Manchester United’s biggest stars have heaped praise on the new Chelsea but their manager Sir Alex Ferguson does not consider the current Premier League leaders as strong as the ‘ruthless’ team built by Jose Mourinho.
Brendan Rodgers has been warned ahead of the Merseyside derby against Everton that his continual berating of match officials will not help Liverpool's cause.
Roberto di Matteo has urged Chelsea to keep Ashley Cole, with Sunday's opponents Manchester United and Paris St Germain heading the race to sign the England left-back.
Manchester City will anxiously await tests on defender Micah Richards after he suffered a serious-looking knee injury against Swansea.
Lewis Hamilton's own title race may be run, but he expects to play a pivotal role in the title duel between Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso at the Indian Grand Prix.
Liverpool have explored the possibility of bringing Didier Drogba to Anfield on a two-month loan next month - but look like being defeated by red tape.
John Terry would have faced a minimum eight-match ban under new rules being drawn up by the Football Association and the players' union.
Cricket lovers face being deprived of BBC Radio's Test Match Special for the first time in almost 40 years as greedy Indian administrators are holding them to ransom.
Carlos Tevez lifted reigning champions Manchester City back to within a point of the Barclays Premier League summit with the only goal of a dour clash against Swansea.
Mikel Arteta saved Arsenal's blushes as he bundled home a scrappy late winner on an afternoon that saw Jack Wilshere make his first appearance in 524 days.
Hal Robson-Kanu bagged what may prove a crucial point for Reading after a see-saw battle against a Fulham side who looked to have done just enough.
Wigan earned their first win in seven Premier League games against a lacklustre West Ham. Goals early in each half from Ivan Ramis and James McArthur proved enough.
Sometimes games that have dull and unimaginative written all over them prove, refreshingly, to be just the opposite.
Jack Wilshere finally made his return for Arsenal against QPR. After ankle and knee injuries, the England midfielder was handed a surprise start at the Emirates Stadium.
The Rugby Football Union are considering the radical possibility of selling the naming rights to Twickenham. The move would raise millions of pounds.
Bradley Wiggins' cycling team is reeling after claims that more senior staff will be leaving imminently in the wake of confessions they had concealed secret pasts.
Michael Turner's first goal for Norwich piled the pressure on their former boss Paul Lambert, who has now overseen Aston Villa's worst start to a season for 43 years.
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Barcelona moved clear at the top of the Primera Division table for 24 hours at least with a thumping 5-0 win at Rayo Vallecano. David Villa scored the only goal of the first half before Lionel Messi gave Barca a clear advantage three minutes after the break.
| Teams | P | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | 8 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 9 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Everton | 8 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Fulham | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | West Ham United | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 9 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Liverpool | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Wigan Athletic | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Norwich City | 9 | -11 | 7 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Reading | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 19 | Southampton | 8 | -11 | 4 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 | -11 | 3 |
Swansea goalkeeper Michel Vorm will be out for four to six weeks after suffering a groin injury in his side's Barclays Premier League loss at Manchester City.
Clint Dempsey is hoping that Tottenham get back on track against Southampton after an exciting start to the season hit the buffers in the past eight days at home and in Europe.
Roberto Martinez hailed his side's 2-1 victory over West Ham as the start of Wigan's season as they claimed a first home win of the campaign to end a poor run.
Goals from Cillian Sheridan and Liam Kelly gave Kilmarnock their first win over Celtic at Parkhead for an incredible 57 years.
Tony Pulis admitted his frustration after seeing his side held to a goalless home draw by Sunderland in the Potters' sixth stalemate in nine Barclays Premier League games.
Gianni Paladini has resumed talks with Peter Pannu over his potential takeover at Birmingham City - and the Italian is hoping to work around ownership rules that would block it.
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini was pleased his players overcame tiredness to edge out Swansea 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium.
Reading midfielder Jem Karacan is set to miss up to six weeks with the knee injury that kept him out of Saturday's thrilling 3-3 draw with Fulham.
Reading boss Brian McDermott compared Fulham to the Harlem Globetrotters following today's 3-3 Barclays Premier League draw at the Madejski Stadium.
A fan in the Republic of Ireland has replicated one of this year's most popular online jokes during Sligo's League of Ireland triumph.
