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Manchester City may be happy to extend its record run of seven straight Premier League draws when it comes up against Chelsea on Saturday.City’s expensively assembled squad finally clicked back into gear to beat Arsenal 3-0 in the League Cup this week, but Chelsea has scored 17 goals and conceded none in winning its last …

Real Madrid will be looking to maintain its improving form against Almeria in the Spanish league and Barcelona will be hoping to protect its five-point lead at the top when it visits Deportivo La Coruna.Barcelona beat Madrid 1-0 at the Camp Nou on Sunday and then defeated last-place Xerez on Wednesday in a rescheduled game …

Chelsea extended its Premier League lead to five points by fightingback to beat Fulham 2-1 on Monday, while Tottenham returned to theChampions League places by easing to a 2-0 victory over West Ham. Chelsea had Chris Smalling’s own goal to thank for thevictory after struggling against its west London rival. Chelsea’s grip on the league …

France coach Raymond Domenech called up Lyon defender Aly Cissokho on Thursday to face Ireland in the World Cup playoffs. Veteran midfielder Patrick Vieira was again left out.With left back Gael Clichy ruled out with a back injury, Domenech needs cover and he watched Cissokho play in the 1-1 draw with Liverpool in the Champions …

Your car is made up of thousands of components, manufactured all over the world and assembled in many places by humans and robots. There is simply no such thing as a 100% “domestic” car anywhere in the world. When (not if) artificial barriers are placed on the manufacture, sale and movement of parts and the eventual …

One of the first things you are ever taught about football once you start playing competitive matches, is to play to the whistle. It sounds pretty basic doesn’t it? The referee blows his whistle to start play and blows again to stop play. If you don’t hear it, well, guess what? Keep playing. Except of …

Here we go again. League title number 19, European Cup  number 4, and FA Cup number 12 (and the Carling Cup as well if we have time).  Of course we are still England’s best team but we may not win all those trophies because this season will be a season of transition. But the club …

Hello and welcome to the first earth-shattering, pant-wetting, all-big-four judgement day-style Premier League match of the season. Quick! The teams!Man Utd Foster, O’Shea, Brown, Vidic, Evra, Valencia,Subs Kuszczak, Neville, Owen, Anderson, Berbatov, Park, Scholes.Arsenal Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Eboue,Subs Mannone, Eduardo, Ramsey, Silvestre, Wilshere, Gibbs, Bendtner.Arsenal, three central midfielders each. And no Berbatov. Shame …

Howard will be here with the latest news from 2.30pm. In the meantime we’ve got all kinds of football news to entertain you/ attempt to boost our hits. Rafa Benítez wants Steven Gerrard to inspire Liverpool’s recovery, Fabio Capello is still confused about his No1 goalkeeper and Dara O Briain is chatting about Coronation Street. …

The group stage of the Champions League was set Thursday in Monaco, with title-holders Barcelona having to face Inter Milan early and AC Milan having to contend with Spanish superpowers Real Madrid.We’ll run through the groups quickly, pointing out the key players and big matchups ahead.Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi HaifaIsraeli club Maccabi …