A DOCUMENTARY on the only Irishman to manage Manchester United has been shortlisted for Best Sports Programme at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs).

LIVERPOOL and Republic of Ireland legend John Aldridge believes the decision to coax Paul Scholes out of retirement could leave Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson ‘looking stupid’.

MANCHESTER CITY boss Roberto Mancini does not believe Liverpool’s Luis Suarez is racist, but feels it was important he apologised for a mistake in the Patrice Evra affair.

FORMER Manchester United striker Eric Cantona fooled the French political establishment into thinking he would run for president, before revealing what he really wanted was better housing for the poor.

PREMIER League soccer player Louis Saha was subjected to foul-mouthed racial abuse on Twitter, it has emerged.

ALEX FERGUSON has backed Wayne Rooney in the row over his role in Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany’s controversial red card on Sunday.

LIONEL MESSI was last night awarded the FIFA Ballon d’Or for the third successive year.

RORY McILROY’S decision to leave International Sports Management left company founder Chubby Chandler in “shock”, the charismatic sports agent and player manager has admitted.

EAMON DUNPHY believes Roy Keane would be box office gold as a pundit for RTÉ.

LOUIS SAHA declared he had joined “the most dynamic and exciting team in the country” as he began life at Tottenham yesterday.

With Wayne Rooney — with all his current problems from the penalty spot — watching from the stands, a penalty kick each from Javier Hernandez and Dimitar Berbatov were enough to lift Manchester United joint top of the Premier League in this most unpredictable of title races.

Precisely a year on since his deadline-day arrival at Anfield, Andy Carroll provided an overdue reminder of exactly why Liverpool made him their club-record signing.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hopes the Gunners’ defensive injury crisis may be easing after full-back Kieran Gibbs returned to full training, although not in time for tonight’s Premier League trip to Bolton.

QPR were the standout big spenders as the transfer window slammed shut last night.

On a night when a man handcuffed himself to a goalpost in protest at an airline, Roberto Mancini’s title challenge hit turbulence at a venue that continues to provide Manchester City with so many crash landings.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini last night admitted he was to blame for the defeat that provided Manchester United with renewed hope in the title race.

Joe Jordan admits Manchester United are in a much better position to challenge for this year’s Premier League title than his own team Tottenham.

Keith Andrews last night attempted to force a deadline day move from Blackburn by handing in a transfer request.

Roberto Mancini has admitted he doesn’t know whether Carlos Tevez will still be a Manchester City player tonight.

John Terry has been ruled out of Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League game at Swansea tonight in the week the court case begins into allegations he racially abused Anton Ferdinand.