace Roberto Martinez at Wigan
Thursday 13 June 2013
The former Bolton manager has been out of work since last year
Manchester City rise above Real Madrid and Barcelona to top the global pay charts - but where does your club feature?
Tuesday 11 June 2013
The beaten FA Cup finalists pay over £100,000-a-week to their players on average
Marvin Sordell: The England under-21s striker making a noise about human trafficking
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Bolton player is also fighting back against the remnants of racism left in the English game
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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