Anton Ferdinand took part in Saturday's anti-racism initiative by wearing a Kick It Out T-shirt during the warm-up ahead of the game at Arsenal.
Cardiff City's Ben Turner has turned his back on the chance to play international football for Wales, admitting he did not want to 'kid' anyone.
Didier Drogba and Nicholas Anelka avoided relegation from the Chinese Super League after Shanghai Shenhua drew 0-0 away to Dalian Aerbin on Saturday.
Darren Bent has pledged he will not seek a transfer away from Aston Villa despite again being dropped by Paul Lambert for Aston Villa's clash against Norwich.
Two first-half goals from Damien Delaney and Peter Ramage kept up managerless Crystal Palace's impressive start to the npower Championship and ended Leicester's unbeaten home record.
Cardiff extended their run of successive home victories to seven and moved to the top of the npower Championship with a comprehensive win over Burnley.
Substitute Scott McDonald scored twice for Middlesbrough as they came from behind to make it four npower Championship wins on the bounce.
Ross Barkley's double at managerless Ipswich helped secure Sheffield Wednesday their first away win the npower Championship this season.
Kyle Walker has admitted that he stopped using Twitter after criticism and abuse from fans began to affect his performances for Tottenham.
Real Madrid are continuing to scout Tottenham’s Gareth Bale as they consider a summer bid. Bale, 23, has signed a contract extension until 2016 at Tottenham.
David Moyes has accused players like Luis Suarez of turning supporters away from English football and he demanded serial divers be punished with bans.
Roberto Di Matteo has warned Fernando Torres he is not afraid to axe his £50million striker. Chelsea will need to be at their best when they take on Man United.
England have submitted the paperwork to transfer Carl Jenkinson's international allegiance from Finland, in the hope he can play next month against Sweden.
Southampton boss Nigel Adkins thinks Gareth Bale is the perfect role model for the club's new batch of up-and-coming stars.
Andre Villas-Boas has no concerns about Jermain Defoe burning out and instead believes the striker is thriving under the pressure of being Tottenham's main frontman.
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Freddie Burns emerged as an England contender worthy of Stuart Lancaster's immediate attention as Gloucester increased their run of unbeaten matches to eight against Leicester on Saturday.
Three potential players in England's starting XV against Fiji will report to the England camp with injuries that could rule them out of at least the first of four autumn internationals.
Saracens knocked Northampton off the top of the Aviva Premiership with as impressive a defensive display as Franklin's Gardens has seen for a long time.
Bath survived a remarkable second-half turnaround to claim the points against their West Country rivals Exeter in a nerve-tingling derby at a sold-out Recreation Ground.
Wigan winger Josh Charnley grabbed four tries on his international debut as England put Wales to the sword in their opening autumn international in Wrexham.
Serena Williams will meet Maria Sharapova in Sunday's final of the WTA Championships after both players secured straight-set wins in Istanbul.
Kevin Pietersen will be welcomed back into the England Test squad in the small hours of Monday without a backward glance, according to James Anderson.
For the second time in franchise history, Bill Belichick is bringing the New England Patriots to London. But the controversial coach is in no mood to spread the transatlantic love-in.
A 7-5, 6-4 victory over Paul-Henri Mathieu saw Roger Federer set up an intriguing final with Juan Martin del Potro as he attempts to lay his hands on a sixth Swiss Indoors title.
Wales have suffered a major injury blow with prop Adam Jones set to miss games against Argentina, Samoa, New Zealand and Australia due to a knee problem.
Mark Allen has asked the first questions of Ronnie O'Sullivan's withdrawal from World Snooker's new flagship tournament in China.
In my years as a Manchester United player, people would talk to me about the epic 5-3 or 8-2 victories. But the truth is, exhilarating as those games were, it is those 1-0 wins that mean the most.
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Phil Neville does not need statistics to know how spiky the Merseyside derby can get. The Everton captain also has personal experience to draw upon.
The romantics had written the story. Arsenal were on the ropes; the team had suffered successive home defeats and the shareholders had staged their annual strop.
Audley Harrison knows memories are short and hilarity will die. For cheap threats and banal banter still shift tickets; fewer than before but sufficient to keep the wolf away.
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