Not many managers can claim to have sent a referee into early retirement but Mourinho was accused of precisely that in one of his first European adventures with Chelsea.

Chelsea and Jose Mourinho reached a settlement with ex-team doctor Eva Carneiro before she was due to give testimony that was expected to be highly damaging to the Premier League club.

Jose Mourinho is expected to give evidence at an employment tribunal brought by former Chelsea first-team doctor Eva Carneiro after she reportedly turned down an offer of £1.2m to settle.

The doctor in a legal battle with Chelsea over being demoted after rushing onto the field to treat a player has broken her public silence, in a speech stressing the importance of trusting medics.

Chelsea and Jose Mourinho have received a boost ahead of a potentially critical period, with Ramires signing a contract extension until June 2019.

Former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro has broken her silence to insist the Football Association never requested she make a statement and effectively ignored some evidence in its investigation into alleged remarks made to her by Jose Mourinho.

FA chairman Greg Dyke has told officials that Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho committed “a failure of his personal judgment and public behaviour” in his criticism of team doctor Eva Carneiro, it can be revealed.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will face no action after the Football Association cleared him of making discriminatory comments towards then club doctor Eva Carneiro.

The wonder is whether Jose Mourinho believes any of this really works — or whether he actually believes what he is saying himself.

The Premier League Doctors’ Group has said safeguards need to be in place for team doctors treating players on the pitch following Eva Carneiro’s departure from Chelsea.

The Football Medical Association has confirmed Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro’s lawyers will handle her case after she parted company with the club.

Football Association board member Heather Rabbatts has expressed her “sadness and anger” at news of Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro’s departure from the club.

For all those appalled by Jose Mourinho’s treatment of Eva Carneiro - and that must be everybody except the most fervent and blinkered admirer of the Chelsea manager - this was just what the doctor ordered.

Jose Mourinho’s criticism of his Chelsea medical staff has created “a distraction” away from the team’s performance, according to the boss of the Football Medical Association.

Jose Mourinho had seemingly heard enough, even though he hadn’t come anywhere close to saying enough.

Long serving Cork GAA medic Dr Con Murphy has revealed that in almost 40 years he’s never once been ordered by a manager to withhold treatment from a player.

Jose Mourinho’s behaviour towards Chelsea first-team doctor Eva Carneiro has been “absolutely appalling”, according to leading sports physician Peter Brukner.

Just last October, Jose Mourinho vowed he never instructs his medical team on how to deal with injured players.

Thibaut Courtois will miss this weekend’s trip to Manchester City after the FA rejected Chelsea’s appeal for wrongful dismissal.

Eva Carneiro’s role as Chelsea first-team doctor is understood to be changing significantly, raising questions about her Stamford Bridge future.

The lawyer representing a man and his father who were beaten by a Portuguese police officer outside a football stadium says she has filed complaints.

Angola’s attorney-general today said a British human rights activist arrested for alleged spying could leave the country, but may have to return to stand trial.

Hundreds of mid-Atlantic Azores Islanders slept in the open overnight fearing a major earthquake after 17 tremors were recorded, island authorities said today.