Has there ever been a team that has proved its critics wrong in more emphatic fashion?

Tottenham will be “finished” if they start offloading top players such as Luka Modric this summer, according to manager Harry Redknapp.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has revealed it was his side’s 3-2 FA Cup defeat by Manchester United in January that persuaded him his side were capable of winning major honours.

Manchester United defender Phil Jones is refusing to abandon his Premier League title dream.

History.

Through his myriad media engagements this week, it was remarkable to watch Roy Keane pick the scabs off 10-year-old wounds with an energy that suggested very little healing has really been done.

Her parentage was uncertain and her burying place unknown.

Former England defender Sol Campbell believes Rio Ferdinand should have had the chance to turn England down and says he never bought the argument that the Manchester United player was left out of the original squad for footballing reasons.

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre has called Wigan chairman Dave Whelan a “comedian” and claims he conducted a “sideshow” during their recent search for a new manager.

John Egan is taking inspiration from clubmate James McClean as he makes his way in international football.

Tim Smit will be in Kinsale to talk about Eden, his plant project that blossomed in a Cornwall clay pit, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Manchester United’s proposed flotation on the New York Stock Exchange could be a precursor to the club’s eventual sale, according to a financial expert.

Robert Lewandowski (Poland)

Initial public offerings have fallen 34% this year, with many firms fearing a repeat of the social network’s flop debut, writes Lee Spears

The catwalk queens have had their day. Today Aintree reverts to a venerable old battlefield of dreams and punting pin-stickers as experts-for-the-day have an annual flutter on the Grand National.

Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko has admitted that the club’s recent slump was “a crisis” and rates their title chances as “almost non-existent” despite clawing back Manchester United’s lead to five points after beating West Brom while United lost at Wigan on Wednesday night.

Giovanni Trapattoni admits he still has a couple of big selection decisions to make before he decides on his 23-man squad for the European Championship finals.

Golf superstar Rory McIlroy may have failed to collect the green jacket in Augusta on Sunday but the world number two had reason to celebrate a different item of clothing yesterday.

Manchester United remain in control of the title race but they now know that one more slip will open the door for City after coughing up points against Wigan for the first time last night.

It took just 90 minutes — along with two goals from Sergio Aguero and a purposeful return to the starting line-up from Carlos Tevez — for Manchester City to re-ignite a Premier League title race that, as of last Sunday evening, looked to all intents and purposes to be over.