Retaining the Premier League for the first time would serve as proof City are now the dominant force in Manchester

Sven-Goran Eriksson has claimed in his new autobiography that he signed a contract to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 2002 – and that he clashed with the Scot over Wayne Rooney’s inclusion in his 2006 World Cup squad.

Highlights include Orange Is The New Black and The Mill.

Liverpool have agreed a deal in principle to sign Manchester City defender Kolo Toure.

Joleon Lescott is sure Wayne Rooney will not lose his temper in Montenegro as England look to claim top spot in Group H at the scene of perhaps the maddest moment of the striker’s international career.

We won’t make a drama out of a crisis, Commercial Union used to promise customers back in the days before it evolved into Aviva.

Cardiff have completed the capture of Matthew Connolly from QPR for an undisclosed fee.

RUI COSTA led the so-called golden generation and Deco masterminded Luiz Felipe Scolari’s more combative side but now there is a big hole in the Portugal midfield.

Jose Mourinho says his Real Madrid side “fear nothing and no one” in their bid to bring the Champions League trophy back to the Bernabeu for the first time in a decade.

John Terry has suffered the humiliation of being stripped of the England captaincy for a second time, and he may yet be forced by circumstances to rule himself out of representing his country at Euro 2012.

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REAL MADRID assistant coach Aitor Karanka has played down the importance of tonight’s first Clasico of the season and insisted the Primera Division leaders will not alter their approach to end Barcelona’s recent superiority in the fixture.

CHARISMA can have extraordinary power. In the summer of 2008, Miroslav Blazevic took over a Bosnian national side in crisis.

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has repeated his plea to the country‘s media and supporters to not “kill” Wayne Rooney.

The Portuguese Football Federation have banned Real Madrid defender Ricardo Carvalho for 12 months for walking out on the national squad last month.

Chelsea target Radamel Falcao has hinted he is ready to quit Porto for a move to the Premier League.

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Coach Pep Guardiola wants Barcelona to do their talking on the pitch after a dramatic war of words erupted between him and Real Madrid counterpart Jose Mourinho ahead of tonight’s Champions League semi-final first leg.

GOALKEEPERS are characters.

Harry Redknapp has claimed this season’s Champions League is too close to call after watching Tottenham’s epic adventure in the competition come to an end.

IF Roman Abramovich is looking for scapegoats for Chelsea’s disappointing season and a painful Champions League defeat against Manchester United — and of course he is — then maybe it is time to look in the mirror and consider his own part in the way the club has disintegrated over the last 12 months.

AND so the improbable proved impossible, as Tottenham failed to overturn a huge first leg lead and went out of the Champions League to nine-times winners Real Madrid.

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FOR an hour-and-a-half tomorrow night Tottenham can forget about their stadium worries, their failure to add a striker in January, Harry Redknapp’s impending court case and the prospect of this being their last hurrah with the Champions League.

IF Fabio Capello wanted reassurance his decision to reappoint John Terry to the England captaincy was the right one, he was at the right place yesterday afternoon.

CARLO ANCELOTTI insists his Chelsea players are not past their sell by date and are as hungry as ever to win silverware.

DIDIER DROGBA admits Chelsea have missed the experience of the players who left Stamford Bridge last summer during their recent miserable run of form.

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CARLO Ancelotti woke up in west London yesterday morning and peered under his bed for the black cat he’d trodden on.

SUBSTITUTE Pedro Leon struck an injury-time equaliser against AC Milan to send Real Madrid through to the last 16 of the Champions League and preserve the Spanish club’s unbeaten record under coach Jose Mourinho.

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THE economies of these two islands may be going south at a rate of knots but, let’s face it, there’s been only one story in the news this week.

FORMER world champions Italy are the latest team to realise you cannot take Northern Ireland lightly.

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho insists he is not worried about his side’s lack of goals so far this season, warning upcoming opponents that a thrashing is in the pipeline.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is convinced the club can this season finally end their Champions League hoodoo.

REAL MADRID have landed their second Germany international of the summer with the signing of Mesut Ozil from Werder Bremen.

CELTIC manager Neil Lennon believes he will be signing one of the top players in the Barclays Premier League if his loan swoop for Craig Bellamy comes off.

Real Madrid have completed the signing of Portugal centre-back Ricardo Carvalho from Chelsea.

Ricardo Carvalho is expected to complete his move to Real Madrid this afternoon after the Los Blancos revealed that the Chelsea defender is undergoing a medical in the Spanish capital this morning.

Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho will join Real Madrid after both teams announced tonight a deal has been agreed.

CELTIC manager Neil Lennon yesterday admitted he has resigned himself to Aiden McGeady leaving the club and cannot now see him heading anywhere but Spartak Moscow.