The debate rumbles on whether or not England should coax Adnan Januzaj into playing for the national side. And Roy Hodgson almost looked as if he was on a recruitment drive when greeted by Santi Cazorla and Mikel Arteta at London Colney for Three Lions training ahead of their crucial World Cup qualifier against Poland on Tuesday.
Robert Lewandowski has opened a potential bidding war between Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea after hinting he has snubbed Bayern Munich. The Poland striker, who is set to feature against England at Wembley on Tuesday, was thought to have thrashed out a deal to join Munich on a free transfer next summer.
David Moyes may look to strengthen his Manchester United side with a January swoop for Chesterfield's Tendayi Darikwa.
Laura Robson is on the lookout for a new coach after splitting with Miles Maclagan, the man who used to do the same job with Andy Murray.
The former head of the Spanish Federation for Mentally Handicapped Sports has been found guilty of fraud over the scandal at the Sydney Olympics.
Sir Alex Ferguson turned down the infamous hairdryer during the last years of his managerial career because players are more 'fragile' than they were 30 years ago. The legendary Manchester United manager admits that he had to curb his temper because players need to feel comfortable to perform well.
Sir Alex Ferguson was awarded the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Trafford at a ceremony on Monday afternoon. The local authority have also renamed a road leading to Old Trafford from Water's Reach to Sir Alex Ferguson Way.
Sir Alex Ferguson has sent a message of hope to United fans and reminded them of the dark days before he brought unprecedented success.
WADA is investigating claims that Jamaican authorities did not test the island's sprint stars for drugs in the six months leading up to the London Olympics.
Malky Mackay is still in charge at Cardiff City following a five-hour board meeting.
Jack Wilshere was caught short during England training as the Arsenal midfielder was filmed urinating up against a wall. The 21-year-old, who started Friday night's 4-1 victory over Montenegro from the bench, was spotted taking a rather public toilet break as Roy Hodgson's side were put through their paces ahead of Tuesday night's qualifier.
Rory McIlroy has ended his relationship with Caroline Wozniacki, according to reports. McIlroy and Wozniacki have been going out for a couple of years but the Danish tennis star is said to be 'absolutely devastated' after the two-time major winner called it off.
Robbie Savage has revealed how he feared his 'head was going to explode' after the former footballer was unable to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro.
Roy Hodgson has admitted that Andros Townsend is a doubt for England's game against Poland on Tuesday.
Nigel Clough will be named as the new Sheffield United manager within the next 48 hours after David Weir was sacked last Friday.
Juventus star Paul Pogba insists he is not angered by what appears to be the club’s public courting of his availability and insists he wants to stay in Turin.
ADAM SHERGOLD: We put a heart rate monitor on the Northampton Town manager Aidy Boothroyd through the course of a matchday to test the stress on a football manager's heart.
Carlton Cole has signed a three-month deal with West Ham, sealing his return to the club he left at the end of last season.
Kevin Blackwell believes Bury could have given him more time but wishes the club well after getting sacked by the League Two side.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is comfortable with the amount the club spent to bring in Mesut Ozil and has indicated he would be willing to splash out again.
Dereck Chisora will defend his European heavyweight title against the unbeaten Arnold Gjergjaj at the Copper Box Arena on November 30.
Billy Joe Saunders has reignited his war of words with Chris Eubank Jnr by claiming he would beat his British rival even if he had a five-round head start.
Wrexham players reacted furiously after Stephen Wright was elbowed by Barnet player-manager Edgar Davids during the closing stages of Sunday's Conference clash at The Hive.
Former Sky Sports presenter Georgie Thompson speaks openly for the first time about her relationship with British Olympic great Sir Ben Ainslie who she has been dating for six months.
Edgar Davids clearly believes he is setting the agenda by wearing No 1 on his back, but Barnet's chief might not be the trailblazer he seems to think he is.
Alan Brazil has slammed the FA's decision to increase Poland's ticket allocation to 18,000 for Tuesday's crunch clash with England at Wembley.
Swansea striker Michu says he has no plans to leave the club despite the fact his form with them has catapulted him into Spain’s World Cup plans.
As World Cup qualification reaches the final round, there are some big name countries still sweating on a final place in Brazil next year, including the likes of France, Sweden, Portugal and Mexico.
FA commission is all white and that's not all right - a huge own goal
ROB SHEPHERD: In reality there doesn't seem too much substance to Kick It Out
Davids may have the No 1 shirt at Barnet... but he's not the first
Barnet's player-manager might not be the trailblazer he seems to think he is
Judgement Day! As World Cup qualification reaches the final round... who is already there, who is on the brink and who could be missing out on Brazil 2014?
