Gary Neville has expanded his property portfolio with the £1.5m purchase of Manchester's former stock exchange building.

National Front has called for Karim Benzema to be excluded from the France squad after he declared that 'nobody' could force him to sing La Marseillaise.

NEIL MOXLEY: As Michael Owen scanned Twitter, reading the reaction to his retirement, he admitted breaking into tears. Fitting, as he has reduced defenders to same emotion.

Wolves keeper Carl Ikeme could miss the rest of the season after breaking his hand punching a wall in anger at his side's calamitous own goal at the weekend.

Captain John Terry has described Frank Lampard as the best player in Chelsea's history. Lampard scored his 200th Chelsea goal in Sunday's defeat of West Ham.

After an already abysmal performance at Accrington was compounded by a late red card, perhaps Barnet player-boss Edgar Davids felt he owed the fans...

The Premier League have denied they are ready to consider ripping up the traditional festive programme and introduce a January break to accommodate a winter World Cup.

David Beckham has defied his critics and his age at Paris Saint-Germain, and is playing like a 25-year-old, according to Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Petr Cech is the surprise name on Arsenal’s six-man shortlist to replace goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny next season.

Martin Whitmarsh has vowed to deliver the goods for Jenson Button and Sergio Perez after hailing them 'exemplary' in the face of such a poor start to the new F1 season.

Liverpool have joined the chase for Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama, with Brendan Rodgers ready to make a move in the summer.

Rio Ferdinand must feel he is not capable of training and playing normally. If he can't, joining the squad is a pointless exercise. He has done what is best for him.

Ross McCormack, James Forrest and Danny Fox have withdrawn from the Scotland squad ahead of the World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Serbia.

Frank Lampard has backed Rio Ferdinand to pull on an England shirt again despite pulling out of the recent squad for the games with San Marino and Montenegro.

Mike Ashley was last night present at Paris Saint-Germain's 2-2 draw away to St Etienne to monitor Newcastle transfer target Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Norwich have failed with an appeal against goalkeeper Mark Bunn's red card in Sunday's Premier League match at Sunderland. Bunn will serve a one-match suspension.

German defender Per Mertesacker has rejected suggestions he was set to quit Arsenal and return to the Bundesliga in the summer.

Blair Turgott stole the show with a hat-trick on Tuesday afternoon as West Ham saw off QPR 3-1 in a friendly at Upton Park.

Joe Allen will have surgery on his shoulder this week that will rule him out for the remainder of the season. The Liverpool midfielder also withdrew from Wales' squad

Tony Pulis will consider his position as Stoke manager in the summer following a disappointing season that has seen him come under fire from angry fans.

American property tycoon Preston Haskell IV is waiting to swoop for Coventry City should the club be placed in administration this week.

Brazilian star Neymar has hinted he wants to leave Santos and join 'a big club' like Barcelona, Real Madrid or Chelsea. His comments are a snub to Manchester City.

George North's agent has revealed the Scarlets and Northampton are in talks over a possible move for the Wales winger.

So England have their Ashes team pretty much sorted, give or take the odd accident between now and July.

Joe Murray has signed a contract to fight under Frank Warren and is to appear on the undercard of Nathan Cleverly against Robin Krasniqi on April 20.

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has scored his 200th goal for the Blues and to celebrate, we're taking a look back over 10 of his best.