Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon feels the champions will be difficult to stop this season.

A Matter of Life & Death is the new book from football writer Jim White, who purports to tell the history of football in 100 quotations.

Kolo Toure thinks speculation over Brendan Rodgers’ future is "crazy" and has backed the Liverpool manager to turn things around at Anfield.

Playmaker Cesc Fabregas is available following suspension as Chelsea travel to Derby for their Capital One Cup quarter-final clash on Tuesday night.

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Almost half a century has come and gone since Europe last belonged to Glasgow, when Jock Stein’s famously home-spun Celtic Bhoys beat Inter Milan in the 1967 final.

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Celtic were unmoved after Legia Warsaw called on their “best traditions of honour and honesty” in requesting that the Scottish champions agree to a further meeting to determine which of them should progress in the Champions League.

Legia Warsaw co-owner Dariusz Mioduski has appealed to Celtic asking for a one-off tie to decide which side should progress in the Champions League.

I like to call it the chocolate cake versus apple tart debate, because that’s how I roll. I keep the metaphors on the basic side, me.

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He doesn’t talk much about it these days. The memories are locked away, recalled only in special circumstances. But ever since Eusebio’s death on Sunday, Hilary Carlyle has looked a little differently at the photograph hanging proudly on his wall.

Alex Ferguson may have poured scorn on Roy Keane’s managerial abilities in his recent book but he believes serving as Martin O’Neill’s lieutenant with Ireland can be the Cork man’s ticket back to the big time with a Premier League club.

It’s been a longstanding trend in the GAA for the No.2 to get all the glory and none of the gore.

LEINSTER SHC QUARTER-FINAL:Offaly v Kilkenny

It’s a fascinatingly old fashioned approach from a club which has embraced modernity like no other

Alex Ferguson’s retirement has provoked an extraordinary response right across Europe, a wave of emotion almost comparable to the day Seve Ballesteros died, exactly two years earlier.

Born on New Year's Eve 1941, we chart Ferguson's rise from apprentice toolmaker to the world's greatest football manager.

In March last year Roman Abramovich sacked Andre Villas-Boas and speculation linked the then-Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers with the vacant position.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson paid tribute to former Celtic and Republic of Ireland player Sean Fallon at his funeral yesterday.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson paid tribute to former Republic of Ireland and Celtic player Sean Fallon at his funeral today.

Many tributes have been paid to Celtic legend and former Ireland international Sean Fallon, who has died at the age of 90.

Former Celtic player and coach, Irishman Sean Fallon, has died at the age of 90, the club confirmed today.

It was the renowned sportswriter Hugh McIlvanny who spoke of the the larcenous nature of death, its habit of breaking in on us when we are least prepared for it and stealing the irreplaceable. He was speaking of Jock Stein, but the feeling can seldom have been more painfully experienced than on the roads and boithríns around West Kerry last night.

Jim McGuinness’s future as Donegal manager hung in the balance last night after a meeting with Celtic officials in Glasgow yesterday.

Tarcisio Burgnich couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

Neil Lennon was involved in a “bizarre” press conference ahead of Celtic’s Champions League Group G clash with Spartak Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium today.

Neil Lennon was involved in what he described as a “bizarre” press conference ahead of Celtic’s Champions League Group G clash with Spartak Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium tomorrow night.

Alex Ferguson has revealed it is the techniques of his managerial idol Jock Stein that make him the master of mind games – as he gets stuck into another with Manchester City.

Alex Ferguson has turned the tables on Manchester City by accusing Roberto Mancini of desperation by bringing back Carlos Tevez.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has been gagged by the Premier League after voicing his backing for Harry Redknapp to be the next England manager.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has backed Harry Redknapp as “the best man” for the England job.

Liam Mackey pays a personal tribute to the transformative magic of Europe’s premier club competition.

Darren Norris believes Alex Ferguson could become the greatest Champions League manager of all time if he wins tomorrow — a loss and Pep Guardiola rises further up the list

GREET the new year, same as the old year, as The Who almost sang.

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ALEX FERGUSON yesterday claimed that he twice rejected the chance to become England manager, insisting the job is a “terrible job” and a “poisoned chalice”.

A COUPLE of weeks ago we noticed that there was a very unfortunate metaphor being trotted around by political pundits as Fine Gael was convulsed by a leadership challenge.

Celtic are to erect a statue in memory of their legendary boss Jock Stein, the club have announced.

Celtic legend Frank McGarvey believes the Parkhead club‘s concerns over referees is a “load of rubbish”.

HERE’S one for your next pub quiz: what do Archbishop Tutu, The Edge, Salman Rushdie, Al Pacino, Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Alex Ferguson have in common?

CELTIC will aim to appoint a new manager as quickly as possible after Gordon Strachan stepped down in the wake of their failure to clinch a fourth successive title.