Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny says he has no regrets about missing out on glamour opposition as yesterday’s Europa League draw placed the Irish champions in a testing and long-haul group comprising Russian giants Zenit St Petersburg, Dutch side AZ Alkmaar and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Stephen Kenny will be in Poland tomorrow to watch Legia Warsaw host Piast Gliwice as Dundalk accelerate preparations for their huge Champions League play-off games against the Polish champions at Aviva Stadium on August 17 and in Warsaw on August 23.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has revealed he intends to use Marouane Fellaini as a striker this season.

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Football sometimes seems like politics in disguise but in Greece, the opposite is also true, writes David Shonfield.

Hull, who play West Bromwich in the Premier League at the KC stadium today, are under investigation by UEFA for possible breaches of financial fair play rules.

Everton may be returning to European football in the continent’s secondary competition, but they have been drawn in a group worthy of the Champions League, according to one of the men plotting their downfall.

Tottenham will be looking to replicate local rivals Arsenal’s recent success against Besiktas after being paired with the Turkish side in Group C of the Europa League.

Hull’s first Europa League campaign ended in disappointment at the play-off stage after a vital away goal for Lokeren saw the Belgian side through at the KC Stadium last night — despite Ireland’s Robbie Brady’s best efforts.

There is a reason flares are banned from all football grounds and this is why.

Back in 1996, just before Champions League cash really began to change football, an official from one of that season’s semi-finalists was caught in a discussion about the future of the game.

Eleven times Olympiakos and their fans have journeyed from Athens to England since 1965 and 11 times they have lost.

A bomb has exploded outside the Athens offices of a fan club for the premier league Panathinaikos football club, damaging the building and several nearby parked cars but causing no injuries.

Defiant Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio has struck back at critics quick to question his Stadium of Light revolution in the wake of his side’s disappointing start to their new Premier League campaign.

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Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel has claimed Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor are among the most deadly strike partnerships in England.

Tottenham defender Michael Dawson has only a slim chance of recovering from his hamstring injury in time to face Everton on Sunday.

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Tottenham 3 Panathinaikos 1

Manager Andre Villas-Boas has reversed predecessor Harry Redknapp’s ban on Christmas parties at Tottenham, insisting he is happy for the squad to have “two or three” this winter.

Manager Andre Villas-Boas has reversed predecessor Harry Redknapp’s ban on Christmas parties at Tottenham, insisting he is happy for the squad to have “two or three” this winter.

Andre Villas-Boas looks set to hand Brad Friedel his first Tottenham start in almost a month against Panathinaikos tomorrow.

Amid rising fan unrest, defiant manager Arsene Wenger last night insisted there was no crisis at Arsenal.

Andre Villas-Boas insists Gareth Bale is not a diver and has revealed the Tottenham winger is becoming increasingly frustrated at claims he goes to ground too easily.

The Football Association will pass on its own report on the alleged anti-Semitic chanting during last night’s Europa League game between Lazio and Tottenham to UEFA.

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Gareth Bale and Emmanuel Adebayor will be missing as Tottenham start what Andre Villas-Boas believes will be a “decisive” Europa League double-header with Maribor.

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Striker Emmanuel Adebayor is fit for Tottenham’s Premier League game against Aston Villa on Sunday after recovering from a hamstring injury.

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Michael Dawson went from hero to zero within the space of 45 minutes as Tottenham threw away a glorious chance to register their first Europa League win against Panathinaikos.

Andre Villas-Boas was visibly ecstatic after his Tottenham side earned their first away win against Manchester United since 1989.

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Tottenham 0 Lazio 0

Martin Jol is in no doubt Dimitar Berbatov can ignite Fulham’s season.

Fulham have signed midfielder Giorgos Karagounis until the end of this season.

Lazio will invite Paul Gascoigne to their Europa League match against Tottenham in Rome to celebrate the link the former England star created between the two clubs.

Tottenham and Liverpool were both handed Italian jobs after being paired with Lazio and Udinese in today’s Europa League group-stage draw.