Manager Brendan Rodgers says he would have no interest in swapping Swansea for Tottenham after committing his future to the south Wales club by signing a new three-and-a-half year contract.

SUNDAY’S Premier League match at Liberty Stadium was billed as a game for the purists.

CHELSEA captain John Terry is glad to have some unhappy players in the squad as the Blues look to fight their way back into the Premier League title race.

BASKETBALL Ireland’s chief executive Bernard O’Byrne has appealed to its clubs “not to go to war” over the Superleague National Cup finals’ move to a Friday night.

AS the Manchester United first team filed in from training at the Cliff, a young Kevin Grogan stood hopefully with his autograph book at the bottom of the stairs.

RIO FERDINAND is delighted two of his top five Premier League players are treading the boards on the biggest stage once more.

IT WAS not pretty and it will certainly not live long in the memory.

LIVERPOOL’S managing director Ian Ayre has defended the club’s stance on racism and discrimination.

HE MAY have been able to ride to their rescue in the FA Cup, yet Thierry Henry can now be under illusions that the Arsenal of now is in no better shape than the one he left.

ANY lingering hopes that Arsenal could still win the title are probably over following defeat at Swansea but next Sunday there is an opportunity to wind back the years and pretend differently.

MANCHESTER CITY cannot be considered a great side until they have a cabinet full of trophies, Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has claimed.

IT SAYS much about the current standing of Manchester United that their most significant “signing” of the January transfer window, if not their only one, will prove to be a 37-year-old who retired eight months ago to concentrate on coaching.

BOBBY CHARLTON has labelled the return of Manchester United “dinosaur” Paul Scholes as one of the best bits of news ever.

WITH each passing week, any association Liverpool have been keen to promote with Billy Beane’s Oakland A’s, which inspired the book ‘Moneyball’, only seem more ridiculous.

AFTER A WEEK of comebacks so surprising that you half expect Muhammad Ali to step back into the ring, would it be too much to imagine Stephen Ireland putting on the green of his country again?

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre has warned fans and players alike must ensure the focus is on football when they meet Manchester United in the FA Cup tomorrow.

The Cork footballers’ Allianz Division 1 opener away to Armagh will clash with Sunday week’s Six Nations rugby match between Ireland and Wales.

US Open champion Rory McIlroy is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Ulster.

Four managers have come and gone, countless millions has been squandered on players not good enough to wear the shirt and many a tear has been shed.

LIVERPOOL captain Steven Gerrard has stressed any mention of Wembley has been banned in the dressing room.