From Holy Goalie to Vitruvian Man... Boruc stands between England and World Cup
Standing in England's way will be Poland keeper Artur Boruc
MARTIN SAMUEL: Roy's job isn't to prove a point, it's to win three
Roy Hodgson has proved his critics wrong. He has done so in a very unusual way
Poland arrived at Wembley like ugly ducklings but we left like beautiful swans
MATT BARLOW spoke to Polish goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski
On the road: Blades' mettle fatigue in need of some Clough steel
Coventry fans thought they were having a bad time but there's always people worse off
What we learned this weekend: Lukaku v Benteke plus Cisse and the French
Ralph Ellis runs you through what we learned this weekend
FOOTBALL LEAGUE COLUMN: Di Canio's memory is banished
JOE RIDGE: Swindon and Mark Cooper will have entered this season with trepidation
FIREWORKS FROM THE ROCKET: I was in training for booze benders... it was my Olympic Games
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN reveals all in his book
O'Sullivan: Woody was a pro at drinking, I was just an amateur
Ronnie O'Sullivan drank a lot but couldn't keep up with Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood
O'Sullivan: Court battle caused me to quit
Ronnie O'Sullivan, in his book, reveals he could not balance work, family and a custody battle. Something had to give
MATTHEW MAYNARD: I keep asking myself... Is there anything I could have done to prevent Tom's death?
16 months on, he is still struggling to cope
Sport images of the day: Our picture editor's selection
MailOnline's sports picture editor selects his favourite snaps from around the world
More than monkeys and Miss World...
Spain are very angry and Allen Bula knows there is more than football at stake in Gibraltar's Euro 2016 qualification bid
'I don't want to go down the John Gummer route but, yes, I do let my children play rugby'...
RFU medical chief Kempy says health benefits outweigh risks
Boris Starling on TV Sport: Sportswomen are driving into a cul-de-sac
Women! Know your limits!' So said Harry Enfield's spoof public information films...
SUSIE WOLFF: Maria told me - 'Show what women can do'
I am dreading my post next week when I return home from the Japanese Grand Prix
JAMIE CARRAGHER: The World Cup is dying ... but holding it in winter could save it
World Cup is football's greatest prize but the competition is dying
BRYAN ROBSON: Pain of missing out on a World Cup only hits you when you retire...
Captain Marvel reveals all in our Fooballers' Football Column
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN: I was world champion in 2004, but not in the best of spirits. I'd been in the Priory, come out, been clean for nine months, which was wonderful. I went to meetings every day - drug addiction, alcohol addiction - and I was feeling fantastic. I was reborn.
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN TALKS TO MARTIN SAMUEL: The current world champion opens his heart on the torment that has pursued him throughout his life and his career in the often lonely sport of snooker.
I think there are elements of corruption in any sport. Snooker players like their money, they like their gambling, they like a certain standard of living.
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN: Ever since Dad first went away I'd been looking forward to his release. It was what kept me going.
I announced I was going to take six months off straight after the 2012 World Championship. I couldn't balance work, family and the custody battle.
I never realised I had an addictive personality until I went to the Priory. Then it probably took another 10 years to accept that I was an addict.
Andros Townsend retained his tag as England's man-of-the-moment with a dazzling piece of skill ahead of Tuesday night's World Cup qualifier against Poland.
Standing in their way will be Southampton goalkeeper Artur Boruc, a man with a colourful history on and off the pitch.
Roy Hodgson, like Arsene Wenger, has proved his critics wrong. He has done so, also like Wenger, in a very unusual way: by doing precisely what the critics asked of him.
Teddy Sheringham reckons Steven Gerrard should be considered as an option to replace the suspended Kyle Walker at right-back.
Bolton midfielder Stuart Holden still hopes to play again this season and even be fit for the World Cup as he recovers from his third serious knee injury.
After the downpour in Poland, megaphones and missiles in Montenegro and the tedium of Ukraine, Roy Hodgson is a win away from a summer in Brazil.
MATT BARLOW sat down to talk to goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski, the man who was dismissed as a 'clown' but made a mockery of England back in 1973.
There was agony but no ecstasy, vaulting endeavour but no happy landing. There were chances but no celebrations, endless recrimination but no explanation.
Robert Lewandowski has warned that Poland will be no pushovers for England on Tuesday. His team no longer have a chance of qualifying.
Shad Khan owns both NFL franchise Jacksonville Jaguars and Premier League club Fulham. In this exclusive interview, Khan reveals his ambitions for both clubs.
ROB SHEPHERD: The FA likes to bang the politically-correct PR drum when it comes to tackling racism in football but in reality there doesn't seem too much substance to Kick It Out if the new commission to solve the problems of the England team is anything to go by.
Edin Dzeko may have struggled to win over a portion of Manchester City supporters, but he certainly has fans in Eastern Europe.
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas was in Barcelona on Sunday to run the rule over their reserve side.
Brazilian derbies can often be tasty affairs. But even by their incendiary standards Sunday's clash between Sao Paolo and Corinthians was red hot. That the game finished goalless matters not.
