Andre Villas-Boas and Gareth Bale celebrate together but just how long will they both remain at Tottenham?

Billionaire owner Joe Lewis to meet with chairman Daniel Levy and Andre Villas-Boas to prove ambition in order to keep hold of Gareth Bale

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Manchester City's David Pizarro beats Porto goalkeeper Helton

City ease into Europa League last 16

Manchester City 4 Porto 0 (City win 6-1 on aggregate)

Arsenal left in no doubt about Nasri's strong desire to leave

Samir Nasri eager to prove Manchester City switch 'wasn't a mistake'

Samir Nasri is determined to prove his move to Manchester City was not a mistake.

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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini refuses to discuss meeting with Carlos Tevez

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini today refused to say whether he has met or intends to meet Carlos Tevez.

Yaya Touré was allegedly subjected to racist abuse by Porto fans

City present evidence of racist abuse

Club submits video footage from Porto in attempt to get Uefa to take complaints seriously

Yaya Touré lifts goalscorer Sergio Aguero aloft after the latter’s winner for Manchester City last night

Long-haul Touré beats jetlag as Aguero eases City's passage

Porto 1 Manchester City 2

Porto's Alvaro Pereira, pressured by Manchester City's Mario Balotelli, scores an own goal against goalkeeper Helton

Aguero makes it advantage City after fightback

Porto 1 Manchester City 2

Andre Villas-Boas with his successor, Vitor Pereira (right), during their spell as coaches at Porto

AVB needs time, says Porto coach

Former assistant insists Chelsea's embattled manager has necessary quality to transform club

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas says attackers now 'stand a leg out'

Former Andre Villas-Boas assistant backs Chelsea manager to succeed

Andre Villas-Boas today received more backing from former club Porto as speculation continued over the Chelsea boss' future.

...With open arms: Joleon Lescott said he was glad of Tevez's return

City team-mates welcome back Tevez

Carlos Tevez was heartened to be welcomed back to Manchester City by at least four first-team players yesterday. The Argentina striker returned to the club for the first time since early November.

Champions League round-up: Malafeev puts Porto out as tiny Apoel finish top

Zenit St Petersburg were indebted to goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev for a series of outstanding saves as they earned the 0-0 draw in Porto that took the Russian side through to the Champions League knockout stages for the first time at the expense of the Portuguese team.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas watches a training session at Cobham yesterday

Why isn't Villas-Boas's philosophy working yet?

Rory Smith assesses how the Portuguese's style has got lost in translation at Chelsea

Chelsea in race to sign Alvaro Pereira

The agent of Alvaro Pereira has claimed Chelsea were still in negotiations to sign the left-back from Porto.

Villas-Boas wants the transfer window shut at start of season

Andre Villas-Boas is to propose a dramatic re-structuring of the transfer window at Uefa's influential elite coaches' forum in Nyon on Wednesday.

Messi orchestrates Barcelona Cup win

Cesc Fabregas scored for Barcelona last night as they beat Porto 2-0 to lift the European Super Cup.

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

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