The sun came out in Seattle on Friday afternoon, not five minutes after Landon Donovan and David Beckham had expressed their pure and undying love for each other. I'm not saying the two incidents were connected but in a city that has seen constant rain for the past week here in America's Pacific no... [More]

Our sports editor looks at the fallout from the World Cup row over Henry's handy work [More]

Darren Norris looks ahead to the first 'big four' Premier League meeting of the season [More]

Andy Reid and a handful of pundits may not agree but Giovanni Trapattoni’s decision to sign a two-year extension to his Republic of Ireland contract is a massive boost for soccer in this country. Ireland may not have played the most expansive or exhilarating soccer under the Italian but it has... [More]

While Chelsea’s previous in the way they conduct their business in the transfer market makes it difficult to feel sympathy for them the decision to ban the club from signing any new players until January 2011 seems spectacularly harsh. Many will recall the arrogant manner of their public purs... [More]

Darren Norris reflects on Arsenal's opening day display [More]

Andrew Fifield   Chelsea have always used the snipes and gripes of their detractors as fuel for their own achievements. Paranoia occasionally appears to be in-built at Stamford Bridge, yet as Carlo Ancelotti confronts the twin peaks of wrestling the Premier League from Manchester United and... [More]

Should Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres stay fit, Darren Norris believes there are realistic hopes of a title push on Merseyside [More]

Patrick Vieira's legendary status would be ill-served by a return to Arsenal, believes Darren Norris [More]

Cruelly, the last song the great Louis Armstrong recorded before he died was ‘We have all the time in the world’. Cork City FC is alive and kicking, despite the John Grisham courtroom drama that’s unfolded this week, but they’re certainly not singing from the rooftops. &... [More]