Everton 0 Sunderland 2: Jermain Defoe may not be an obvious choice as the most significant signing of the 2014-15 Premier League season, but the veteran staked a powerful claim when his goal helped Sunderland collect three vital points at Goodison.

Thankfully the boys aren't this jumpy on the pitch.

Luis Suarez may have got my vote for Player of the Year, but this Jekyll and Hyde character is seriously damaging Liverpool

Thirteen minutes. Tops.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admitted it would be “tough” to overhaul rivals Arsenal to claim third place in the Premier League after yesterday’s shock 2-1 home defeat by Norwich dented their Champions League ambitions.

Has there ever been a Premier League side quite so dependent on one man as Arsenal are on Robin van Persie?

SPURS need a substantial win against Shamrock Rovers tonight, in tandem with a defeat for Rubin Kazan away to PAOK, if they are to nab the second qualifying place in Group A of the Europa League.

Steven Taylor admitted referee Lee Probert was right to award a penalty against him but believes Newcastle’s determination showed as they twice fought back to stay unbeaten with a 2-2 Barclays Premier League draw against Tottenham.

Tottenham Hotspur 3 Shamrock Rovers 1

Blackburn 0 Tottenham 1

TOTTENHAM were far from their fluent best but did enough in Enschede last night to progress to the last 16 of the Champions League as winners of Group A.

FOOTBALL’S obsession with turning Transfer deadline day into a drama to rival a James Bond thriller came to a grinding halt yesterday as the Premier League seemed to run out of money and Robbie Keane out of options.

Robbie Keane may have been granted a Spurs lifeline with the news that Jermaine Defoe requires surgery on a long-term groin problem.

HALF-TIME in Port Elizabeth and it’s parallel universe time again. Remember the movie Sliding Doors, when Gwyneth Paltrow’s life split in two when she missed her train? On RTÉ, England might have held a half-time lead over Slovenia but the carriage doors had slammed firmly in their faces.

Leeds 1 Tottenham 3

Katie Price is planning to dump her ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ boyfriend, Alex Reid, again.

Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon suffered a fractured arm in the defeat at Tottenham and faces a spell on the sidelines.

The brother of England footballer Jermaine Defoe died last night after a street attack, it emerged today.

Everton 0 Portsmouth 3

JUANDE RAMOS is understood to be a man of few words. But the Spaniard is already fluent enough to get a simple message across to the players he has inherited from Martin Jol and whom he saw in action for the first time yesterday.

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon met Barcelona president Joan Laporta for coffee today – but insisted a move for Ronaldinho was not on the agenda.

England stumbled to a goalless draw in Israel as their Euro 2008 qualification hopes took another downturn.

Arsene Wenger looks set to plan for life without defender Ashley Cole when he names his side for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership opener against Aston Villa.

England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has included teenage striker Theo Walcott in his provisional 23-man World Cup squad alongside Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney and Aaron Lennon – but there are no places for Ledley King, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jermaine Defoe or Darren Bent.

STEVE BRUCE has been assured by Birmingham co-owner David Sullivan that his job is safe “for the foreseeable future” despite the humiliation of the club’s worst defeat in 48 years.

COVENTRY star Gary McSheffrey has issued a come and get me plea to the Republic of Ireland and Scotland as a potential battle threatens to be waged for his services.

Tottenham 0 Liverpool 0

TOTTENHAM boss Martin Jol is unsure whether Ireland’s Robbie Keane will be at White Hart Lane next season.

Tottenham boss Martin Jol has admitted he does not know whether Robbie Keane will be at White Hart Lane next season.

Aston Villa 1 Tottenham 0

Arsenal lead Tottenham 3-2 in the north London derby at White Hart Lane today.

Bolton 3 Tottenham 4 (AET), (FT 2-2)

HERE comes Robbie Keane, a silver stud sparkling in his ear and a smile plastered across his face.

Michael Owen has hailed Sol Campbell and Rio Ferdinand as the best centre-back pairing in world football and admitted: “I’d hate to play against them every week.”

GARY NEVILLE has admitted England fell short of the players’ own expectations in Euro 2004.

Gary Neville has admitted that England fell short of the players’ own expectations in Euro 2004.

Portsmouth gave their Premiership survival hopes an enormous lift with a vital victory over Birmingham at Fratton Park - but Chelsea's loss sees their title hopes slide away.

Harry Redknapp and his network of scouts were today spread across Europe as Portsmouth prepare for a frantic week of transfer activity before the January window closes on Saturday night.

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger has admitted that injuries to his leading strikers could force him to follow Manchester United into the transfer market before the end of this month.

David James has urged West Ham to make sure they sell the right players this summer as he claimed that certain members of the squad do not have the stomach for life in the First Division.

EVEN with Manchester United already crowned English Premier League soccer champion, tomorrow's final day of the season has much at stake — in the case of four teams, more than €20 million each.

Jermaine Defoe has put West Ham ahead against Newcastle at Upton Park.

Sven-Goran Eriksson was today assessing the extent of his latest setback as the England injury jinx struck yet again to sideline Danny Murphy.

Jermaine Defoe has headed West Ham's third goal against struggling Sunderland.