Martin O’Neill has postponed finalising his Ireland squad until later today, pending updates on major injury worries concerning James McCarthy and Marc Wilson.

Interim coach Guus Hiddink admits there have been occasions when he wished he was staying on at Chelsea.

West Ham striker Dean Ashton will meet club officials at the end of the week to start discussions over terms for a new contract at Upton Park.

ARSENE WENGER compared the English media to a rampant crocodile, snapping up international managers for tea, and maybe it suited him that no-one even noticed his Arsenal side had just gone three points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Chelsea fooball club is now the leading contender to feature in Goal! a trilogy of football films being developed by British entrepreneur Mike Jeffries with US producer Lawrence Bender.