Anti-discriminatory campaigners Kick It Out have contacted FA chairman Greg Dyke to question him on the lack of diversity on the commission.
Benfica defender Ezequiel Garay has claimed David Moyes blocked his £18million move to Manchester United this summer.
Chelsea target Sami Khedira has hit out at current club Real Madrid, increasing his chances of a winter transfer exit.
Gillingham have appointed former manager Peter Taylor as interim boss following the sacking of Martin Allen on Sunday evening.
Spurs have agreed a new bumper pay deal with Andros Townsend - just two years after they were ready to sell him to Millwall for just £500,000.
CHARLES SALE: Damien Comolli, who oversaw the signing of Gareth Bale for Spurs and brought Luis Suarez to Liverpool, is keen on a return.
Louis Saha is the former France international who played for Manchester Untied and also played under David Moyes at Everton. In this Footballers' Football Column, Saha has backed his former manager to be a sucess at Old Trafford and says he needs time to adapt.
JOE RIDGE: Swindon Town and manager Mark Cooper will have entered this season with some trepidation as to the size of the task ahead.
Martin Jol may have cut a beleaguered figure but Shad Khan is not impatient to fire anyone in response to Fulham's slow start to the season.
Kettering Town appealed to football fans far and wide to keep their club afloat and were so overwhelmed by the response, have made a graphic to map exactly where the money came from.
Gabriel Obertan wants to leave Newcastle United if he is unable to break into Alan Pardew's side. The French winger has played just 19 minutes for the club.
West Hamboss Sam Allardyce is petrified Manchester United will try and take Ravel Morrison back to Old Trafford after his stunning start to the season.
Kenny Dalglish has returned a glowing appraisal of Liverpool's current double act of Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge.
Real Madrid may have 'committed an error' in signing Gareth Bale for a world record fee of £86million from Spurs, according to a Spanish doctor.
Rangers rebels will go to court again in a bid to force their way onto the board at the AGM - after Dave King said the final say must be made by shareholders.
Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has hinted he will snub a move to Arsenal and join Monaco instead at the end of the season.
Roberto Mancini is plotting a swoop on his former club Manchester City to take left-back Aleksander Kolarov to Galatasaray in January.
The Rangers board have been accused of engaging in 'guerrilla warfare' in their battle to prevent a group of shareholders from joining the Ibrox board.
Each day, Mail Online's sports picture editor will select his favourite snaps from around the world in the past 24 hours.
Planned redevelopment of Wimbledon is underway as work begins in earnest to make the All England Club the world's premium venue. Detailed proposals on how to make SW19 more state-of-the-art than its Gran Slam rivals were announced in April, with work starting this week.
Tom Brady's 17-yard touchdown pass to Kenbrell Thompkins with five seconds left gave the New England Patriots a wild 30-27 win and ended the New Orleans Saints' unbeaten start.
Heather Watson's poor run of form continued as she was knocked out in the first round of the Luxembourg Open by Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer.
For the record, Lewis Hamilton's chances of being crowned world champion this season ended with his retirement from the Japanese Grand Prix.
Billy Twelvetrees provided further proof that he thrives in an emergency, and his exploits for Gloucester surely sealed his place in England's midfield.
Top seed Novak Djokovic retained the Shanghai Masters title on Sunday by edging sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro in an entertaining three-set final.
Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford is to be handed the job of taking Surrey back to county cricket's elite, according to reports.
A successful rookie year on the PGA Tour in America has ended with David Lynn returning to Europe and showing everyone exactly what he has learned.
Only Max Whitlock's gym shorts, brown eyes, immaculate white teeth and sculpted muscles stand out as he leaps around in front of Sportsmail photographer Andy Hooper's camera, looking like a super hero from a comic book.
Hidden away in a corner of the study of Matthew Maynard's home is a boy's cricket bat, lined top to bottom with hairline cracks but sandpaper-cleaned.
Three years ago in Cape Town he was booed off the pitch as England failed to score against Algeria, but now Wayne Rooney is the pride of England again.
'Let's All Laugh At England', 'Arg-en-tina!' and plain old 'We Hate England'... just three songs frequently belted out on the Old Trafford terraces.
He's shown he's got some moves but now Daniel Sturridge could be the man to bring the world the sequel no-one's been waiting for - a new Anfield Rap.
The World Cup is football's greatest prize but the competition is dying. It needs saving and the way to do that might be with a winter tournament.
Women! Know your limits!' So said Harry Enfield's spoof old-fashioned public information films, and how we laughed at the outdated attitudes he parodied.
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN: I think there are elements of corruption in any sport. Snooker players like their money, they like a certain standard of living.
Hard-hitting columnist on why Adnan Januzaj must play for England, why Tottenham fans need to grow up and why Lee Clark deserves credit.
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