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Sparkling Silva polishes up City as Sneijder drops United hint

Balotelli and Dzeko both on target in 3-0 win over Inter while Mancini says Bellamy could join Celtic

Zabaleta agrees three-year deal

Manchester City full-back Pablo Zabaleta has agreed a new three-year deal with the club.

Adebayor 'on strike' as City relationship turns ugly

Club in no rush to sell forward on the cheap as wages fall outside financial fair play rules / Corinthians make £35m bid for Tevez

Craig Bellamy reveals details of Roberto Mancini fall-out

Craig Bellamy has revealed he has not spoken to Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini for 18 months - and blames the Italian's man-management style for the breakdown in communication.

Celtic play down Craig Bellamy transfer talk

Celtic manager Neil Lennon is pessimistic about the club's chances of securing a second spell at Parkhead for Craig Bellamy.

Craig Bellamy urged to join Celtic

Celtic midfielder Joe Ledley has urged fellow Welshman Craig Bellamy to return to Parkhead.

Fair-play rules mean we can't break the bank, admits Mancini

Manchester City manager says club cannot play '£10m more' than everyone else for players this summer

Gaël Clichy on verge of £7m move to City in new blow to Wenger

Manchester City finally began their summer's transfer business yesterday, moving towards a £7m deal for Arsenal's Gaël Clichy – yet another player who has been taken from under Liverpool's noses.

Shearer put off by financial problems at Cardiff

Alan Shearer accepts the career he covets in management must start with a period outside of the Premier League, even though the financial problems facing Cardiff City have deterred him from taking up the reins in South Wales.

Now is time for Wenger to splash cash, says Ramsey

Arsenal midfielder urges manager to spend big in summer to end trophy drought

Cardiff crushed by Long double as Reading head for Wembley

Cardiff City 0 Reading 3 (Reading win 3-0 on aggregate)

Cardiff to make late Bellamy call for second leg as Wembley awaits

Dave Jones will go into tonight's play-off semi-final second leg against Reading unsure whether captain Craig Bellamy is fit to play for Cardiff. Bellamy had to go off 17 minutes into the goalless first leg at the Madejski Stadium on Friday. The Cardiff manager said yesterday he would wait as late as possible before deciding whether to risk the 31-year-old Wales international.

Tevez in line for Cup final after impressing in training

Striker links up well with Balotelli in desperate attempt to prove he is fit for Wembley

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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

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Death becomes her: Meet the very modern mortician who champions 'cool' funerals

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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
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Banned Iranian director to attend Cannes Film Festival

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

An exhibition explores images how photography has shaped astronomy
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Eat Spam and carry on

Wartime pamphlets could teach us a thing or two about healthy, thrifty eating
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Ferran Soriano: Predicting success if Manchester City 'vision' is followed

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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