Alex Ferguson has left Dimitar Berbatov out of the Man United squad for tonight's game against Newcastle United at St James' Park.

New Newcastle boss Alan Pardew will hope for a major fitness boost as he prepares for his first game in charge against Liverpool tomorrow night.

Newcastle skipper Kevin Nolan has been forced to sit out this afternoon’s Premier League clash with Chelsea because of an ankle injury.

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton will be without first-choice central defenders Fabricio Coloccini and Mike Williamson for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Chelsea.

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton will keep his fingers crossed that striker Andy Carroll suffers no reaction to his England exertions ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to Bolton.

Manchester City's Adam Johnson has been recalled to the Manchester City line-up for this afternoon’s visit of Birmingham.

Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton will miss tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Fulham as he begins his three-match ban.

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton named the same team for the fourth successive Barclays Premier League game as United looked for a fourth three-point haul on the trot.

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton has few injury problems ahead of tomorrow night’s Premier League clash with Blackburn.

Robin van Persie made an unexpected return to the Arsenal bench for this afternoon’s Barclays Premier League clash with Newcastle at Emirates Stadium.

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton will make a late decision on whether or not to include Sol Campbell in the squad for Sunday’s clash with former club Arsenal.

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton welcomed back his big guns as Sunderland counterpart Steve Bruce named an unchanged team for this afternoon’s derby clash.

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton will welcome back his big guns for Sunday’s Premier League derby clash with Sunderland.

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton will ring the changes once again as he attempts to secure a place in the Carling Cup quarter-finals at the expense of Arsenal.

Newcastle skipper Kevin Nolan will return to the squad for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to West Ham.

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton will begin a lengthy spell without France winger Hatem Ben Arfa as he continues his recovery from surgery to repair a double leg fracture.

Newcastle defender Sol Campbell has shaken off a thigh injury to take his place in the squad for Sunday’s Premier League trip to Manchester City.

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton turned to his big guns once again as nine of the men who fashioned a midweek Carling Cup victory over Chelsea made way for the game with Stoke.

Newcastle manager Chris Hughton welcomes full-back James Perch back from suspension for Stoke’s visit to St James’ Park on Sunday.

England defender Sol Campbell is expected to make his Newcastle debut in tomorrow night’s Carling Cup third-round trip to Chelsea.

Sweden coach Lars Lagerback has given his blessing to the Republic of Ireland’s managerial ‘dream ticket’ of Steve Staunton and Bobby Robson.

Sweden coaches Tommy Soderberg and Lars Lagerback still have work to do following the bust-up between Fredrik Ljungberg and Olaf Mellberg, according to former Sweden international Glenn Stromberg.

Sweden’s World Cup preparations exploded into open warfare today as Fredrik Ljungberg grabbed team-mate Olof Mellberg by the throat in an astonishing training ground bust-up.

Sweden struck a balance between youth and experience when they named their World Cup 23-man squad, picking midfielder Hakan Mild who played in the Swedish team that reached the 1994 semifinals.