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Four men will appear in court today in connection with an attack on a football club director as his team prepared to play.

Middlesbrough 0 Liverpool 0

Middlesbrough are today working to thrash out a deal to pair Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink with latest signing Mark Viduka as the whirlwind of activity on Teesside showed few signs of abating.

MIDDLESBROUGH fans will get their first chance to see new signings Mark Viduka and Michael Reiziger in action on home turf when they take on Spanish side Real Mallorca in a pre-season friendly.

VALENCIA clinched their second Spanish title in three seasons after goals from midfielders Vicente and Ruben Baraja earned them a 2-0 victory at Sevilla last night.

Inter Milan clinched a 1-0 win over Parma to move into fourth spot in Serie A - a position which will see them qualify for next season’s Champions League preliminary round if they hold it for one more week.

ATTEMPTING to physically undermine Joe Jordan in footballing days gone by was only slightly less dangerous than offering a “no comment” to Tomas de Torquemada.

Dundee have been placed in administration, financial consultants Ernst & Young have confirmed.

Coventry have pulled out of the deal to sign Italian striker Fabrizio Ravanelli, blaming stalling tactics by the Italian for the collapse of negotiations.

Fabrizio Ravanelli has opened talks with Coventry and is expected to undergo a medical at Highfield Road.

Defences were on top in a Third Division goalless stalemate between Doncaster and Hull in which both sides cancelled each other out.

Coventry City have dismissed reports striker Fabrizio Ravanelli is poised to join the club on a two-year deal.

AXED Bradford defender Robert Molenaar believes that football’s wholesale redundancies could mean more part-time players in the future.

Outspoken former Nottingham Forest boss Brian Clough has blasted the appointment of David Platt as England Under-21 manager, labelling the former international “a disaster”.

Promotion contenders Leicester and Derby made winning starts to life in Division One but it was Rotherham who provided the biggest shock on the opening day of the season.

Coventry came from behind to take a 2-1 half-time lead at home to Sheffield United on the opening day of the new First Division season as former Liverpool and Scotland midfielder Gary McAllister began his career in management.

AC MILAN last night completed the signing of Italian midfielder Sam Dalla Bona from Chelsea.

Fabrizio Ravanelli warned today he will not be forced out of Derby by manager John Gregory.

Liverpool v Derby

Arsenal were on course to reclaim top spot in the Premiership after dominating the opening half of their north London derby against Tottenham.

Middlesbrough's Robbie Mustoe scored the only goal and pushed Derby closer to the Nationwide League.

Emmanuel Petit grabbed a late winner for 10-man Chelsea to keep the Blues Champions League hopes alive and send Derby plunging towards the Nationwide League.

Premiership results

Derby go in search of another inspired performance as they visit Highbury tonight looking to repeat the sort of show which nearly earned them all three points against Barclaycard Premiership champions Manchester United at the weekend.

Branco Strupar ended months of injury misery by scoring the vital second goal in Derby's 3-0 win at Leicester.

Niall Quinn's winner will hardly win goal of the season, but it could prove to be the goal of Peter Reid's season.

John Gregory made his bow as Derby manager today, knowing victory was vital in his side’s battle to beat the drop.

There is still no score in the Tottenham/Derby match.

Billy McEwan's first game in charge of Derby turned into a nightmare at Pride Park as Ipswich sealed their great escape from the relegation zone.

Roy Hodgson has issued a 'come and get me plea' to Derby over the Rams' vacant manager's post.

Fabrizio Ravanelli says he will not take over as the new Derby County manager.

Derby's directors will meet today to begin the process of searching for a new manager - and to decide whether funds will be made available to him.

West Ham are hoping Frederic Kanoute is fit to face Derby on Boxing Day.

Benito Carbone wants to stay at Derby - and knows he is playing for his Pride Park future.

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Alex Ferguson's claims that Manchester United can no longer win the championship were dismissed by Liverpool's Phil Thompson.

Liverpool stay top of the Premiership after a Michael Owen goal earned the Merseysiders maximum points at Derby. For the second week in-a-row Derby's Fabrizio Ravanelli missed a penalty.

Derby striker Fabrizio Ravanelli comes face to face with Michael Owen tomorrow, declaring: ‘‘He is one of the best players in the world.’’

Leeds will return to the top of the Premiership tonight if they beat Aston Villa at Elland Road.

Derby boss Colin Todd is expected to keep faith with the side which grabbed three crucial points against Southampton last week for the Rams’ difficult trip to Newcastle.