West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola and first-team coach Steve Clarke accepted undisclosed libel damages from the BBC today over a claim in an interview that they were planning to move to Chelsea.

Former Tottenham boss Martin Jol does not believe the club could find a better man than himself for the job.

Three Guantanamo Bay detainees hanged themselves yesterday using nooses made of sheets and clothes, the commander of the detention centre said, in the first reported deaths among hundreds of men held at the base.

Manchester United supporters have been assured their club will be in safe hands once Malcolm Glazer has completed his Old Trafford takeover.