Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini faces losing Gareth Barry to suspension after the defensive midfielder was charged by the Football Association.

All the indications are that Ireland will line out with an extra midfielder in a bid to stifle German creativity in the World Cup qualifier at the Aviva Stadium on Friday night.

The final instalment of Harry Potter's adventures has left critics spellbound ahead of the movie's premiere tonight.

Anyone who had a heart felt for Rory McIlroy as his dream of Masters glory turned into the nightmare of a closing 80.

WHILE FIFA’s decision to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia made the front and back pages off the pitch, England’s top tier teams were making headlines on it, with another weekend of unpredictable results meaning we are no closer to deciding who will lift the trophy come May.

TOMMY DOCHERTY believes Manchester United should ‘cut Real Madrid’s hands off’ after the club confirmed they had accepted a world-record €94m offer for Cristiano Ronaldo.

Tottenham club captain Ledley King has billed tomorrow’s Premier League match at Aston Villa as the measure of how far Harry Redknapp’s men can go.

Rafael Benitez has promised there will be at least one new big-name striker at Liverpool before the start of the season but admits he has no idea when the Gareth Barry saga will be concluded.

Birmingham boss Steve Bruce has called on Carson Yeung to quickly complete his proposed takeover and bring an end to the instability at the club.

Manager Rafael Benitez may have gone some way to restoring Liverpool’s fortunes on the pitch but chairman David Moores still faces the same financial problems off it he did 12 months ago.

Roy Keane could face a Football Association enquiry over comments made in his forthcoming autobiography regarding an apparent feud with Manchester City midfielder Alf Inge Haaland.

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson today revealed Trevor Sinclair was ‘‘very happy’’ to be returning to the Far East as a replacement for the injured Danny Murphy.