Football

Friendly matches are often the most derided of international fixtures with pullouts aplenty resulting in occasional apathy from media and fans alike. Wednesday night's game against Holland has n

Looking at the results of their first game in charge, the last ten permanent England managers have a combined record of W8 D2 L0, For 22, Against 3. The last two caretaker bosses have a record of W

Harry Redknapp is everybody's favourite next England manager. He has worked wonders at Tottenham, leading them from bottom of the Premier League to title contenders in the space of three years. He has

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I've written elsewhere that this is arguably the most important north London derby of Arsene Wenger's time at Arsenal. Others have had league titles at stake and they've all had bragging rights at sta

Having made light work of defending champions FC Porto in the Europa League on Wednesday, Manchester City turn their attentions back to the Premier League in the late kick-off on Saturday. With all du

Manchester United v Ajax, Thursday 20:05, Five The Manchester United starting line up might not be quite as strong, given that this second leg comes three days shy of a Premier League trip to Norwi

Napoli v Chelsea, live on Sky Sports 2 Napoli Uefa has sent Walter Mazzarri to the stands for both legs of this tie, but first-choice 'keeper Morgan De Sanctis should have recovered from the kno

CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid, Tuesday 18:00, Live on Sky Sports 2 CSKA Moscow Igor Akinfeev, the club captain and Russia's number one, has been out for months and will be missing again on Tuesday.

Blackpool v West Ham, KO: Tuesday 20:00 Everyone knows that games in hand are only any use if you win them - and as games in hand go, a trip to Blackpool is not the easiest. Ian Holloway's team sel